A woman who was making additional income by growing chicken and selling eggs to supplement her disability income was constrained after complaints of crowing roosters from disturbed neighbors. The northwest Arkansas community of Rogers came up with new laws and restrictions in keeping birds at home in the city limits.

Highlighting the importance of animals, the newly seated Mayor of Montana city has come up with an innovative idea, "The Goat Experiment. " The experiment aimed at removing undesirable native weeds is seen as an alternative to chemicals. Allyson Adams has deployed nearly 200 goats which had been brought from Conrad to eat weeds that threaten Virginia City's native plants.

When an alligator bit an elderly woman, she fought back with a garden hose. Constance Gittles, 74, of south Punta Gorda was watering plants on Tuesday when she was bitten just above her ankle by a six foot long alligator. Gittles said, "I just whacked him in the snout with the nozzle. After that, he took off. "

It hasn't been a good holiday season for the Easter bunny. First, a German man sues the Easter icon for 'bodily harm' and 'distress' and now the country of New Zealand is giving out a warning that he's not welcome over there, either. According to local reports, hundreds of hunters will gather to stalk and shoot thousands of rabbits over the weekend as part of moves to cut numbers of the big-eating, fast-breeding pests, which are not native to the country and are blamed for destroying plants and pastures.

A Cornell University horticulturist research says that giving some plants diluted alcohol stunts the growth of a plant's leaves and stems but doesn't affect the blossoms. William Miller, director of Cornell's Flower Bulb Research Program, reported his findings in the April issue of HortTechnology, a peer-reviewed journal of horticulture.