Category: Animals

Phobia Realized: Woman Seeking to Overcome Fear of Primates Is Attacked on “Monkey Island”

Dee Darwell, 56, had a lifelong fear of primates due to the British woman being raised in a house with her father’s chimpanzee pet — which she described as “positively evil.” Darwell finally decided to overcome her phobia by going to Thailand to visit “Monkey Island” — where she was promptly attacked by monkeys and repeatedly bitten.
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Man Taunts Hells Angel Gang Members, Throws Puppy At Them, and Escapes on Stolen Bulldozer

A German man outside of Munich has been arrested after a bizarre scene where he stormed into a clubhouse of Hell’s Angels, dropped his pants and threw a puppy at gang members. He then stole a bulldozer and tried to make an extremely slow getaway.

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Bloggie Doggie: Meet Dallas, Our Pet of the Week

This beautiful creature is Dallas Winston, or Dally. He is the faithful companion of Tim Hanner and was named for Dallas Winston of The Outsiders. He is described by Tim as “lovable and loyal one minute and tough as nails (and a tad scary) the next.” He is described by Tim as “a showboat.” If you are interested in nominating a pet (any species allowed), you can find the questions here.

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Pet of the Week: Meet Cousin Oliver

This week’s winner is Cousin Oliver who is also known as Oliver or just Ollie. She was submitted by “Buddy Hinton.” She was named after a character on the Brady Bunch because “I was a little red headed stranger when I was first adopted into my family. Before that I was living under a dumpster in Spring Valley, California with my kitty mother and the rest of her litter.” Now that is a pedigree that I can relate to. If you are interested in nominating a pet (any species allowed), you can find the questions here.

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Oregon Man Accused of Releasing Doberman to Kill Rabbit in Front of Horrified Children in City Park

Oregon parents are saying that Luke Kishpaugh, 33, of Salem (Oregon) is someone you do not want around your kids, your parks, your pets . . . well, you just don’t want him around. Kishpaugh was in a city park when he saw children watching a rabbit play in the grass. Kishpaugh reportedly smirked and released his Doberman Pinscher to catch and kill the rabbit — in front of the terrified children.

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Virginia Man Kills Kitten For Turning Off Computer Game

Bruce Walston, 21, was playing a video game when his girlfriend, Bessie Hess’s kitten stepped on the computer cord and shut off the game. Walston allegedly proceeded to kill the kitten by throwing it against a wall in their apartment. He killed the kitten in front of Hess’s children.
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Like A Good Neighbor? State Farm Charges Family for Bumper of Car that Killed Their Dog

Kim Flemming thought that losing Jake, her 12-year-old yellow Labrador, in Aurora, Ontario was bad enough. That was until she received a letter from State Farm Insurance demanding that she pay for the dented bumper on the car that killed Jake.

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