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August 16, 2007
In an attempt to get rid of countless stray dogs lurking around roads, the city council in the Indian capital of New Delhi has proposed a new idea of shipping them to Korea, where dog meat is widely consumed in soup. The problem of stray dogs is so widespread that the council is also planning to drug the canines to make them sleep through out the day, so they do not hinder traffic movement. If this was not enough to make you wonder about the future of stray dogs, the officials also expressed their desire to send all the dogs to neighboring states, so that "Delhi can be saved. "
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August 13, 2007
An eight-year-old Moluccan cockatoo in the animal sanctuary in Indiana has learned to bad mouth people visiting her at the park. Peaches is one of the main attractions at the animal sanctuary but staffers said people have to watch their mouths, because the cockatoo has a habit of repeating words that she hears. Pine Animal Park say she was a household pet before she was taken on,and she already picked up a vocabulary as colorful as her feathers.
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August 10, 2007
A 63-year-old Pierce County man, charged with having sex with a goat, now says he was trying to milk the animal. Arthur Lawton missed a scheduled arraignment on August 3rd but turned himself to Pierce County sheriff's deputies on Thursday night.
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August 10, 2007
A panda has finally settled questions about its gender after giving birth to twin female cubs in China, the Shanghai Daily reported on Friday. According to the newspaper, the 11-year-old panda named Jinzhu gave birth to twins on Monday at the Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The cubs, which were born one hour apart, weighed 190 and 70 grams (6. 7 and 2. 5 ounces).
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August 7, 2007
Topics monkey, man, airplane, fruit, airport, zoo, health, face, head, animal, charges, police and travel
Airport police are investigation how a man from Lima, Peru, boarded a flight to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. , Tuesday with a small monkey hidden under his hat. The monkey, now nicknamed named "Spirit," could have easily gone unnoticed if he hadn't popped out of his owner's head and spotted by the other passengers in the plane.
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