Posted: May 1, 2009, 3 a.m. EDT
Car With Leopard in Trunk Stolen
The owner of a rare species of leopard said his car was stolen Wednesday in St Petersburg, Russia, and the thieves were in for a surprise — a baby leopard in the trunk, the New Zealand Herald reports.
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Group Pleads for Help in Saving Hoarded Cat
A north Texas rescue center is pleading for help to save an animal rescued from a cat-hoarding situation. Gypsy, a 2-year-old Siamese cat with diabetes, was rescued from a 300-square-foot motel room enclosed with almost two dozen other cats, the Plano (Texas) Courier Star reports.
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Man Ordered to Stand Trial for Kitten Stomping
A man accused of stomping three kittens to death was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on the charges. After listening to emotional witness testimony for nearly an hour, Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Jed Beebe determined that enough evidence exists to try David Harold Pierce on multiple counts of animal cruelty, the Santa Maria (Calif.) Times reports.
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