Posted: Dec. 18, 2008, 3 a.m. EST
Three-legged Cat Found After Seven Weeks
A 59-year-old woman in Green Township, Ohio, says she is relieved to have her three-legged cat, Hope, back home after seven weeks, United Press International reports.
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Colorado Humane Society Under New Management
The family in charge of the Colorado Humane Society stepped down on Tuesday amid accusations of charity fraud, deception and gross mismanagement. They're also accused of misrepresenting the organization as a "no-kill" shelter when euthanasia rates at times reached more than 25 percent in a month and a number of euthanized animals were thrown into a Dumpster instead of cremated as the former owners were told, thedenverchannel.com reports.
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Imprisoned Mexican Drug Dealers Leave Exotic Pets Behind
Mexico's war on drugs has swept up a new breed of innocent victim: hundreds of exotic animals, from monkeys to white tigers, which are kept by drug cartel bosses as flashy pets but then become homeless when their owners are thrown in prison. In recent months, Mexican police have raided at least four estates populated by zebras, giraffes and other animals that big-time drug traffickers like to brandish as status symbols on their ranches and in their mansions, USA Today reports.
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