These are actual stories from currect headlines of major newspapers. Hard to believe?

10 May 2005

Our animal news will now be posted on the new i-pets.com blog.

09 May 2005

Woman Gets $45K for Cat Killed by Dog
A woman who sued a neighbor after his dog mauled her cat to death has been awarded more than $45,000. Retired teacher Paula Roemer's 12-year-old cat, Yofi, was attacked in her back yard in February 2004 by a chow belonging to her neighbor, Wallace Gray. The dog had repeatedly escaped in the past, according to the lawsuit.

05 May 2005

Furry 'pocket pets' sicken scores in U.S.
Dozens got dangerous bacteria from hamsters, mice, says CDC. Furry “pocket pets” like hamsters, mice and rats have sickened up to 30 people in at least 10 states with dangerous multidrug-resistant bacteria, health officials are warning.

Man tries to smuggle turtle onto plane
A Chinese man pretended to be a hunchback to smuggle his pet turtle on to a plane.

Bill would outlaw sale of copied cats
For $32,000, anyone can have a favorite feline cloned, but foes say it's unethical. A proposed law would bar the sale of such pets in California.

Frogs are saved from becoming cocktail ingredients
Peruvian officials saved some 4,000 endangered frogs from being whizzed into popular drinks after they were found hidden in an abattoir.

Four Afghans killed over argument about a goat
Four members of an Afghan family were killed and five wounded when a dispute over a goat straying into a neighbour's field boiled over into bloodshed.

Cows, buffalo, monkeys, camels and stray dogs terrorize India
About 35,000 cows and buffaloes roam free in Delhi in the heart of north India's Hindu "cow belt", sharing roads with hordes of monkeys, camels and stray dogs and killing scores of people every year in gorings and traffic accidents.

Argentina's great beaver plague
"All those trees you see," says Bismark, our tour guide, as he points towards a dammed river that is now a lake, "they're all dead. And this is because of the beaver."

Doctors remove maggots from woman's nose
Thai doctors recently removed 34 maggots from a woman's nasal cavity after she came to hospital complaining of a swollen cheek, media reports said on Tuesday.

29 Aril 2005

Fire department gets pet smoke masks
Man's best friend has a new friend in Fairfield the fire department. Firefighters have 15 new oxygen masks for dogs and cats that can be used to treat animals overcome by smoke inhalation during a fire.