Internet powerhouse and auction site eBay Inc. has scrapped plans for members to allow live pets to be sold on its Web site after being deluged by thousands of angry letters from users. The internet site has previously prevented users to sell live animals except fish and snails, and company officials on Monday report they were putting a halt to plans creating a separate classifieds category that would feature free ads from animal shelters and paid ads from breeders.

A 19-year-old German girl has filed a lawsuit because her mother gave her pets away. The girl says her mother confiscated her two guinea pigs, a dog and a litter of puppies and took them to an animal shelter.

A Wisconsin woman confused the meaning of "taking a bite out of crime" when she turned her chops on the cops. The 40-year-old woman bit off an officer's finger following a dispute over a cat, authorities say.

The case of a man who died after having sex with a horse leads to a guilty plea from his accomplice for trespassing. According to the Associated Press,

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff ReporterScientists at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, England used a food additive based on fumaric acid to decrease the odor of cows' gas by up to 70 percent. The acid is a chemical that is essential to animal and vegetable respiration, reports Reuters.