An animal sanctuary and several humane societies have saved about 700 aging chickens from certain death. The new owner of an old egg farm reported not knowing what to do with the hens he unknowingly purchased with the property.

Thieves with a fetish for nursery rhymes stole a Humpty Dumpty sculpture from an Indian Shores, Florida family. The Humpty Dumpty is valued at $5,112 and stands 3 feet tall weighing in at 60-pounds.

Research suggests many animals copulate from time to time, without the delivery of semen, which has baffled scientists, as animal sex is thought to be solely driven by the need to reproduce. New studies, however, suggest males may be engaging in "casual" sex to encourage fidelity. Tommaso Pizzari at the University of Oxford and his team studied feral chickens, known for their promiscuity.