Brazilian scientists are baffled over a claim that a cat gave birth to "puppies" in Brazil. Cassia Aparecida de Souza, from Passo Fundo, Brazil told the Sun newspaper that her cat Mimi, got pregnant after mating with a neighbor's dog.

Customs officers made a very surprising discovery when they conducted a routine border-patrol search of a van with two Siberian tigers. Customs agents say the two fully-grown tigers, both a male and female, were being smuggled into Montenegro from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Devoted baseball fans will have the ability to have their cremated ashes placed in urns that sport the logo of their favorite franchise as soon as next season, sources report. Major League Baseball and a leading maker of funeral products are to begin working together to promote a new line of MLB urns, promising to take the seventh-inning stretch into eternity for those interested in the product. Next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers, will be able to purchase urns bearing their teams colors and insignia.

The Friends of the Asian Elephant, a leading conservationist in Thailand on Monday accused the government of damaging the nation's endangered Asian elephant population by approving a proposal to swap five of them and other animals with white tigers at a Chinese zoo. Zoraida Salwala, secretary of the group revealed the government has approved a plan to swap some 29 animals, including five elephants and several chimpanzees with two rare white tigers and dozens of other animals.

A "peace protest" in Sri Lanka turns violent when Buddhist monks begin fighting with demonstrators. About 1,000 people were listening to speakers in a park when hardline monks took the stage and put up banners. They believe the government is too easy on the Tamil Tiger rebels. Moderate Buddhist monks were already on stage when fists began flying. Witnesses say no one was seriously injured.