Animals do the darnedest things: Sock dog sniffs award
| September 5, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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A dog in Greenwood Village that ate the same sock twice, leading to $2,500 in vet bills, soon may have something to bark about.
Kevin Koritza’s black Labrador retriever, Becca, is a contender for the inaugural Veterinary Pet Insurance Hambone Award.
Read more at The Denver Daily News.
More tales of animals doing the darnedest things:
- Stroke victim in China has trained his dogs to shop for his groceries. Read more at London’s Metro.
- A pigeon perched on a high-voltage line is suspected of causing a 15-acre wildfire in California. Read more at upi.com.
- A pit bull deflated all four tires on a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car. Read more at jacksonsun.com.
- In Germany, the federal bank has refused to replace a 500 euro note that a man says was eaten by his cat. Read more at The Local.
- In Illinois, dolphins traveled to their new home at a Minnesota zoo via FedEx. Read more at suntimes.com.
- An Australian dog is recovering after swallowing 1,000 magnets. Read more at upi.com.
- In New York, a third goat has shown up at the same nursing home in the Bronx. Read more at cbsnews.com.
- A Canadian researcher had to be evacuated from her Arctic camp after a pilot left boxes of bacon and sausage nearby and wolves gorged themselves on it, then wanted more. Read more at canada.com.
- An angry otter attacked a triathlete training in a Canadian lake. Read more at calgarysun.com.
- Also in Canada, rodents are gnawing a hole in Alberta’s rat-free reputation. Read more at calgaryherald.com.
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