Woman Raises Rats To Release In City Parks

(A photo of her ratty hotel room)

"Authorities in San Francisco say their hands are tied when it comes to stopping a woman who has been breeding hundreds of rats in her home and then releasing them into public parks.

Police say that when they last checked in on the woman's room at a residential hotel, she was living with 300 rats in deplorable conditions.

"We found a small room that was completely infested with rats that had actually burrowed into the walls and gone into other units as well,” Animal Care and Control Captain Denise Bongiovanni said.

The woman's social worker says the woman has a mental health issue and has been breeding rats since 2011. Authorities say the woman moves when she is confronted about the problem.

Source: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/San-Francisco-Woman-Breeds-Rats-Releases-Them-in-City-Parks-261331461.html#ixzz33QHjGSdI
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The Caturday Report! Mama Cat Nurses Abandoned Premature Puppies

(no bigger than a minute that one)

"A Chihuahua went into premature labor and gave birth Tuesday to four puppies, but two of them died shortly afterward.

The two survivors weighed only a few of ounces and were about as long as a person's index finger.
They were rejected by the mother dog, leaving the hours-old puppies with very little chance of survival without a mother's care, according SPCA staff.

The two puppies were introduced to Nessy, a 2-year-old Siamese mix that gave birth to four kittens last week, and the pups were immediately accepted into the litter.

On Thursday, mother cat was nursing and grooming the two pups. SPCA staff have used the technique before and expect the kittens and puppies to bond and play together as they grow up."

USATODAY

Kindergarten Gun Safety Demonstration Injures Five

A policeman's handgun went off accidentally when two officers held a safety demonstration at a kindergarten in China to mark International Children's Day, injuring one child and four parents, authorities said.

A gun discharged accidentally and a bullet hit the ground, sending shards of cement flying into the air, wounding five people, said police authorities in Zhengzhou, in the central province of Henan.
Those wounded had injuries to their arms and legs and were rushed to hospital but doctors said none of the wounds was life-threatening, police said on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo.

The two police officers are being held in solitary confinement and three of their supervisors have been suspended, authorities said in a separate posting on Thursday.


- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/gun-safety-demonstration-china-kindergarten-injures-five-20140530#sthash.vmyW9tPi.dpuf

Dog Poop Forces Emergency Landing Of US Airways Flight

(Luckily They Are Well Versed In Emergency Landings)

"US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City after a service dog started pooping in the aisle and the flight crew was unable to contain the mess.

The passengers aboard US Airways Flight 598 could only sit back and watch while a big dog defecated in the aisle not once, but twice.

After the dog went to the bathroom for the first time about an hour into the flight, the crew did their best to deal with the mess but they were unable to contain the smell.

"An hour later, it still smelled bad, and after they cleaned it all up, it pooped again," Passenger Steve McCall told INSIDE EDITION. "A couple of people started dry-heaving, a couple of people were throwing up."

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/05/30/US-Airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-dog-poops-in-the-aisle-twice/6561401463699/#ixzz33Es0MTOz

Naked Manure Rolling Sex Pervert Arrested Again

"A pervert with a slurry fetish has been jailed for carrying out an eight year vendetta against a farmer who banned him from rolling naked in cowpats on his land.

David Truscott threatened to burn down the farm in West Cornwall and to attack owner Clive Roth, his wife Jackie, and their family.

He was being treated at a hostel in Exeter when he made a series of chilling threats about how he wanted to take revenge on the family by burning their farm and tying their 17-year-old son to a tree.

Truscott has already served four prison terms for previous attacks on Mr Roth’s Woodbury House Farm near Redruth including setting light to a tractor, a cattle shed and a milking parlour.


Read more at http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Slurry-sex-pervert-jailed-vendetta-farmer-banned/story-21166500-detail/story.html#my84zFg22TBt3ZJw.99

Burn Victim Runs Into 7-11 And Pours Slurpees All Over Himself

(Tastes great AND doubles as burn medicine!)

"The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports the man had suffered burns and was being chased by two others Tuesday afternoon when he ran into the 7-Eleven store in downtown Grants Pass.

Store clerk Charlie Bentley says he didn't know what was going on, but he and another employee kept the two pursuers outside while the man filled his shirt from the Slurpee machine and rubbed the icy concoction on his skin.

Police say they traced the disturbance back to a residence a few blocks away, where a man and a woman were burned with hot oil during a dispute between neighbors."

SOURCE

Three Foot Saw Blade Breaks Loose And Goes On Murderous Rampage In Hell's Kitchen

Matthew Bisi was walking by when the 3-foot blade "came shooting down the sidewalk."

"I was on the right side of the sidewalk, suddenly everyone started yelling 'Get down! Move!'" he said. "It was just like crazy chaos. People screaming, all the construction workers." 

"I just turned, kinda ducked, put my head down," he said. "Thing came flying right by my head, missed me by that much. You could hear it coming and it went right by me," he said.

Another witness, Sean Kuilan, also recalled the sound of the blade.

"I hear the blade and see the blade literally coming off the machine," he said. "It was huge. It looked like it was from a horror flick. I couldn't believe it."

It traveled about 100 feet before hitting a tree and then sliced into a woman "straight on," according to Bisi.

"It took her right down, gashes on the side of the thigh," he said. "The force of that coming in was pretty hard."

Read more,  and watch surveillance video of the incident HERE

Depressed Goat Ends Hunger Strike After Being Reunited With Donkey Best Friend Forever

"Earlier this year, animal welfare officials seized dozens of dogs and three farm animals from the home of a hoarder. The animals were living in squalor and taken to a variety of animal care facilities.

Mr.G and Jellybean were separated for the first time in their lives when they were taken to separate animal sanctuaries in Northern California.

>> Watch the touching reunion between Mr. G and Jellybean (-->KTVU)

Officials at the Animal Place in Grass Valley took in Mr. G., but noticed immediately that something was wrong.

Animal Place officials said it didn’t matter what the staff did, the goat refused to eat and just lay in the corner of his stall.

They offered him treats like sweet grain and apples – favorite foods for a goat. But that didn’t work.
Mr. G was given a thorough physical exam and appeared to be completely healthy. After four days, officials said something drastic needed to be done.

They decided to reunite him with the burro. It took three days to go get Jellybean and transport him to Grass Valley.

When Jellybean finally arrived, as he was being unloaded from the animal trailer, Mr. G heard him and immediately leapt to his hooves and ran to the door.

Soon the two were reunited. They are now happily sharing a pen, and Mr. G is eating again."

Don't miss the heartwarming video over at KTVU!

BONUS!!  Watch three episodes of Animal Odd Couples Here!:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2300668052/

Bees Feast On M&Ms And Make Blue Honey

Image: Science Dump

 

"French beekeepers were recently shocked when their bees started producing thick, blue and green honey.

After investigating, they discovered their bees were feeding on the colourful shells of M&Ms - a Mars processing plant was located just 4 km away.

The Mars waste-processing plant has now solved the problem and are cleaning any outdoor or uncovered containers that M&M waste was stored in, so it's unlikely you'll see the blue honey on the market any time soon.

As Reuters reports, the unsellable honey is a new issue for the beekeepers, who are already struggling with high bee mortality rates and dwindling honey supplies."

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20142405-25561.html

Drone Walks Doggie

The AR drone apparently also keeps an eye on the pet, as shown in the video which occasionally shifted perspectives from a third-party viewer to the perspective of the drone looking down at the dog.

The idea seems feasible if you have a very well-behaved pet like the dog in the video, but in reality more careful planning and programming may be required for larger and more strong-willed pets or even for small ones. Also, it may take more than a drone to clean up after pets who leave smelly surprises on the sidewalks. There are so many things to consider about using drones to take pets out for a walk, but Myers simply takes a fun concept and illustrates how it would look like if such a thing could be done today.


Walking Dogs With Drones from Jeff Myers on Vimeo.

Read more over at PSFK