Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Hippos helped duckling out of pond at zoo
A young duckling was given a helping nudge to get out of the water in the hippo enclosure at Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Saturday.
The little bird couldn't get out of the pond and two curious hippos finally helped it out with a final push.
Filmed by Breshna Senchi, she said: "I had just taken my son and daughter to the zoo. At first we were worried that the bird was about to be eaten, but the hippos really wanted to help."
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According to the zoo the hippos had no intention of eating the duckling. "Hippos do not eat meat, but they are very curious about visitors," said Constance Alderlieste from the zoo.
You can watch Breshna Senchi's original Facebook video here.
The little bird couldn't get out of the pond and two curious hippos finally helped it out with a final push.
Filmed by Breshna Senchi, she said: "I had just taken my son and daughter to the zoo. At first we were worried that the bird was about to be eaten, but the hippos really wanted to help."
YouTube link. Alternative YouTube link.
According to the zoo the hippos had no intention of eating the duckling. "Hippos do not eat meat, but they are very curious about visitors," said Constance Alderlieste from the zoo.
You can watch Breshna Senchi's original Facebook video here.
Bull yak sprinted away at sight of bear and just kept on running, leaving calves and cows behind
When a curious brown bear showed up outside the fence at Eagle Peaks Farm in the Anchorage area of Alaska on Friday, the cows in a small yak herd there defiantly surrounded the calves.
But not the lone bull, Stormy: he sprinted away and never looked back.
"It was really cool to watch the cows and how fierce they were," said Angie Johnson, who along with her husband, Doug, owns the 25-acre farm. "But the bull just ran the long ways down the field and then hopped over the fence. The cows and the young kind of stood their ground against the bear, even though the bear never got inside the field."
Immediately, one of Angie's sons started tracking Stormy, who has broken loose two other times, and earned the nickname Wimpy for his latest escape, and coaxed him back into the pen with the help of a cow. Ironically enough, when the family moved to the farm a couple years ago, they bought yaks with bears in mind, Johnson said.
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"During our research on the internet, we knew there were a lot of brown and black bears on Eagle River Road," she said. "We were under the impression that yaks could defend themselves against bears. This one little data point, at least we have seen our cows do marvellously."
"It was really cool to watch the cows and how fierce they were," said Angie Johnson, who along with her husband, Doug, owns the 25-acre farm. "But the bull just ran the long ways down the field and then hopped over the fence. The cows and the young kind of stood their ground against the bear, even though the bear never got inside the field."
Immediately, one of Angie's sons started tracking Stormy, who has broken loose two other times, and earned the nickname Wimpy for his latest escape, and coaxed him back into the pen with the help of a cow. Ironically enough, when the family moved to the farm a couple years ago, they bought yaks with bears in mind, Johnson said.
YouTube link.
"During our research on the internet, we knew there were a lot of brown and black bears on Eagle River Road," she said. "We were under the impression that yaks could defend themselves against bears. This one little data point, at least we have seen our cows do marvellously."
Coastguards looking for drugs at sea ended up rescuing turtles
A would-be drugs bust turned into a rescue operation off the coast of Central America last month.
Coast Guardsmen aboard the Cutter Stratton from Alameda, California, who were investigating a suspicious item floating in a known drug transit zone instead made a unique rescue.
Instead of drugs, the crew found two large sea turtles entangled in fishing line and makeshift buoys.
"There was no question what we had to do," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Hylan Rousseau, the coxswain of Stratton's interceptor boat. "And no one spoke a word. We immediately moved in to rescue mode." An officer-mounted camera captured the rescue operation. One of the turtles had line wrapped around its neck, which restricted its airway and caused apparent respiratory distress.
"We cut the first turtle free without much incident," said Chief Petty Officer Brian Milcetich, a member of the law enforcement team. "While we were freeing him, we could see the second, and much larger turtle, was quite literally choking to death. He had been trying so hard to free himself from the fishing line that he had cinched the line around his own neck."
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After lifting the approximately 70-pound turtle aboard the boat, officers used a specialised pair of sheers normally used by emergency medical technicians to sever the line. The turtle took a deep breath once the line was removed from its neck. "Everyone was elated," said Milcetich. "As you see in the video, he (the turtle) didn't stick around to celebrate." The second turtle jumped back into water and swam away. "It's another perfect example of the Coast Guard's ability to quickly adapt to different missions," said Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry Renfroe.
"There was no question what we had to do," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Hylan Rousseau, the coxswain of Stratton's interceptor boat. "And no one spoke a word. We immediately moved in to rescue mode." An officer-mounted camera captured the rescue operation. One of the turtles had line wrapped around its neck, which restricted its airway and caused apparent respiratory distress.
"We cut the first turtle free without much incident," said Chief Petty Officer Brian Milcetich, a member of the law enforcement team. "While we were freeing him, we could see the second, and much larger turtle, was quite literally choking to death. He had been trying so hard to free himself from the fishing line that he had cinched the line around his own neck."
YouTube link.
After lifting the approximately 70-pound turtle aboard the boat, officers used a specialised pair of sheers normally used by emergency medical technicians to sever the line. The turtle took a deep breath once the line was removed from its neck. "Everyone was elated," said Milcetich. "As you see in the video, he (the turtle) didn't stick around to celebrate." The second turtle jumped back into water and swam away. "It's another perfect example of the Coast Guard's ability to quickly adapt to different missions," said Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry Renfroe.
Hindu god Lord Hanuman issued with eviction notice for illegally encroaching on to road
Authorities in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, India, issued an eviction notice addressed to Lord Hanuman in the wake of a temple’s encroachment upon a road.
The temple which is located in Bajariya locality has a portion which is deemed to be encroaching upon the public thoroughfare.
After the Gwalior High Court gave the directive to remove the encroachment, the municipal authorities issued the notice addressing Lord Hanuman instead of the temple's priest or the trust.
However, the municipal officials later said that the notice was mistakenly issued and would be recalled.
There's a news video here.
The temple which is located in Bajariya locality has a portion which is deemed to be encroaching upon the public thoroughfare.
After the Gwalior High Court gave the directive to remove the encroachment, the municipal authorities issued the notice addressing Lord Hanuman instead of the temple's priest or the trust.
However, the municipal officials later said that the notice was mistakenly issued and would be recalled.
There's a news video here.
Police hunt thieves who left hundreds of bread rolls behind after robbing elderly man
A man in his 70s has been robbed of a mobility scooter and ride-on mower but the thieves left behind hundreds of freshly baked bread rolls
in what police have described as a "bizarre" incident in Victoria, Australia.
Police said thieves broke into a home in Templestowe by forcing open the garage door. They stole a number of items including a ride-on lawn mower, crystal glasses and a double-seater mobility scooter, which police said was unique.
When the home owner, a man in his 70s, returned home he found the robbers had left behind hundreds of freshly baked bread rolls. Police labelled the incident "bizarre" and asked anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in the area to contact them.
Senior Constable Martin Nunn said police were keen to return the stolen items to the owner. "He's a man in his 70s and the wheelchair belonged to his late father, so it has a sentimental value as well as a practical one," he said. "To rob an elderly man of his wheelchair is a pretty low act and police are keen to catch up with those responsible."
Police said thieves broke into a home in Templestowe by forcing open the garage door. They stole a number of items including a ride-on lawn mower, crystal glasses and a double-seater mobility scooter, which police said was unique.
When the home owner, a man in his 70s, returned home he found the robbers had left behind hundreds of freshly baked bread rolls. Police labelled the incident "bizarre" and asked anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in the area to contact them.
Senior Constable Martin Nunn said police were keen to return the stolen items to the owner. "He's a man in his 70s and the wheelchair belonged to his late father, so it has a sentimental value as well as a practical one," he said. "To rob an elderly man of his wheelchair is a pretty low act and police are keen to catch up with those responsible."
Burglar broke into home and stole everything including the kitchen sink
A burglar broke into a house in Coventry and stripped it of everything including the kitchen sink.
Sebastian Ptasinski also took a new boiler, radiators, pipework, new carpets and even the cooker from a home in Wyken.
The house was being renovated by the landlord after a tenant moved out.
Despite his fingerprints and empty cans of Zubr, a Polish beer, being found inside, Ptasinski had initially pleaded not guilty. But on the day of his trial at Warwick Crown Court, Ptasinski, 30, of Wyken, changed his pleas to guilty. The offence involved him targeting a neighbouring house which had been let to a tenant who had moved out in December last year. The owner spent £3,000 on carrying out improvements, including installing a new boiler, pipework and radiators, and fitting new carpets.
But the property remained unoccupied, and when the owner visited on April 10 he discovered that it had been burgled and ‘vandalised.’ The new boiler, piping and radiators had been stolen, together with the carpets, lights and electrical switches, cooker - and even the kitchen sink and taps. Ptasinski sold a lot of the property to a scrap dealer, and he was identified as the seller after being traced through his car which had been captured by a CCTV camera at the scrap yard.
As well as the empty beer cans with his DNA on it, Ptasinski had also left behind a bailiff’s notice with his name and address on it. Adjourning the case for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on Ptasinski, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano granted him bail with a condition of an electronically-monitored curfew. But she warned him: “Please be under no illusions; this is likely to be a sentence of custody which is measured in years rather than months.”
Despite his fingerprints and empty cans of Zubr, a Polish beer, being found inside, Ptasinski had initially pleaded not guilty. But on the day of his trial at Warwick Crown Court, Ptasinski, 30, of Wyken, changed his pleas to guilty. The offence involved him targeting a neighbouring house which had been let to a tenant who had moved out in December last year. The owner spent £3,000 on carrying out improvements, including installing a new boiler, pipework and radiators, and fitting new carpets.
But the property remained unoccupied, and when the owner visited on April 10 he discovered that it had been burgled and ‘vandalised.’ The new boiler, piping and radiators had been stolen, together with the carpets, lights and electrical switches, cooker - and even the kitchen sink and taps. Ptasinski sold a lot of the property to a scrap dealer, and he was identified as the seller after being traced through his car which had been captured by a CCTV camera at the scrap yard.
As well as the empty beer cans with his DNA on it, Ptasinski had also left behind a bailiff’s notice with his name and address on it. Adjourning the case for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on Ptasinski, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano granted him bail with a condition of an electronically-monitored curfew. But she warned him: “Please be under no illusions; this is likely to be a sentence of custody which is measured in years rather than months.”
Kitten used up one of its nine lives after being accidentally fed through recycling machine
A kitten has had a miraculous escape after being mistakeingly fed into industrial machinery at a recycling plant, and popping out again at the other end, unscathed.
Stig, a six-week-old black moggy, was heard before he was seen at the Rainham centre on Friday May 29 after finding himself going along a conveyor belt into industrial machinery at the recycling plant in Rainham, Essex.
But miraculously he appeared at the other end, unscathed. Site supervisor Daniel Coker, 34, heard Stig's distressed miaows from inside the heavy machine which separated different types of rubbish, and then was very relieved when the young cat popped out the other side. He said: "I can't quite believe he survived - what a lucky escape. The machinery was pretty heavy duty so it was quite some miracle.
"There was nothing I could do when I heard the cat's cries from inside, but then he popped out the other end on the conveyor belt in between blocks of metal - stressed but unhurt." Mr Coker scooped up the little kitten, named Stig by staff after the popular children's story character Stig Of The Dump, and gave him some comfort, before calling the RSPCA which has taken him into its care and now hopes to find him a happy new home to help him recover from his ordeal.
Deborah Satchell, manager at Danaher Animal Home in Essex, where Stig is being kept, said: "It is hard to say exactly how Stig ended up in that recycling plant. He could have climbed into the bin and curled up to sleep, which was then gone unnoticed by the bin men. The important thing is that he wasn't hurt, and this kind man spotted him, cared for him, and called us. Stig is a little anxious for obvious reasons but is doing well, and we hope we can find him a happy new home soon."
But miraculously he appeared at the other end, unscathed. Site supervisor Daniel Coker, 34, heard Stig's distressed miaows from inside the heavy machine which separated different types of rubbish, and then was very relieved when the young cat popped out the other side. He said: "I can't quite believe he survived - what a lucky escape. The machinery was pretty heavy duty so it was quite some miracle.
"There was nothing I could do when I heard the cat's cries from inside, but then he popped out the other end on the conveyor belt in between blocks of metal - stressed but unhurt." Mr Coker scooped up the little kitten, named Stig by staff after the popular children's story character Stig Of The Dump, and gave him some comfort, before calling the RSPCA which has taken him into its care and now hopes to find him a happy new home to help him recover from his ordeal.
Deborah Satchell, manager at Danaher Animal Home in Essex, where Stig is being kept, said: "It is hard to say exactly how Stig ended up in that recycling plant. He could have climbed into the bin and curled up to sleep, which was then gone unnoticed by the bin men. The important thing is that he wasn't hurt, and this kind man spotted him, cared for him, and called us. Stig is a little anxious for obvious reasons but is doing well, and we hope we can find him a happy new home soon."
Family fun day shut down early after mass brawl
A family fun day in Nottinghamshire had to be brought to an abrupt end on Saturday night after a mass brawl.
Police were called to Bramcote Hills Park at about 9:20pm after reports of groups of youths fighting at the annual Hemlock Happening event.
Organisers say violence broke out at the 'periphery of the event' and the decision was made to call it off as thousands of people were enjoying the last music act of the night. It meant the fireworks finale at 10.30pm was entirely cancelled.
In a statement organisers said: "This is the first time in 14 years that the Hemlock Happening has had to be terminated prematurely and the organisers are astonished and devastated that a tiny minority of our community should behave in the way that they did.
"Feedback meetings will follow after which the future of the event will be considered." Nottinghamshire Police said the majority of people had been behaving peacefully. They added that no arrests were made and they moved all the trouble makers out of the area.
Organisers say violence broke out at the 'periphery of the event' and the decision was made to call it off as thousands of people were enjoying the last music act of the night. It meant the fireworks finale at 10.30pm was entirely cancelled.
In a statement organisers said: "This is the first time in 14 years that the Hemlock Happening has had to be terminated prematurely and the organisers are astonished and devastated that a tiny minority of our community should behave in the way that they did.
"Feedback meetings will follow after which the future of the event will be considered." Nottinghamshire Police said the majority of people had been behaving peacefully. They added that no arrests were made and they moved all the trouble makers out of the area.
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