Joan Newberger, 66, and her caretaker, James Poole, said they and the four monkeys were dressed as pirates on Bourbon Street during the weekend when police and wildlife agents approached them and seized the small primates. … Newberger said the seizure…
This is what you might call "payback," although in California people tend to call it "karma." A California man attending a cockfight in Tulare County died on January 30 after one of the birds stabbed him in the leg. The birds apparently are…
The Associated Press reported last week that local officials in the Swiss village of Reconvilier, apparently tired of people not paying the $50 annual dog-ownership tax, have taken a reasonable, measured approach to enforcement by threatening to kill any dog whose owner…
Okay, one more on yesterday's chimp rampage in Kansas City. The occasion (or excuse) for bringing it up again is that the video from the police car's camera has been released. Here's the cellphone video I was going on about…
After I posted the previous item on the gorilla said to be rampaging through Kansas City, the original article was updated (same link) and the ape in question is now reported to be a "large chimpanzee" (pan troglodytes) rather than a gorilla (gorilla…
A minor dispute, but one that generated two excellent quotes. On September 16, a dog owner in Lafayette, Colorado (near Boulder) was ticketed after an altercation involving himself, his two dogs and a local cyclist. Peter West was walking his…
What is the world coming to when a man can't take the steps necessary to defend his home and family from mammalian invaders? Ask Cedric Newton, who was charged last week with reckless discharge of a firearm simply for trying to…
A restaurant that refused to seat a blind patron because its workers allegedly believed his seeing-eye dog was gay has been fined $1,500 by the Australian Equal Opportunity Tribunal. The restaurant, located in Adelaide, also agreed to provide a written apology to…
Good news for circus-lovers in Turkmenistan — the ban has finally been lifted. Circuses were banned years ago by the country's former ruler, Saparmurat Niyazov. MSNBC called Niyazov an "eccentric autocrat" but that is understating it just a bit. Niyazov…
From this week's California case reports: Jensen Corporation Landscape Contractor v. McGuire & Hester; Cabrillo Community College District; Western Surety Co., No. CV167244 (filed Apr. 16, 2010). Breach of contract. The plaintiff suffered additional labor and material costs due to delays caused…