Posts tagged "Scotland"

What's better than a baby monkey? Try three types of adorable baby monkeys for the price of one!

Zookeepers at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland recently welcomed the arrival of 15 new monkey babies from three species. And they're all adorable.

There's been a squirrel monkey baby boom, with a whopping 12 births since last fall. Squirrel monkeys are recognizable by the tufts of white fur around their faces and throats. In the wild, they live in Central and South America, where they swing through the canopies of rain forests.

Ke$sha Shows Her Softer Side to Needy Animals
Singer Ke$ha is hard at work making a name for herself as a pop singer, but beneath all that eyeliner beats a big heart. She recently witnessed the devastation caused by major flooding in Tennessee, and donated 1,000 pounds of pet food to the Nashville Metro Animal Shelter to help them cope with the animals left homeless by the disaster, reports CatChannel.com.

Rare Sand Cat Kitten Born Via IVF Now on Display
This big-eared, blue-eyed kitten isn't just the cutest thing we've seen today; she also marks an important step in science and conservation. The kitten was born as a result of in-vitro fertilization and an embryo transfer procedure, and was the first success story involving these procedures, reports Gulf News. This is good news for other rare land carnivores in arid regions. Plus, the picture is so sweet!

Lottery Winner Plans to Spend $2M Winnings on Rescued Goats
Beverly Evens is living the dream. Her $5 lottery ticket ended up a $2 million winner! But rather than quit her job or make extravagant plans, Evens intends to use the money for a cause closer to her heart. She and her husband will spend the majority of the money on their rescued goats, according to Tonic News.

Anne Hathaway Hits the Local Dog Park
Celebrities! They're just like us! Well, maybe not, but Celebrity-Gossip.net reports that Anne Hathaway and her favorite four-legged friend, Esmeralda, did hit the dog park last weekend, just like we did. Of course, she looked a bit more stylish in her fedora and aviators than we did in our yoga pants and ball cap, but otherwise, we're pretty much exactly alike.

Zimbabwe's "Noah's Ark" Gift to North Korea Causes Concern
Conservationists are concerned over Zimbabwe's alleged plans to give North Korea a menagerie of exotic animals, according to BBC News. The chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force is voicing his concern about whether or not these animals -- such as giraffes, baby elephants, zebras and more -- would survive in the new environment.

You know the dream. You're flying, soaring through the air with nothing but the whistle of wind in your face and your eyes gazing over the land below. This is of course followed by a terrifying plummet and you wake screaming and lying in a puddle of cold sweat. Fun times.

In one of our favorite clips from BBC's "Animal Camera," we are treated to a real-life version of that same dream -- but fortunately, only that first good part. Watch as a lightweight camera is attached to the head of a golden eagle in Scotland and experience this true bird's eye view of the vast landscape below. It is nothing less than stunning. And it would make for an awesome dream if, just once, that dream didn't turn into a night terror.

Hmm... maybe we should look into taking Ambien after all..

Few would argue that it's cruel to starve a dog. But is it animal cruelty to feed your pet too much? A Scottish court said yes to that question when it convicted a man from Motherwell, Scotland, of causing his dog unnecessary suffering by letting him get too fat, the BBC reports.

Bob, a four-year-old black Lab, weighed 141 pounds when he was removed from his owner, Ralph Dryden, in January. Dryden claimed Bob was already hefty when he adopted him off the street, the BBC reports. But feeding the dog four tins of dog food each day, plus a fish dinner each night, certainly didn't help.

Dryden's sentence was deferred for good behavior, according to the BBC. Meanwhile, Bob is looking more svelte with every passing day. After moving into his new home and starting a strict diet-and-exercise plan, the portly pooch has already slimmed to 90 pounds.

"Bob had to be lifted into the car when we first got him. He couldn't even walk the distance from the car to the front door of the house," his new owner, Paul McShane, said in an interview with the BBC. Now, McShane added, Bob's a new dog. "The difference in him is amazing. He has got a spring back in his step," he told the BBC.