Watching "Animal Planet" sure paid off for Erin Kemp when she decided to capture a 2 1/2-foot-long stray alligator on her own. Kemp spotted the dangerous gator in her suburban Washington, D. C. neighborhood while taking out the garbage. She immediately told a 9-year-old neighbor to get away and then got hold of her kids' guinea pig's pen and tried her best to capture the reptile.

Marshall County, West Virginia resident Edgar D. Hellar got his nose partially bit and one eye damaged when another man attacked him during a fight at a bar. The deputy present there had to take out his taser gun to subdue Michael Brant Tustin, 34, of Cameron from hurting Hellar more. Hellar was admitted to the hospital where plastic surgeons grafted his skin to repair his nose. His cornea also was scratched when Tustin tried to stick a finger behind his eye during the fight at the Travelers bar in Marshall County.

Most beer lovers like to consume it chilled but a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia is serving it in a frozen form and its visitors love it. Rustico Restaurant is selling frozen treats in flavors such as "Raspbeer-y" and "Fudgesicle" to adults only. The new beer on a stick similar to a Popsicle costs $4 for a 6-ounce size and $6 for a larger "beer cone. "

A 2-pound kitten was finally rescued from a storm drain in West Virginia, with the help of two fire trucks, five firefighters, several animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water. Firefighters tried coaxing it out with food and encouraging words. They also tried flashing lights and banging tools on the pipe to scare the kitten out, reported CNN.

Nearly 50 cats were rescued Thursday from a one-story house in Martinsburg, West Virginia, which was filled with feces that in some areas were half a foot deep. Animal control officers wearing protective suits and air packs also found two dead kittens in the huge piles of feces. According to the rescue team, some cat feces were about 3 feet wide while in other areas the feces was 3 inches to 6 inches deep.