Spain's King Juan Carlos was recently accused of animal cruelty during a trip to Russia. A hunting grounds official made an accusation the king shot and killed a drunken bear in a hunting escapade. The monarch was on a private hunting trip in the Vologda region in northwest Russia in August, when he reportedly slaughtered the bear after it was plied with alcohol and released it into his shooting range.

Police in Israel are looking for 40 vibrators, whips and sex equipment worth 200 dollars, after a prominent sexologist's car was broken into. It's thought that the thieves who broke into Shelly Pasternak's car probably didn't know what they were taking, as the sex toys were contained in two metallic cases similar to those used for audio-visual equipment. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP that the exact value of the items stolen was unclear, and that they were searching for the items "just as with any other incident of theft. "

The British embassy reported that a leopard is running loose on their compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Embassy spokeswoman Holly Tett told Reuters, "There have been lots of wildlife in the compound, including mongoose, jackals and civet cats. The leopard which we are talking about has caused no injuries. " She added, "The embassy is looking at different ways on how to deal with the leopard. "

Two confessed killers are on the loose in Brazil so they can have the freedom to vote in a recent election. A man who confessed to raping and stoning to death five women as well as a man who confessed to hiring the hit man who killed his mother were released five days before the country's elections. Police have begun hunting them down but had to wait 48 hours after the polls closed as Brazilian law states.

After her husband said she would not have any luck gem hunting, a Tennessee woman discovered a 1. 30-carat diamond in Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park - the world's only publicly operated diamond site where regardless of their value, the public is allowed to search and keep any gems found. Melissa Lacey of Knoxville said, "I wasn't expecting to find anything and was just picking up pretty rocks. "