Monday, March 23, 2015
Hamster demonstrates grace and determination
Pika the hamster practices on his new wheel. Apparently after about a day he properly got the hang of it.
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Man encounters unexpected goat and llama
Stephen Peterson was on his way home near Liverpool, New York, on Friday evening when he thought he saw a dog.
It was actually a goat. Then he saw a llama. He reacts as I suppose anyone would when seeing an unexpected llama.
Contains NSFW language.
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It was actually a goat. Then he saw a llama. He reacts as I suppose anyone would when seeing an unexpected llama.
Contains NSFW language.
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Dog rescued swimmers from dangerous rip current
Two swimmers have Nico the dog to thank for their rescue after rip currents swept them out off the shore at a Venice County beach in California.
A woman was about 100 yards from the beach on Thursday afternoon, when she became caught in a rip tide. Her husband swam out to help her, but he became caught as well.
Nico, a 3-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, instinctively swam out into the ocean after the couple started screaming for help, dragging them back to safety. Nico's owners adopted him about six months ago and say he had no prior ocean experience before they got him.
Once the grateful, exhausted swimmers were back on the beach they asked Nico's owner, Dan Clark, if he was a trained rescue dog. Dan said, "This is the first I've ever seen him do anything like that."
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A woman was about 100 yards from the beach on Thursday afternoon, when she became caught in a rip tide. Her husband swam out to help her, but he became caught as well.
Nico, a 3-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, instinctively swam out into the ocean after the couple started screaming for help, dragging them back to safety. Nico's owners adopted him about six months ago and say he had no prior ocean experience before they got him.
Once the grateful, exhausted swimmers were back on the beach they asked Nico's owner, Dan Clark, if he was a trained rescue dog. Dan said, "This is the first I've ever seen him do anything like that."
With news video.
Alleged motel cash thief flushed evidence down toilet
A man from Sandy Lake Township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, has been charged with entering a room at a motel where he worked last Saturday and stealing $110 from a tenant’s bags, state police say.
When confronted about the missing money, Jacob R. Auerbach, 25, firstly denied he had taken it and then allegedly flushed the cash down a toilet.
The victim said she returned to her room at the Super 8 motel in Springfield Township at about 3:30pm and saw Auerbach, who was wearing a Super 8 patch on his shirt, leave her room. The woman looked through her bags and discovered the money was missing.
She went to the front desk and demanded the money back. Auerbach was charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal trespass and tampering with evidence. He was arraigned and released after posting bond. A preliminary hearing has been set for March 26.
When confronted about the missing money, Jacob R. Auerbach, 25, firstly denied he had taken it and then allegedly flushed the cash down a toilet.
The victim said she returned to her room at the Super 8 motel in Springfield Township at about 3:30pm and saw Auerbach, who was wearing a Super 8 patch on his shirt, leave her room. The woman looked through her bags and discovered the money was missing.
She went to the front desk and demanded the money back. Auerbach was charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal trespass and tampering with evidence. He was arraigned and released after posting bond. A preliminary hearing has been set for March 26.
Thief caught after leaving his sausage dog with address at scene of the crime
For reasons which remain unclear, a thief in Gatineau, western Quebec, Canada, left his dog behind at a crime scene recently.
On Friday March 13 the lone staffer at the Talbot denture clinic left for lunch just before 1 pm. When he returned, police say he found holes in the wall leading to the clinic.
Inside was a Daschund. The door hadn’t been forced, but later, witnesses told detectives they had heard barking coming from within the clinic. It didn’t take investigators long to piece together what had happened, a laptop was missing and so too was a $5 bill which had been left in some sort of donation box on the counter.
The only one who knew anything was the little dog, who wasn’t talking. But he did have identification around his collar. Officers checked the dog tag and found it included a home address. Officers went to the place and found a 31-year-old Gatineau man in possession of both the missing laptop and a $5 bill.
On Thursday he appeared in Gatineau court and was sentenced to six months in jail for breach of probation and breaking and entering. The dog, police say, was collected by animal control and taken to a shelter. Investigators have not said why the dog was taken along for the crime or left behind.
Inside was a Daschund. The door hadn’t been forced, but later, witnesses told detectives they had heard barking coming from within the clinic. It didn’t take investigators long to piece together what had happened, a laptop was missing and so too was a $5 bill which had been left in some sort of donation box on the counter.
The only one who knew anything was the little dog, who wasn’t talking. But he did have identification around his collar. Officers checked the dog tag and found it included a home address. Officers went to the place and found a 31-year-old Gatineau man in possession of both the missing laptop and a $5 bill.
On Thursday he appeared in Gatineau court and was sentenced to six months in jail for breach of probation and breaking and entering. The dog, police say, was collected by animal control and taken to a shelter. Investigators have not said why the dog was taken along for the crime or left behind.
Police, firefighters and helicopter helped rescue man who fell off cliff while having a poo
The call of nature turned into a rescue callout for a man who toppled off a cliff during a toilet stop near Taupo, New Zealand.
The 21-year-old Wellingtonian had to be winched out of a 10-metre gully after falling while defecating in some bushes on the roadside, said Sergeant Shane McNally, of the Taupo police. He had stopped his car about five kilometres north of Wairakei, at 4pm on Sunday afternoon.
"Nature called and he went into a bushy area, lost his footing and has fallen down quite a steep bank," McNally said. The police, firefighters, Land Search and Rescue volunteers, and the Greenlea rescue helicopter came to his rescue after a friend of the man alerted emergency services.
The helicopter's pilot, Nat Every, said the man was trapped in a thick crop of blackberry brambles, but was winched to safety by a LandSAR volunteer. Incredibly, he emerged without a scratch and after an assessment by paramedics, he was taken back to his car.
The 21-year-old Wellingtonian had to be winched out of a 10-metre gully after falling while defecating in some bushes on the roadside, said Sergeant Shane McNally, of the Taupo police. He had stopped his car about five kilometres north of Wairakei, at 4pm on Sunday afternoon.
"Nature called and he went into a bushy area, lost his footing and has fallen down quite a steep bank," McNally said. The police, firefighters, Land Search and Rescue volunteers, and the Greenlea rescue helicopter came to his rescue after a friend of the man alerted emergency services.
The helicopter's pilot, Nat Every, said the man was trapped in a thick crop of blackberry brambles, but was winched to safety by a LandSAR volunteer. Incredibly, he emerged without a scratch and after an assessment by paramedics, he was taken back to his car.
Police who raided brothel surprised to find four fellow officers and prisoner they were guarding
Police in West Bengal, India, were surprised when during a raid on a red light area in Asansol they discovered four constables along with a convicted murderer whom they were supposed to be guarding.
The four constables had been tasked with transporting the murderer from a jail in Jharkhand to hospital for a check-up, but the policemen decided to make a 206-kilometre detour to visit the red-light district.
On Friday, the police personnel had escorted the prisoner, serving a seven-year prison term for murder, for a health check-up at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi. However, instead of returning to the jail in Koderma, the constables took the prisoner to a red light area at Kulti in Asansol, a border township in neighbouring West Bengal, which is a three-hour drive by road.
Jail sources their act came to light only after a team of Asansol police raided the red light area and arrested the policemen, who carried arms, but sported civil dress. The prisoner, identified as Baiju Yadav, who managed to escape during the raid, then made his own way back to the jail on Friday night and told authorities that he was “forcibly” taken to the red light area, jail sources said.
The four police personnel, who are said to have been drunk at the time of the raid, are in custody of Asansol police. “We have directed a probe in the matter and the four policemen have been suspended until further notice,” said DK Pandey, Jharkhand’s director general of police. Police said that despite the “humourous side” to the incident, it had raised serious questions about jail security, especially the fact that the prisoner was allowed back into the prison without his guards.
On Friday, the police personnel had escorted the prisoner, serving a seven-year prison term for murder, for a health check-up at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi. However, instead of returning to the jail in Koderma, the constables took the prisoner to a red light area at Kulti in Asansol, a border township in neighbouring West Bengal, which is a three-hour drive by road.
Jail sources their act came to light only after a team of Asansol police raided the red light area and arrested the policemen, who carried arms, but sported civil dress. The prisoner, identified as Baiju Yadav, who managed to escape during the raid, then made his own way back to the jail on Friday night and told authorities that he was “forcibly” taken to the red light area, jail sources said.
The four police personnel, who are said to have been drunk at the time of the raid, are in custody of Asansol police. “We have directed a probe in the matter and the four policemen have been suspended until further notice,” said DK Pandey, Jharkhand’s director general of police. Police said that despite the “humourous side” to the incident, it had raised serious questions about jail security, especially the fact that the prisoner was allowed back into the prison without his guards.
Appeal for return of stolen baby lettuces before they die
An appeal has been made after 50,000 baby lettuce plants were stolen in Rush, Co Dublin, Ireland.
The vegetables were being stored in a truck owned by specialist lettuce growers D McNamara & Sons. However, the vehicle was taken from the company’s yard in north Dublin at around 6.20am on Friday, 20 March.
A post on Facebook by the company said that unless the 50,000 lettuce plants are returned and planted properly they will die. The stolen truck is a white, curtain side Mitsubishi Canter with a registration 07 WW 4693.
It is understood that the produce was to planted into a greenhouse over the weekend, before being distributed to supermarkets in a couple of weeks’ time.
The vegetables were being stored in a truck owned by specialist lettuce growers D McNamara & Sons. However, the vehicle was taken from the company’s yard in north Dublin at around 6.20am on Friday, 20 March.
A post on Facebook by the company said that unless the 50,000 lettuce plants are returned and planted properly they will die. The stolen truck is a white, curtain side Mitsubishi Canter with a registration 07 WW 4693.
It is understood that the produce was to planted into a greenhouse over the weekend, before being distributed to supermarkets in a couple of weeks’ time.
Elderly man who accidentally hit shopper with mobility scooter banned from every Sainsbury's
80-year-old Albert Carter has been banned from every Sainsbury's store in the country after accidentally driving his mobility scooter into a shopper.
Now Albert says he has been left feeling like a criminal after receiving a letter from the supermarket chain stating police will be called if he is seen in any of its 1,200-plus stores.
The incident, which happened in the firm's store in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, also saw Albert strike a customer service desk as he "panicked" following the collision with the female shopper.
Former truck driver Albert, of Newcastle, who had gone into the store to buy a packet of cigarettes, said: "I understand that they might be concerned about me coming into the shop after what happened but I have never had an accident on it before so why would they ban me forever?"
A spokesman for Sainsbury's confirmed the ban was made after a review of the CCTV footage was carried out. Now Albert has been told he will be 'treated as a trespasser' if he attempts to do his shopping in Sainsbury's ever again. He says he has barely left his home since the incident. The father-of-three visited the store to buy a packet of cigarettes on March 7 when the incident occurred. Albert said the collision with the shopper and customer service desk was the first accident he has been involved in on his scooter. He said: "It was my fault. I take the blame completely. After I paid at the front kiosk I turned to leave and then don't know how it happened. I didn't do it on purpose but it was that quick I'm not sure how I hit the women. I was really upset that I hurt someone."
Paramedics were called to the store and the woman was taken to hospital. Albert, who needs his scooter to get around, said: "The staff and paramedics were nice at the time so I don't understand why I have been sent this letter. I have never been a shoplifter so why are they treating me like one?" The letter, which Albert received just under a week after the incident, states: "The invitation to enter and shop at all Sainsbury's stores is permanently withdrawn due to the incident you were involved in. "Should you enter any of our premises, you will be treated as a trespasser and the police will be called as necessary." It goes on to advise that Albert can appeal the decision.
Albert added: "I want to apologise to the lady. I am really upset to have hurt her. Even if I was let into Sainsbury's I'm not sure I would want to go in again after the way they treated me." A Sainsbury's spokesman said: "Our teams in store have a duty to consider the safety of all of our customers and this decision was reached after reviewing CCTV footage and other reports. We will, of course, be happy to discuss this further with Mr Carter to ensure that we maintain a safe shopping environment for everyone." A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "The female patient was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital as a precaution with injuries not thought serious."
A spokesman for Sainsbury's confirmed the ban was made after a review of the CCTV footage was carried out. Now Albert has been told he will be 'treated as a trespasser' if he attempts to do his shopping in Sainsbury's ever again. He says he has barely left his home since the incident. The father-of-three visited the store to buy a packet of cigarettes on March 7 when the incident occurred. Albert said the collision with the shopper and customer service desk was the first accident he has been involved in on his scooter. He said: "It was my fault. I take the blame completely. After I paid at the front kiosk I turned to leave and then don't know how it happened. I didn't do it on purpose but it was that quick I'm not sure how I hit the women. I was really upset that I hurt someone."
Paramedics were called to the store and the woman was taken to hospital. Albert, who needs his scooter to get around, said: "The staff and paramedics were nice at the time so I don't understand why I have been sent this letter. I have never been a shoplifter so why are they treating me like one?" The letter, which Albert received just under a week after the incident, states: "The invitation to enter and shop at all Sainsbury's stores is permanently withdrawn due to the incident you were involved in. "Should you enter any of our premises, you will be treated as a trespasser and the police will be called as necessary." It goes on to advise that Albert can appeal the decision.
Albert added: "I want to apologise to the lady. I am really upset to have hurt her. Even if I was let into Sainsbury's I'm not sure I would want to go in again after the way they treated me." A Sainsbury's spokesman said: "Our teams in store have a duty to consider the safety of all of our customers and this decision was reached after reviewing CCTV footage and other reports. We will, of course, be happy to discuss this further with Mr Carter to ensure that we maintain a safe shopping environment for everyone." A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "The female patient was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital as a precaution with injuries not thought serious."
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