Cat Arrives in US on Fertilizer Truck
A stowaway who made it past Customs agents and into the United States on the metal frame of a fertilizer truck has won over locals, who call her the sweetest illegal immigrant we've ever met, the Associated Press reports.
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Officers Raid Cat Home
Criminal charges could be laid against a Marlborough, Alberta, resident following a raid that uncovered two dead cats and as many as 80 other felines suffering dehydration and malnutrition, the Calgary Sun reports.
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Town Board Votes Against Lion and Tiger Preserve
The Rock Springs, Wis., Town Board voted unanimously to deny the reclassification of a three-acre big-cat preserve, but not until after residents spent nearly two hours putting in their two cents, the Reedsburg (Wisconsin) Town Press reports.
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225 Cats Try to Paw Their Way to the Top
The Southern Tier Cat Fanciers' All Breed Cat Show was held Saturday at the Broome Community College Ice Center in Dickinson, N.Y., the (Greater Binghamton, N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin reports.
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Mountain Lion Killed After Attacking Boy
A Colorado wildlife officer on Sunday shot and killed a female mountain lion that attacked a 7-year-old boy hiking with his family, the Associated Press reports.
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Posted: April 18, 2006, 5:00 a.m. EST