Yoko Ono tasted a corgi kebab Tuesday night as part of a protest against the British Royal Family's treatment of animals. Controversial performance artist Mark McGowan cooked and ate the dead dog - the same breed as the queen's favorite pets - on a London radio show on which John Lennon's widow was also a guest. Following his performance on London's 104. 4 Resonance FM, McGowan said: "It's really, really disgusting. It's stinky, it's not like any meat I've seen.

Performance artist Mark McGowan is planning to cook and eat a corgi in protest against the British Royal Family. The 37-year-old will eat one of the dogs - famous for being Queen Elizabeth's favorite pets - on a live radio show next week in protest at the royals' treatment of animals. McGowan told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "I'm raising awareness at the inability of the RSPCA to prosecute Prince Philip and his friends for shooting a fox this year. It was left to fight for life for five minutes then beaten to death. "

A convicted cop killer skipped his own dinner on the eve of his execution and instead requested jail authorities to deliver vegetarian pizzas to any homeless person located near Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. Although the request was denied by jail authorities citing their policy matters, the wish didn't remain unfulfilled, thanks to several volunteers who came forward and donated pizzas to homeless shelters across Nashville. The pizzas started pouring in at the homeless shelters across the town right beginning Wednesday morning when Nashville's Oasis Center received a delivery of 17 pizzas from a Minneapolis, Minnesota, radio station, CNN. com reports.

Former Miss America 1944 Venus Ramey stopped an intruder from stealing equipment from her Kentucky farm last week, news sources say. While holding herself up with a walker, Ramey, 82, reportedly held a . 38 caliber handgun and shot the tires of the intruder's vehicle. She then flagged down an oncoming police officer.

Officials with Australia's marine police are puzzled by the discovery of an unmanned yacht found floating off Australia's Great Barrier Reef with its engines and electronics running, and food served on the table. The catamaran, named Kaz II, was spotted by a coastal aircraft during a regular patrol on Wednesday, but it was on Friday that rescue workers boarded the boat and reported the missing crew. Emergency Management Queensland spokesperson Jon Hall said that when rescuers reached the yacht they found the computers on the boat running and a table that apparently had been freshly set for a meal - but there was no signs of the crew.