Mammals

Mammals

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  Justin Bieber's monkey becomes German property

  Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs on March 28 when the 19-year-old Canadian ... 

• 2 donkeys suspected in mauling death in Hungary

  Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. It happened May 13 in ... 

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  Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

  Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German ... 

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  Egypt court upholds acquittals in 2011 battle

  Egypt's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of 24 loyalists of Hosni Mubarak who were tried for having organized a medieval-style ... 

• Dutch horse meat trader fined over 'halal beef'

  A Dutch appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of a man who sold horse meat labeled as Halal beef to two French traders, but reduced his ... 

• Wanted: Polar bear spotter on Norwegian islands

  Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting ... 

• Germany: Bieber's monkey going nowhere

  German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber's monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be ... 

• Dutch court upholds recall of suspect meat

  A Dutch court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's Food and Consumer Product Authority to recall 50,000 tons of meat sold across Europe as ... 

• Gang steals rhino horns from Irish museum storage

  Masked men stole stuffed rhinoceros heads containing eight valuable horns from the warehouse of Ireland's National Museum, police and museum officials ... 

• EU: Test show no safety issues with horsemeat

  More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there ... 

• Dutch company linked to horse meat fraud bankrupt

  A meat processing plant and wholesaler suspected of mixing undeclared horse meat with beef was declared bankrupt Tuesday by one judge and the owner ... 

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  South Africa: Elephant handler trampled to death

  A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park's owner said Tuesday. 

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  Lithuanian woman shares home with 3 puma cubs

  A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a ... 

• Dutch recall 50,000 tons of meat across Europe

  Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse ... 

• UK chain pulls corned beef after vet drug found

  British supermarket chain Asda says it is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of a veterinary drug were found in some batches 

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  Ewes-ful: Paris hires sheep to mow city lawns

  Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral? That could be the case, since Paris City ... 

• Polish horse meat tested positive for banned drug

  The Czech Republic veterinary authority says horse meat imported from Poland tested positive for phenylbutazone, a drug given to horses that can cause ... 

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  Justin Bieber given 4 weeks to pick up pet monkey

  German authorities have given Justin Bieber four weeks to pick up his pet monkey or else it will be placed in permanent care. The capuchin monkey was ... 

• Sea Shepherd seeks criminal case against whalers

  Sea Shepherd wants Dutch authorities to prosecute Japanese whalers for piracy for allegedly attacking the radical conservationist group's ships in ... 

• Stranded melon-headed whale dies on Trinidad beach

  A rarely sighted melon-headed whale has beached itself and died on the eastern coast of the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Forestry officials told ... 

• Polish vet: Foreign source in 1 case of horse meat

  Poland's leading veterinarian says that of three cases recently detected of horse meat in beef in Poland, two were from domestic meat processers while ... 

• Taco Bell, Icelandic pies drawn into meat scandal

  Taco Bell is the latest restaurant chain to acknowledge that its food has been adulterated with horse meat, yanking a variety of ground beef products ...