P&A News @ November 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Our next example of odd pairings in the animal world comes from the Western Plains Zoo in New South Wales, Australia.
Umquali is two-ton white rhinoceros that recently gave birth to Nadira in April. Nadira currently weighs around 450 pounds. She is the sixth calf born in the zoo since a breeding program began [...]
P&A News @ November 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The 2008 Rabbit Hash, KY mayoral race was one for the ages. Whenever 200% or more of your registered voters cast a ballot, you know you are going to have a memorable election.
In addition, the candidates crossed multi-species lines.
The only cat in the race, Travis, held a steady lead throughout the day. However, with ten [...]
P&A News @ November 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Art is in the eye of the beholder. Shanghai’s Contemporary Art Fair or ShContemporary found the “Art Farm” exhibit to be a bit much.
Wim Delvoye specializes in artistic tattoos. His “canvas” is not just people but animals as well.
Delvoye had included eight tattooed pigs in his exhibit for the Fair. The animals featured Disney characters [...]
P&A News @ October 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A 25-year-old Madison, Wisconsin woman credits her pet rabbit with saving her from an intruder.
The rabbit thumps its foot whenever a person is in or even near her apartment. A bunny-version of a watchdog.
Around 3 AM on Saturday, October 11, the woman was awakened to the familiar padded pounding of her rabbit’s foot.
Soon after, she [...]
P&A News @ October 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Pic: Adam Head
A kind-hearted act by an Australian woman boomeranged back on her as the object of her kindness essentially trapped her in her home.
It started around September 13 when a pig the size of a Shetland pony meandered onto the farm property of Caroline Hayes, 63, in Uki, New South Wales [...]
P&A News @ October 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Claude Nyamugabo , the Deputy Justice Minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, received a surprise during a routine prison visit.
Amongst the various criminals awaiting their fate, Mr. Nyamugabo a jail cell crammed with goats.
According to the BBC, the animals were scheduled to appear in court with the charge of being sold illegally by the [...]
P&A News @ September 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The revelation began for Graham Vallis one day as he was taking a tea break at his farm in the county of Devon, England.
“I often take my tea break with my cows, but on one occasion suddenly I became deeply relaxed,” he said.
You may wonder what the farmer added to his tea, but Vallis has [...]
P&A News @ September 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The owner of a six-legged bull in China is holding out for a higher price.
Li Guolin, a farmer in Yantou village, Kunming, says he’s been offered 36,000 yuan, about $5,264, for the bull.But he told Metropolis Times: “I want to wait a bit longer, perhaps there will be a higher price offered for it.”
The 18-month-old bull [...]
P&A News @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Cows automatically point north because they have their own in-built compasses, say scientists.
Their ability to find north is believed to be a relic from when their ancestors needed an accurate sense of direction to migrate across the plains of Africa, Asia and Europe.
Dr Sabine Begall and colleagues from the University of Duisburg-Essen looked at thousands [...]
P&A News @ August 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
“Comfy cows are happy cows.” So says Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry’s. And with that philosophy was born the idea of the “Caring Dairy.”
So how are cows treated under this initiative? At a farm in the Netherlands, owner Nancey Vermeer is providing 80 cows with massages. They have mattresses and, sometimes, waterbeds to sleep on instead of the hard concrete.
“Our cows [...]
P&A News @ August 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Sheep on the roof - OK, now what do I do?
They say that sheep are most in danger when they leave the flock. One individual took that risk to new heights.
As this sheep was grazing in a nearby cottage’s yard, it must have eyed the greenery that was growing between the tiles of a two-story house [...]
P&A News @ July 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A pet rabbit, creatively named “Rabbit,” performed an act the smoke detector could not - wake up the occupants of the house.
The Melbourne couple, Michelle Finn and Gerry Keogh had nearly completed a two-year renovation of their home. While the work was done in the back of the house, the smoke detector had been removed from [...]
P&A News @ July 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Sheep about town: Nick Boing enjoys being taken for a walk just like a dog
He weighs as much as an NFL lineman, loves eating biscuits and spends his evenings watching TV. Meet Nick Boing.
Nick is the guest of David Palmer, Caroline Clements and their 13-year old son Nathan. Nick is a 300-pound sheep. He was named [...]
P&A News @ July 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
DUNDEE PIX
Mr Stewart’s children quickly saw the funny side of having a bull in their swimming pool
What could be more enjoyable than a family taking their first swim in a new pool? Unless a rampaging bull claims dibs on being first into the water.
The Stewart family had just installed a swimming pool at the Kinaldy farm [...]