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February 2008
- 'Silent' Song Tops Kiwi Charts
  
  Reuters | Feb 19, 08 11:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A song that only dogs can hear has hit the top of the charts in New Zealand and may be headed for the US, Reuters reports. "A Very Silent Night," a charity single to benefit the country's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was recorded at a frequency audible only to dogs and got enough tails wagging to make it the nation's No. 1 Christmas hit. More »
- Giant Bunnies Hit Silver Screen
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 18, 08 12:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Giant bunnies overran the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, reports Der Spiegel —in the form of a 5-minute documentary on the international intrigue that ensued when a German rabbit breeder sent a dozen of his 20-pounders to North Korea to be bred to help alleviate hunger. Instead, they met a tragic end as part of a birthday feast for playboy-dictator Kim Jong Il. More »
- US Drilling Deals Spark New Fears for Polar Bears
  
  Washington Post | Feb 7, 08 3:24 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US government has announced $2.7 billion in winning bids for oil drilling rights in 2.8 million acres of Alaska's frozen Chukchi Sea, despite angry objections of lawmakers and environmentalists. The bids include a record $105 million offer from Shell for a single 9-square-mile tract. Environmental groups say the exploration will endanger walruses, bowhead whales and polar bears, already suffering the impact of global warming. A tenth of the world's population of polar bears live in the region. More »
- Doggone! Texas Mayor Resigns After Hiding Neighbor's Pup
  
  BBC | Feb 3, 08 1:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - It may have been nothing more than puppy love, but the mayor of a small Texas town has been driven out of office after it was discovered she secretly kept the neighbor's dog she claimed had died, reports the BBC. The Shih Tzu named Puddles was later spotted at a dog groomer's. The dogsitting mayor also reported to police that the pooch, whom she had renamed Panchito, was missing. More »
January 2008
- Vienna's Baby Panda Says Hello
  
  Associated Press | Jan 31, 08 9:03 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Vienna's newest celebrity made his debut yesterday as the 5-month-old panda Fu Long met the public for the first time. The Austrian capital's Schönbrunn Zoo had to issue a statement to anxious panda fans that the cloistered cub was healthy and growing strong. Only yesterday afternoon did Fu Long emerge to an adoring crowd, although the zoo's director told the AP that the panda is more of "a night owl." More »
- Zoo Leopards Find New Home at Preserve
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jan 26, 08 6:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Brother-sister pair Sirius and Pitou grew up in a French traveling circus, spent the last nine years at the Monaco zoo, and have now found a new home at a wildlife preserve in South Africa. The 16-year-old leopards undertook their recent journey—sedated and via two airplanes—thanks to British actress and conservationist Virginia McKenna, the Telegraph reports. More »
- Housing Crisis Hard on Pets, Too
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jan 22, 08 8:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - America's pets are feeling the subprime fallout these days as more homeowners are foreclosing and abandoning them, the Chicago Tribune reports. A recent spate of deserted animals—including 24 horses on an Oklahoma farm, and 21 Great Danes left to die in Pennsylvania—inspired the national Humane Society to issue a plea: If you can't afford to keep pets, at least take them to a shelter. More »
- New Cub Could Out-Cute Knut
  
  Der Spiegel | Jan 14, 08 1:50 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - There’s a new polar bear in Germany, and Knut had better watch his back, reports Der Spiegel , because the Nuremberg zoo’s 2.4-kilo baby bruin is drawing international attention for being so gosh darn cute. Fans have sent 15,000 name suggestions since Friday, but for now she’s called “Flocke,” German for "snowflake." More »
December 2007
- Pandas Prepare for Risky Duty
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 16, 07 6:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Four panda bears bred in captivity in China will soon be set free in a bid to save their species from extinction. But first, they've got to toughen up. Scientists at the nation's biggest panda breeding center are preparing to release two males and two females into the wild, and they're trying to give the bears street smarts of a sort—how to sense danger and fend off attacks, the Times reports. More »
September 2007
- Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!
  
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Sep 7, 07 3:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Atlanta's Panda cub Mei Lan celebrated her first birthday yesterday, and her keepers invited local fans and Chinese dignitaries to her party. The guest of honor napped through the hoopla, even when the zoo president called the big day "one of the most significant" in the zoo's 118-year history. The festivities drew birthday wishes from as far away as London. More »
August 2007
- Flying Monkey Travels Coach
  
  BBC | Aug 8, 07 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A man smuggled a monkey onto a Spirit Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to LaGuardia yesterday by hiding it under his hat. Fellow passengers caught on when the small primate—a baby marmoset the size of a fist—came out and hung on the man's ponytail. The monkey-smuggler, whose flight originated in Lima, Peru, is being questioned at La Guardia. Fellow-passengers credited the monkey for being well-behaved. More »