Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts
Monday, May 24, 2010
Suspect's sneakers foils stuffed animal hideout
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- He might have gotten away with it, but for those darn sneakers. An El Paso man running from the law at a carnival was captured when police said they spotted David Caro's sneakers poking out beneath a pile of stuffed teddy bears.---...More
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Animal groups in court over Helmsley fortune
NEW YORK – Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, may be living quietly enough in Florida, but there's a lot of barking about the way the late hotel queen's millions are being given away.
Three of the country's largest animal welfare groups on Monday accused the trustees of Leona Helmsley's estate of a "scheme to deprive dog welfare charities" of their stake in the real estate baroness' fortune. They filed a petition in Manhattan Surrogate Court arguing that Helmsley, who died in 2007, specified in her will that her multibillion-dollar estate should be used to help dogs, and the trustees disregarded those wishes.
The groups — the Humane Society of the United States, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Maddie's Fund — want the court to throw out a judge's February decision that gave the trustees for the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust sole authority to determine which charities would benefit from her estate.
In April, the trustees gave away $136 million to hospitals, foundations and the homeless. They gave $1 million to animal charities, including $100,000 to the ASPCA and groups that train guide dogs for the blind.
The trust, in a statement posted on its Web site, said Helmsley never wanted her fortune just to go to dogs.
"Did Leona Helmsley intend for this charitable trust to focus on the care and help of dogs, rather than people? Absolutely not," the statement said. "Have the trustees of this vast fortune acted improperly and ignored Mrs. Helmsley's instructions? Again, absolutely not."
The hotel heiress, whose fortune had been estimated at $5 billion to $8 billion after her death at age 87, also named her dog as a beneficiary in her will, leaving a $12 million trust fund for the little white Maltese. But a judge whittled that amount down to $2 million.
Trouble's last known residence was the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel in Sarasota, Fla.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Cool Animal Facts
The chameleon has a tongue that is 1.5 times the length of its body!
Squirrels can't remember where they hide half of their nuts.
Only male crickets can chirp.
A rabbit's teeth never stop growing.
Alligators cannot move backwards.
Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners of their eyes.
The faster kangaroos hop, the less energy they use.
An okapi's tongue can grow to be 17 inches long.
An owl's eyes are bigger than its brain.
Salamanders breath through their skin.
The guanaco of South America, a cousin of the camel, has pads on its feet to keep its feet from burning on desert sand or freezing in mountain snow.
Foxes sometimes nip at the heals of cattle so the stomping of the cattle makes mice and other rodents come out of the ground, for the fox to eat.
Salamanders are known to come out of wood when it was burning inside a fireplace, this is because Salamanders hibernate in wood.
Whether an alligator is a male or female is determined by the temperature of the nest where the egg is hatched – 90 to 93 degrees will make it a male; 82 to 86 degrees will turn it into a female.
Some animals produce their own lights, called bioluminescence. The Brazilian railroad worm has a red light on its head and green lights down its side. All it needs to drive on the street is a turn signal.
You may have heard someone say, "It’s raining cats and dogs." There have been actual documented cases from all over the world of fish, frogs, dead birds, snakes, snails, beetles, worms and jellyfish raining down from the sky in great numbers, but no reports of showers of cats or dogs.
Squirrels can't remember where they hide half of their nuts.
Only male crickets can chirp.
A rabbit's teeth never stop growing.
Alligators cannot move backwards.
Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners of their eyes.
The faster kangaroos hop, the less energy they use.
An okapi's tongue can grow to be 17 inches long.
An owl's eyes are bigger than its brain.
Salamanders breath through their skin.
The guanaco of South America, a cousin of the camel, has pads on its feet to keep its feet from burning on desert sand or freezing in mountain snow.
Foxes sometimes nip at the heals of cattle so the stomping of the cattle makes mice and other rodents come out of the ground, for the fox to eat.
Salamanders are known to come out of wood when it was burning inside a fireplace, this is because Salamanders hibernate in wood.
Whether an alligator is a male or female is determined by the temperature of the nest where the egg is hatched – 90 to 93 degrees will make it a male; 82 to 86 degrees will turn it into a female.
Some animals produce their own lights, called bioluminescence. The Brazilian railroad worm has a red light on its head and green lights down its side. All it needs to drive on the street is a turn signal.
You may have heard someone say, "It’s raining cats and dogs." There have been actual documented cases from all over the world of fish, frogs, dead birds, snakes, snails, beetles, worms and jellyfish raining down from the sky in great numbers, but no reports of showers of cats or dogs.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Strange Animal Laws In The United States
Cats in International Falls, Minnesota, are not allowed to chase dogs up telephone poles.
If your dog gets your neighbor's dog pregnant in Danbury, Connecticut, you are responsible and must pay for the abortion if the neighbor chooses to have it done.
No dog may be tied to a shade tree in Birmingham, Alabama.
An ordinance in Belvedere, California, states "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."
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Another misworded ordinance is this one from Arvada, Colorado: "If a stray pet is not claimed within 24 hours, the owner will be destroyed."
Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited by statute in Barber, North Carolina.
In Sterling, Colorado, it is unlawful to allow a pet cat to run loose without a taillight.
In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
Cats living in Cresskill, New Jersey, must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.
A Fountain Inn, South Carolina, law once required horses to wear pants at all times. But carriage horses in Charleston, South Carolina, were required to wear diapers.
In Calgary, Canada, a by-law requires businesses within the city to provide rails for tying up horses.
In Winona, MS, it is illegal to drive a car on Main Street because it frightens horses.
In Wilbur, Washington, it is against the law for a person to "ride an ugly horse" - the fine is $300!
If you live in California, you cannot keep your chickens, turkeys, goats, cows, and other farm animals in an apartment.
In Cumberland, Maryland, you cannot keep your chickens with you in your hotel room.
In Minnesota, it's illegal to tease skunks.
In Atlanta, it's against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or a street lamp.
Riding a camel on a highway in Nevada is against the law. Over in Galveston, Texas, it is against the law for camels to wander the streets unattended.
In Arizona, it is illegal to shoot or hunt camels.
It's illegal to take a deer swimming in water above its knees in North Carolina.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Odd News:Animal Lover Dies From Rat Scratch Days After Rescuing Rodent
UK - Discovering a rat trapped in a wire bird feeder in her back garden animal lover Carol Colburn was swift to act. The mother-of-three ignored the pleas of her husband to wear gloves and set about freeing the terrified animal. But she paid for her act of kindness with her life. The 56-year-old suffered scratches and cuts to her hands in the process of releasing the creature. Unknown to her she had contracted the rare - but deadly - Weil's disease. Although it can be treated, the disease - most commonly transmitted to humans by bacteria in the urine of rats - is potentially fatal....article
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