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From Tiger Wood's personal website: Hey, Tiger, I was just wondering if you and your wife ever go out on dates? I mean, I never see you out in People magazine, and I know the paparazzi are everywhere! I think Elin and I have avoided a lot of media attention because we're kind of boring. When we do go out, we like to go to the movies. When we go for dinner, it's usually at the same few restaurants. Mostly, people are very nice and just want to say hi. There are a lot of evenings we'll just rent a...

IGOR has everything a self-respecting crocodile needs to be a good lover - he's big, he's strong and he's dashingly handsome. But the 4.62m saltie doesn't seem to know the difference between love-making and dinner. He killed his last two girlfriends.. And that was enough for the Darwin Crocodile Farm - Igor had to go. "I don't know why he attacked the girls...But it does happen..."

​It was only last year that the Chihuahua was Hollywood's "it" dog. Paris Hilton still uses a pair as accessories, and the breed stared in the 2008 film Beverly Hills Chihuahua. But for every flow there is an ebb, and it seems that many of the people who rushed to the pet store to get their own toy dogs are now dumping them en masse at California animal shelters. The story first took flight in San Francisco, where the Chronicle noted that one-third of the dogs in shelters there are Chihuahuas. Today the Los Angeles Times reported that the breed...

Man arrested at Walmart for punching pit bull Tue, 12/08/2009 - 4:42pm By: Ben Nelms A Jonesboro man was arrested Dec. 1 in the Walmart parking lot at the Fayette Pavilion for striking his pit bull with his fist and displaying belligerent and drunken behavior. James M. Lovingood, Jr., 34, was arrested on charges of cruelty to animals and public drinking, according to Fayetteville Police spokesperson Steve Crawshaw. Crawshaw said officers were called to the scene at approximately 8:15 p.m. by a witness who said that Lovingood was hitting the dog with his fist. Once at the scene two other...

In a situation that most any conservatives can relate to, a stupid Reporter and his Guide catches an anaconda snake off guard. Well they decide to harass the snake and play with him for a few minutes before tossing him like garbage, away from the camp. Remind you of the way the drive-by media treats conservatives? Well, that's the first thing I thought of when I watched it. Anyway, after a little while the Guide hears the reporter screaming for help. So he rushes to where the Reporter is and finds him under attack from the angry anaconda that tracked...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals. New research led by biogeochemists Travis Horton of the University of Canterbury and Joel Blum of the University of Michigan lays the groundwork for assessing current and future effects of mercury deposition and climate change on polar bears. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Polar Research. Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 150 tons of it enter the environment each year...

There seem to be two kinds of people in the world: those who don't understand cats, and those who think cats are kind of douchebags. Unfortunately for cat lovers, science has kind of come down on the side of that second group. Research has revealed that a lot of the quirky and even cute things your kitty does are actually signs that your cat is kind of a d***.

Chapman U. To Try Puppy Therapy A student group will bring 10 dogs to campus next week to help everyone relax during finals, just one of the things the school will do to help students de-stress. Shannon Stewart with three of the puppies she will take to Chapman University in Orange next week as part of the school's efforts to help students de-stress during finals. (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times By My-Thuan Tran December 4, 2009 A Chapman University student group wanted to find a way to relieve stress during finals week, so it came up with an innovative...

One of the owners of the two pit bulls shockingly is blaming the 70-year-old victim for the vicious attack she suffered Friday on a Bayonne street, a brutal assault that sent her to a hospital with critical injuries, says the manager of the shelter where the dogs are being kept. The co-owner of the dogs, Jason Reid, showed up at the Associated Humane Society of Newark facility Saturday and told D.J. Infield, the manager and chief animal control officer, that Maria Zaldana, of Jersey City, must have provoked the dogs, Infield said today. . . . Zaldano was walking to...

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. - A Hawkins County man is asking police to help stop cows from damaging his residence.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A powerful state senator called Dec. 3 for wildlife officials to fire anyone involved with deer management after hunters killed the fewest deer in years during Wisconsin's traditional November hunt. Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, said the Department of Natural Resources' has draconian herd-control policies that have devastated the deer population, leaving hunters empty-handed. The experts who designed the regulations deserve to lose their jobs, he said. "They've earned what they got coming. They've screwed us over too many years in a row now," Decker told The Associated Press. "They got what they wanted. They...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A decade has passed since the federal government began releasing Mexican wolves into the wild in an effort to return the endangered animal to its historic range in the Southwest. It hasn't worked out — for the wolves, for ranchers, for conservationists or for federal biologists.

The Iditarod plans to test mushers for drugs and alcohol in March, a change many mushers have no problem with -- but one that three-time champion Lance Mackey scoffs at. "I think it's a little bit ridiculous," Mackey said Wednesday night from his home near Fairbanks after a training run. "It is a dog race, not a human race. It (using a drug) doesn't affect the outcome of the race." Mackey, a throat cancer survivor who has a medical marijuana card, admits to using marijuana on the trail and thinks his success has made some of his competitors jealous. "It...

A wayward beaver has met an untimely end, apparently run down by a car as it ambled on a Murrieta city street. The beaver, found on a densely populated stretch of Murrieta Hot Springs Road early Thursday morning, appears to have recently re-colonized Warm Springs Creek flood channel, which runs through nearby Pond Park. Time will tell if the large rodent was a lone ranger or is survived by others, but there were signs at the park that several small trees in the creek bed had been gnawed to the ground. Officer Jan Bratten, of Animal Friends of the Valleys,...

Saturday, December 05, 2009 By SARAH RAHMAN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A 70-year-old woman was critically injured yesterday morning when she was mauled by two pit bulls that had gotten loose from their Bayonne backyard, police said. Maria Zaldana, of Jersey City, was attacked at 9:11 a.m. outside the dogs' 15 W. 34th St. home, Bayonne Police Lt. Robert Deczynski said. Part of Zaldana's scalp was torn off, he said, and she also suffered numerous puncture wounds and had skin torn off from her right knee and calf and the left side of her face. Zaldana was just steps from the...

CLEARWATER — If a dog were to accompany a restaurant chef to work, most people would have no problem with a state inspector kicking the dog to the curb. But when the food vendor happens to be a gas station, and its offerings stop at cans of Coke and bags of Doritos, and the dog is a charismatic chocolate Labrador named Cody, the response evolves into a public outcry — against the state. "Thumbs down on the Department of Agriculture. Tackle some real problems. Human customers bring more contamination — not to mention danger — than a well-cared-for pooch," said...

World Cup Stadium 'Cow Sacrifice' Plan Sparks Row Animal sacrifice is a vital part of life for many South Africans. A proposal to bless South Africa's World Cup stadiums by slaughtering a cow in each one has caused concern among animal rights activists. The Makhonya Royal Trust, which put forward the idea, described the cattle killing ritual as a "true African" way of blessing the 2010 tournament. Government minister Sicelo Shiceka has promised to lobby football's governing body, Fifa, in support of the plan. But animal rights groups have demanded to be consulted over the plans. The row comes as...

Pitbull rips off three-year-old boy's scalp 13:00 AEST Sat Dec 5 2009 By ninemsn staff A three-year-old boy has had most of his scalp torn off in a pitbull attack in the Northern Territory. The boy, whose name has not been released, was playing in the backyard of a relative's house in Katherine when a pitbull latched onto his hair and ripped off a large section of his scalp, the NT news reports. The boy's mother, who was inside the house at the time of the mauling, ran outside when she heard his screams. Paramedics rushed the boy to Katherine...

Hanover County and state authorities are investigating an attack by two pit bulls that seriously injured a woman in the yard of a house that doubles as a child-care facility. The house where today's attack occurred is licensed by the Virginia Department of Social Services to care for up to 12 children per day, although Hanover County authorities said no children were there at the time. The 41-year-old victim, who went to the house to visit her friend who operates the child-care facility, was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of what authorities said were significant wounds to her...

"A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and law enforcement investigators mystified. Four calves have been found dead in a pasture just north of the New Mexico state line in recent weeks. The dead calves had their skins peeled back and organs cleared from the rib cage. One calf had its tongue removed. But rancher Manuel Sanchez has found no signs of human attackers, such as footprints or ATV tracks. And there are no signs of an animal attack by a coyote or mountain lion . Usually predators leave pools or blood or drag marks...

PET owners could be punished for not walking their dogs, under radical new laws being proposed by the RSPCA. Under the legislation, they would have to regularly exercise dogs, ensure animals are not kept chained up and give their pets adequate food and water. If the proposal becomes law, dog and cat owners across Australia would face prosecution, fines of up to $12,000 fines for animal cruelty and magistrates could consider jail in extreme circumstances.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A state health inspector says a dog familiar to many regular customers at a Gulf coast gas station will no longer be able to join his owner at work. The Clearwater BP station's owner, Karim Mansour, received a warning from the Florida Department of Health on Thursday, informing him that Cody would have to go or all of the store's food - mostly bottled soda, candy and other snacks - would be declared unfit for consumption.

Male blue-footed boobies that take a yearlong sex sabbatical get a brighter shade of blue in their feet the following year, which makes them more attractive to females, a new study says. lue-footed boobies are best known for their bright blue webbed feet. Prominently displayed in a courtship dance, the males blue feet are important in attracting females. A new study shows that while attractiveness of the blue feet diminishes with age in males that reproduce each year, if males skip a breeding season and dont mate, they displayed a more attractive foot color and had more green chroma. Breeding...

A Hayward man was shot and killed in front of his 13-year-old daughter while walking the family's dogs Tuesday evening, the result of a dispute with another man who took exception to one of the dogs sniffing at his leg, police said today.

Edgecombe County -- A business owner is recovering from injuries she suffered when she encountered a herd of deer on a downtown Tarboro sidewalk. The Daily Southerner of Tarboro reported that Michelle Brewer was opening the jewelry store she owns with her husband when one deer passed by. Then she says so many deer appeared that she couldn't move. Brewer doesn't remember the deer stepping on her Saturday. Others told her that one deer kicked her several feet in the air before the rest trampled her. Her injuries included two bruises on the right side of her face and a...

A pet owner knows the enormous joy and comfort that an animal can provide, especially in troubled times. Most pets are considered important members of the family and irreplaceable companions. A growing body of research now documents the value of the human-animal bond in child development, elderly care, mental illness, physical impairment, dementia, abuse and trauma recovery, and the rehabilitation of incarcerated youth and adults. In two articles in a recent issue of Family Process, titled "Human-Animal Bonds I," (focused on the benefits of companion animals) and "Human-Animal Bonds II," (focused on their role in couple and family dynamics and...

LONDON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The uncle of a 4-year-old British boy mauled to death by an illegal pitbull dog has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, police say. The victim, John Paul Massey, was attacked Monday at the home of his grandmother, Helen Foulkes, in Wavertree, The Daily Telegraph reported. Foulkes was injured as she tried to pull the dog from her grandson. The boy's uncle, Christian Foulkes, 21, of Liverpool, was away with the army when the attack occurred. He returned home after the incident and was detained by police. Pitbulls are banned in Britain under the Dangerous...

"Oh geez. Is this really graphic really necessary? We found it over at CBS 5, attached to today's "2 Pit Bulls Who Mauled Dog Shot In East Palo Alto" item. The story goes like this: An East Palo Alto cop "shot two pit bulls" that had just mauled a tiny poodle mix as it was being walked by its owner last night. Then, the aggressive pooches "approached responding officers in a 'vicious manner,'" which is when the fuzz had no other choice but to open fire, killing the dogs. But these kind of headlines and jarring graphics, of course,...

By feeding birds, you could alter their evolutionary future, with changes visible in the very near term, scientists now conclude. Due to winter bird-feeding, what was once a single population of birds has, in fewer than 30 generations, been split into two groups that do not interbreed, despite the fact that they continue to breed side by side in the very same forests. > Over the course of three-and-a-half years, the scientists followed birds known as blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) in Central Europe after humans began offering food to them. A recent divide has sprung up, with two groups following distinct...

SYDNEY (AFP) – The rotting carcasses of thousands of wild camels who have died of thirst in Australia's desert Outback are polluting vital waterholes and sacred sites, according to a report. The Central Land Council, which administers Aboriginal land in the nation's arid centre, said the corpses were poisoning water supplies, describing scenes of mass carnage. "Some fall into waterholes and won't be able to get out so they'll rot within the water, others will chase the last remains of any water in these areas and start to compete with each other," the council's land management chief David Alexander told...

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A family that planned to spend winter in a woodstove-heated wall tent ...near Talkeetna with a dozen dogs gave up over the weekend, a few days after the mother was evacuated with severely frostbitten hands. The father and a teenager walked 7 miles out to civilization on Saturday, the son also suffering from frostbite. Then, authorities had to mount another difficult operation to rescue a dozen dogs ...

BENBROOK — Dustin Womble was a toddler when his mom found Copper in a gutter along a busy highway. The kitten and the child took to each other immediately and, for the next 15 years, shared a special bond. Even as the family grew — three siblings, two dogs and another cat joined the household — Dustin and Copper remained steadfast companions. So when Copper died unexpectedly in his sleep recently, Dustin, 16, was distraught. "It was really hard to watch," said Tami Hubbard, Dustin’s mother. "They were very, very attached to each other." Wanting to honor Copper’s life and...

Story Updated: Dec 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM EST NAPLES, Fla. - Jenna Platt holds back tears as she leafs through photos of "Toby," her Russell Terrier. "If more was done, my dog would still be here," Platt said. Just minutes after stepping outside to take Toby for a walk last night, Jenna saw a large black Pit Bull charging towards her. She knew the dog was her neighbor's and says it has attacked before. "He grabbed my Jack Russell by the throat and that's when I started screaming for help. I was too far away for my dad to...

A newfound creature nicknamed "Dumbo" (pictured) may look like it's all ears--but the protrusions are actually fins that help propel the animal through the darkness 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) under the sea. Netted during a recent Census of Marine Life (CoML) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, this Dumbo is among the thousands of deep-sea creatures the census has documented so far that live without ever knowing sunlight. Reaching six feet (two meters) in length and weighing 13 pounds (6 kilograms), the jumbo Dumbo is the largest of the octopus-like animals ever found.

As Bug Fighting Goes Year Round, Fans Bemoan Role of Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Money Like the baseball calendar in the U.S., China's cricket-fighting season is getting longer and longer. Purists fret that the pastime is being threatened by a money culture. Helping lead the effort to upend thousands of years of Chinese tradition is Xu Moxiao, a man determined to lengthen the customary autumn fighting season. He thinks year-round bug fights are better for fans and for the people who make money off the sport. "What I'm doing is trying to expand the good things," says Mr. Xu. Cricket fighting has...

Elderly Flora Woman Killed in Pit Bull Attack 12/1/09 @ 2:21:44 pm An 85-year-old Flora woman has been attacked and killed by a pit bull dog Monday afternoon in Flora. Police identify the victim as Rosie Humphreys. They say Humphreys had taken her small poodle for a walk when the poodle was attacked and killed. Police believe Humphreys attempted to kick the pit bull away from her dog and that's when the pit bull turned on her. A neighbor was treated for a minor hand wound at the Clay County Hospital received when trying to bring the dog under control....

A Minneapolis K9 died after falling off the roof of a three-story building, during a possible burglary call. Police say officers were called to the 200-block of Hennepin Avenue South for a suspected burglary in progress, just after 7 a.m. Monday. The K9, named Chase, was called in to assist after police found evidence that the suspect was possibly still in the building. Chase and his handler, Officer Eric Lukes, were searching the roof when the dog fell and sustained grave injuries. "While Chase was running over to the edge, he leapt over the side of the wall and fell...

A two year old boy and his dog Toby spend the day together, being friends. It's an amazing little video that highlites the bond between a boy and his dog.

LINDSIDE -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Department is investigating an attack that left an elderly man in critical condition. Sheriff Michael Gravely said the attack happened on Friday, Nov. 27 in the Pine Grove area of Monroe County. The victim has been confirmed as 70 year old, Lowell Bowden. Sheriff Gravely said Bowden was attacked by four or five dogs of the pitbull breed. Bowden is listed in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The investigation is ongoing.

A NEIGHBOURHOOD is in shock after a young boy has been mauled to death by a 'pitbull type dog' while his grandmother was babysitting him at home. The child, named locally as John Paul Massey, suffered serious injuries and died at the scene. His grandmother Helen Foulkes, 63, battled in vain to protect the boy from the white-and-brown-coloured animal. The incident happened at a house in Wavertree, Liverpool, in the early hours of this morning.

1. Beagle 2. Collie 3. Doberman Pinscher 4. Finnish Spitz 5. German shepherd 6. Norwegian elkhound 7. Rottweiler 8. Shetland sheepdog 9. Terriers 10. Toy and miniature poodles Source: “Planet Dog: A Doglopedia” (www.petvr.com/index.php/pages/noisiesyquietestdogs.html)

THE RSPCA today condemned "stupid, irresponsible" pranksters who stole a sheep, put it into a shopping trolley and wheeled it into a supermarket. The youths were caught on CCTV at 3am today as they pushed the sheep into the Asda store in Bexleyheath, south east London, and took photos. RSPCA inspector Andrew Kirby, who is investigating the incident, said: "This stupid, irresponsible stunt would have terrified this poor sheep and caused it great stress by removing it from its flock. "We have tracked down the sheep's owner but we can't return it to its flock for six days because of...

The workers at the Teller County Regional Animal Shelter in Colorado stopped at nothing to revive a frozen kitty who came to them on the last legs of its nine lives. On a recent snowy Friday morning in Woodland Park, Colo., animal control received a call about a cat that may or may not have been alive under a deck. When they arrived they found the cat nearly frozen to death. According to shelter worker Sharon L. Peters, who told her story to USA Today, the black and white cat's eyes were closed and it wasn't moving. But when it...

When we think of spiders, us Brits tends to imagine the black and brown creatures that thrive in dry corners and give us a fright when we least expect it. Australians, the other hand, are privy to much more exciting sights, as these pictures of the 'peacock spider' prove. While it may be eight-legged like every other spider, this one has an impressive mating ritual to attract a partner. It shows off a rainbow of colours to impress nearby females by fanning out two brightly patterned flaps at the back of his body. Displaying its spectrum of shades in an...

Pictured: Squirrel Mother Goes Nuts And Attacks Dog Trying To Eat Her Baby 25th November 2009 They have a bit of a reputation for a vicious streak, but this dog certainly got more than it bargained for after pouncing on a baby squirrel it found on the ground. Moments before the hapless baby would have been torn apart, these images show its mother appearing to leap off a nearby tree and attacking the surprised dog. Barking mad: The squirrel gets ready to leap off the tree and its terrified baby is pounced on by the dog [Pic in URL] Using...

A new amphibian species can survive on land with no nostrils, lungs, or legs, say researchers who discovered the bizarre beast. The creature, found in Guyana, is part of the wormlike group of amphibians known as caecilians. Only one other caecilian species is known to live without lungs.

Prized for their impressive antlers, red deer have been caught in the hunters' sights for generations. But a deer's antlers are much more than decorative. They are lethal weapons that stags crash together when duelling. John Currey, from The University of York, UK, has been intrigued by the mechanical properties of bone for over half a century and has become fascinated by the mechanical properties of antler through a long-standing collaboration with Tomas Landete-Castillejos at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. 'Antlers look as if they are dry,' says Currey, 'but no one knew if they really are dry when used...