Chew On This: New Year's Edition

by Evan Jacobs (Subscribe to Evan Jacobs's posts): Jan 1st 2010 @ 5:00PM Filed Under: Exotic Pets, Celebrity Pets, Chew on This

Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the Web each week!

New Year's Barkin' Eve

These pets are ready to party! Look through these photos to find pictures of animals as ready for 2010 as they are totally wasted. [via People Pets]
Rescue, Ubu, Rescue!

A dog saves his owners life by--you guessed it--scratching at the door. Yawn. In 2010, someone needs to teach a dog to use a defibrillator. [via MyFoxWausau.com]
Manners, Mischa

When Mischa Barton was denied access to Whole Foods for her dog, for once, a celebrity was treated like a normal person. [via NY Daily News]
Gorilla Birthday Miracle

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Colo, the oldest gorilla in captivity. Happy birthday to you. Oh, and happy new year.[via LATimes.com]
Oh, Holy Penguin

For the first time in five years, a king penguin is born at Edinburgh Zoo. Failure to impregnate king penguins is so 2009! [via TimesOnline.co.uk]