The world’s ugliest dog, which is a hairless bug-eyed dog, died at age 17.
Miss Ellie defeated sixty thousand other dogs to be awarded the title of the World’s Ugliest Dog and became a TV star. Miss Ellie raised £70,000 for animal charities despite her disastrous outlook. Dawn Goehring from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee plans to open an animal shelter to mourn for Miss Ellie.
Source: The Sun
Tabby cat Charles was gone eight months ago in New Mexico while under the care of owner’s friend. Robin Alex, the owner was volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and went out of town. Earlier this week, the cat was found by Chicago Animal Care and Control in Chicago which is 1,300 miles away from its New Mexico home. The agency’s executive director, Cherie Travis, contacted Alex after finding the tracking microchip embedded between the cat’s shoulder blades. However it is too pricey to go to Chicago and bring the cat home. Fortunately Lucien Sims, a Albuquerque resident volunteers to pick up Charles as Sims will be attending a wedding in Chicago. Sims also managed to find a company to donate a cat carrier. The best part is Sims persuaded American Airlines to waive the cat’s travel fee.
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Stumbled upon a Facebook page titled “Can this orang-utan get more fans than Nestle?“. The purpose of this anti-Nestlé is to protest Nestlé trashing South East Asia Countries’ rainforests for palm oil, which eventually threatens orangutans towards extinction.
Kit Kat is a major product of Nestlé. Its slogan is “have a break, have a Kit Kat”. Orang-utans also need a break.
As April 10, 2010, “Can this orang-utan get more fans than Nestle?” has 23,074 members and Nestle has 97,829 fans.
Oriental Yeti
A furless beast that looks like bear with a kangaroo tail but sound like a cat was discovered by hunters in Sichuan, China.
The beast was not known to any human beings, and it was sent to Beijing for DNA testing after being trapped. Hunter Lu Chin believed that the beast was originally a man, who was then transformed into a bear in a legend.
The beast resembles Mexico’s Chupacabra, a beast notorious for attacking and drinking the blood of goats.
Chupacabra
Source: Telegraph
A young kangaroo jumped into a discarded hubcap and got its leg trapped in the hubcap at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, north of Perth, Western Australia. The male kangaroo was discovered by families paying their respects at the cemetery and it was then rescued by wildlife officers.
Source: Mail Online
Siberian tigers are really rare species and only about 450 Siberians survive in the wild.
Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo, a Chinese zoo in north-west China, could not afford to feed the tigers 20lbs of beef every day. The zookeeper used cheap chicken bones to feed the tigers and starvation caused the tigers to death. The problem has not been solved for two years and there are 30 tigers remain on site.
Source: The Sun
Adam Foster, 23, took photos at Chester Zoo. A pair of Humboldt penguins posed when Adam approached them.
“Once a couple, always a couple”
Humboldt penguins will stay together and mate for life. A pair of penguins appeared and helped each other to adjust feathers to show their best side for Adam Foster to compose their photo.
Source: Telegraph
A black penguin was spotted in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, a British overseas territory. Dr Allan Baker, ornithologist of University of Toronto suspected the bird suffered from gene mutation and lost control of pigmentation patterns.
Source: mailonline
On February 24, 2010, Tilikum, one of the killer whales at Seaworld Park, Orlando, killed trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40. It was the third time Tilikum involved in human death.
According to Chuck Tompkins, head of animal at all Seaworld Park, trainer Dawn Brancheau was rubbing Tilikum after noontime show. The 12,000 pounds killer whale snatched the trainer with its jaws and drowned her. Seaworld Park later suspended killer whale shows at all of its parks, which includes San Diego and San Antanio.
Source: Newsvine
Treo is a black Labrador. Treo is also a British army sniffer dog.
Treo was awarded PDSA Dickin Medal, which is the most important and highest bravery award a military animal can receive. Treo honourly received the bravery medal for savings lives of soldiers in Afghanistan by finding hidden bombs twice. Troe has retired and become its handler Sergeant Dave Heyhoe’s family dog.
The award was introduced in 1943. There are 26 other dogs, 32 World War II messenger pigeons, three horses and one cat received the award in history.
Source: CBBC