News and Stories that influence my world...and superflous stuff too.
Sparta the Mean Kitty
The videos above are from YouTube, and feature Sparta. Click on them to watch these clever videos his owner has posted on YouTube. He is an Egyptian Mau, though he looks like a Bengal. (Bengals are a cross between an Asian Leopard cat and a domestic shorthair). In one video, you'll notice how Sparta fetches. (it's because they are VERY smart). I Hope you enjoy these short clips.
(PS. Sometimes weird videos will appear. Refresh the browser until the kitties show up).
SWISSVALE, Pa. -- A 14-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital Saturday morning following a shooting in Swissvale, in which police said the suspected shooter was a 10-year-old. Police said the boys were playing with two small-caliber guns in a third floor bedroom of the home in the 7800 block of St. Lawrence Avenue. The gun accidentally discharged, hitting the teen boy in the chest, the Swissvale police chief told Channel 4 Action News. “There [were] five juveniles in the house. One was playing with two guns in there,” Chief Greg Geppert said. “One shot the other one. A 10-year-old boy shot a 14-year-old.”Read More: Source/ThePittsburghchannel.com Shooting I'm a believer in the 2nd Amendmant, but there needs to be better controls. One child shooting another with an uncontrolled gun ought to land the parents in jail.
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WDTN) - The brutal killing of a baby alpaca is breathing life into a stalled Ohio bill that could mean tougher punishment for people convicted of animal cruelty. Jeff Pergram and Rebecca Hardin owned Masterpiece, a four-month-old alpaca that was beaten to death. Pergram and Hardin hope House Bill 55 will give them some much needed closure. Thursday, State Representative Courntney Combs and Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones threw their support behind the bill that Pergram proposed back in 2007. The bill would increase jail time for second time adult offenders to six months and require counseling. Pergram says the passage of the bill would mean Masterpiece didn't die in vain. As for the people responsible for the death of the baby alpaca, Pergram said, "It's all choices we make. They made bad choices. So, now you pay the price, and I want them to pay the price." Two 17-year-old boys are charged with the beating death of Masterpiece. Stacie Mullins, 22, is charged with complicity. Ohio isn't the only state considering stricter penalties. California is looking into registering animal abusers, just like sex offenders are registered. This is so sad...Two juveniles...what WERE they thinking? Too bad they won't get a lot of jail time. In my world I think losing a hand or an arm would be justice for beating to death an innocent baby animal. Boy, their parents must be so proud of their parenting skills.
MANITOWOC, Wis. — Police say a bear bit off a woman's fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal. The Lincoln Park Zoo in Manitowoc closed after the incident Friday morning. Police say the 47-year-old woman lost a thumb and a forefinger, and two other fingers were partially severed. The woman's boyfriend was bitten as he tried to pry the bear's mouth off her hand, but he didn't lose any fingers. Her 3-year-old granddaughter wasn't injured. A mayor's office statement says alcohol played a factor. It's unclear which of two Asiatic black bears bit the women when she put her hand through their enclosure's fence. Police tell the Herald Times Reporter the bears likely won't be euthanized. Manitowoc is about 80 miles north of Milwaukee. They shouldn't even consider euthanizing these animals...maybe they should euthanize the stupid woman.
LOVELAND, Colo. — A long-running argument over a favorite McDonald's parking spot has resulted in an assault conviction. A Colorado jury on Friday convicted 52-year-old Vernon Brandt of Loveland of felony third-degree assault for a 2008 fight with 85-year-old Richard Albers. On the day of the assault, Albers walked up to Brandt's truck because Brandt was blocking the spot Albers has been using almost every morning for 16 years. Albers tapped on Brandt's door, and Brandt then swung open his truck door, knocking Albers to the ground. Brandt then allegedly got out of his car, grabbed Albers and threatened to fight him. Prosecutors said the men had argued over the spot before. Sentencing has not been set. How stupid can people be. What warped sense of values these two grown men must have. They both ought to be given jail time. I can't believe how far people will go, for the dumbest of reasons.
By Jennifer Viegas, Studio One Networks Like many pet owners, husband and wife Dan Wiesel and Alysa Binder always included their animal companion -- a Jack Russell terrier named Zoe -- in their family vacations. Too tall to fit under an airplane seat, Zoe inadvertently limited the couple's destinations to locations within driving range of their Florida home. But in 2005, Wiesel and Binder decided to travel a greater distance. Reluctantly, they flew Zoe in a commercial plane's cargo hold. "After the plane landed, she just wasn't the same," remembers Binder. "It took almost two weeks for her to seem back to normal." Out of Zoe's difficulty, Pet Airways was born. This past July, Binder and Wiesel -- previously consultants for startup companies -- launched the country's first and to date only airline devoted specifically to animals. At Pet Airways, pets always fly in the main cabin, carefully tended to by a flight crew of veterinary technicians.Read More: Source/KHQ PetsPet Airlines I am so glad to see this. An airline just for pets. All I can say is, It's about time.
