A teacher who castrated a live pig in front of her high school class is now on the list of animal rights activists throughout the country. Protests began after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals published accounts of the incident at Rosamond High School on its Web site last month.

A flood of water would have been bad enough, but the green-brown liquid that gushed through the streets of one German village was "the mother-of-all muck. "A tank containing 52,800 gallons of liquid pig manure burst open, flooding the Bavarian village of Elsa, German police said Wednesday.

Orlando police are investigating a string of bizarre threats involving food. Authorities say someone stole frozen chickens, ducks and even a pig from two restaurants. Police think the culprits may be stealing the food for someone else's restaurant business or store. Two Chinese restaurants have been raided in near copycat fashion, with the freezers stripped.

A developer is threatening to put a pig farm on his property in order to get the attention of the rezoning board. Steve Nagel thinks that this ploy will get him further then his civil attempts to negotiate his property line.

A developer is threatening to put a pig farm on his property in order to get the attention of the rezoning board. Steve Nagel thinks that this ploy will get him further then his civil attempts to negotiate his property line.