http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/84-mammals.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/84-mammals.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161658-ap-photos-3-liligers-cavort-russian-zoo.html The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal — the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there's a second litter of three, all of them females. They were born in May, and now have grown up e... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:05:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161658-ap-photos-3-liligers-cavort-russian-zoo.html 2013-06-19T21:05:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154202-morris-cat-runs-mayor-mexican-city.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten with orange eyes, is running for mayor of Xalapa in eastern Mexico with the campaign slogan "Tired of Voting for Rats? Vote for a Cat." And he is attracting tens of thousands of politici... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:07:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154202-morris-cat-runs-mayor-mexican-city.html 2013-06-16T03:07:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2144296-cleanup-prague-zoo-underway-flooding.html PRAGUE (AP) — More than a decade after many of its animals drowned, the Prague Zoo is counting the cost of yet another devastating flood. In 2002, more than 100 animals died — among them, Kadir, a male elephant that became stranded up to his ears in floodwaters and had to be euthanized — when the zoo was inundated by the worst flooding in centuries. In June, nature has again... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2144296-cleanup-prague-zoo-underway-flooding.html 2013-06-11T16:00:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2141028-philippine-town-honors-dog-injured-saving-2-girls.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Every dog has its day, but few canines get a motorcade on their return home. Kabang, who lost half her face after jumping in front of a motorcycle to save the lives of two girls, received a rousing welcome Monday in Zamboanga, a city in the southern Philippines. The mixed-breed came back from months-long treatment at the Univers... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:06:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2141028-philippine-town-honors-dog-injured-saving-2-girls.html 2013-06-10T07:06:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2138770-pooches-owners-march-dog-friendly-paris.html PARIS (AP) — Some Parisians want just a little bit more of their city to go to the dogs. At least 100 pooches — with owners in tow, holding leashes — marched near the Louvre at a demonstration to demand more park space and access to public transportation for the four-legged friends. Tongues and tails wagged Saturday under a warm Paris sun as collies, pugs... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:15:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2138770-pooches-owners-march-dog-friendly-paris.html 2013-06-08T21:15:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2135674-alligator-takes-pit-calif-intersection.html LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was suspicious. When he heard two women were spotted near a Lancaster, Calif., intersection, and one of them was holding an alligator, he didn't buy it. "I'm thinking, 'Yeah, an alligator. OK,'" Deputy Michael Rust told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday (http://lat.ms/13IVx4U ). "Maybe an igua... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:24:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2135674-alligator-takes-pit-calif-intersection.html 2013-06-07T05:24:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2131578-meet-your-distant-cousin-tiny-hyperactive-primate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in your hand — if only they would stay still long enough. The 55-million-year-old fossil dug up in central China is one of our first primate relatives and it gives scientis... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:01:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2131578-meet-your-distant-cousin-tiny-hyperactive-primate.html 2013-06-06T02:01:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2131238-chimps-pics-snapped-up-76000-auction.html LONDON (AP) — They're askew and out of focus, but a set of photos taken by a talented Russian chimpanzee sold at auction Wednesday for 50,000 pounds ($76,680). The blurry images of Moscow's Red Square by simian snapper Mikki were part of a sale of Russian photography at Sotheby's in London. They were snapped up by a Russian buyer. Mikki, a performer with ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:07:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2131238-chimps-pics-snapped-up-76000-auction.html 2013-06-05T18:07:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2130052-endangered-elephant-killings-rising-indonesia.html JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia's Sumatra island in less than a decade, highlighting weak enforcement of laws against poaching, an environmental group says. WWF Indonesia said killings of Sumatran elephants are on the rise, with 29 either shot or poisoned la... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:35:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2130052-endangered-elephant-killings-rising-indonesia.html 2013-06-05T02:35:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2124736-llama-busts-loose-fla-subdued-with-taser.html TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When Scooter the llama busted out of his penned-in yard in Tallahassee, it took three county sheriff's deputies and a taser gun to get him back in again. The 6-foot-tall, 7-year-old llama outran the authorities in Tallahassee for a while, even leaping over a 4-foot fence to avoid capture, Leon County Lt. Tony Drzewiecki said Sunda... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:08:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2124736-llama-busts-loose-fla-subdued-with-taser.html 2013-06-02T20:08:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2121338-monkey-business-bieber-pet.html BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's former pet, Mally the Monkey, is getting ready to meet new playmates at his new home in Germany. The 23-week-old animal was presented to photographers at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, in northern Germany, on Friday. He faces another 25 days in quarantine before he can join his new family: the zoo's six capuchin monkeys, t... Fri, 31 May 2013 14:52:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2121338-monkey-business-bieber-pet.html 2013-05-31T14:52:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2118010-vietnam-cuban-rat-poison-finds-market.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — His wares banned in much of the world, the Vietnamese salesman hawking a rat poison laced with salmonella sought to prove the bait was as safe as claimed. He sliced open a packet with a pair of rusty scissors, dipped his finger into the sticky, bad-smelling rice, brought out a few grains and then chewed them gingerly. "It tastes a li... Fri, 31 May 2013 04:05:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2118010-vietnam-cuban-rat-poison-finds-market.html 2013-05-31T04:05:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2115546-beavers-attack-people-belarus-fisherman-dies.html OSTROMECHEVO, Belarus (AP) — The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death. It was the most serious in a string of beaver attacks on humans in Belarus, as the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confront... Wed, 29 May 2013 06:17:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2115546-beavers-attack-people-belarus-fisherman-dies.html 2013-05-29T06:17:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2112616-ny-wwii-vet-receives-long-lost-dog-tag-france.html Irving Mann has been in business long enough to be skeptical of out-of-the-blue offers that seem too good to be true. So the founder of Mann's Jewelers in Rochester was cautious but intrigued when an email arrived at his store from a woman wondering if he could possibly be the Irving Mann whose military tag she said she'd found a day earlier in her barley... Mon, 27 May 2013 15:52:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2112616-ny-wwii-vet-receives-long-lost-dog-tag-france.html 2013-05-27T15:52:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2109540-uk-zookeeper-dies-tiger-attack-injuries.html LONDON (AP) — A young zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at an animal park has died, British police said Saturday. The woman, 24-year-old Sarah McClay, was in the big cat's enclosure at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in northwest England's Cumbria when she was injured Friday, police said in a statement. The park's owner, David Gill, told BBC radio... Sat, 25 May 2013 14:37:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2109540-uk-zookeeper-dies-tiger-attack-injuries.html 2013-05-25T14:37:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2105452-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant. Ari and Arina, both 10 years old, were taken to their new, much larger home, by the international animal charity group Four Paws, which helped sedate and transport ... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2105452-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html 2013-05-23T15:11:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2104974-dutch-arrest-meat-works-owner-horse-meat-probe.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef. Investigators from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority arrested the man on suspicion of fraud and detained him for ... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2104974-dutch-arrest-meat-works-owner-horse-meat-probe.html 2013-05-23T14:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2099518-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich for a European tour. Authorities issued an order Tuesday transferring ownership o... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2099518-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html 2013-05-21T16:01:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099974-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — 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 the western Hungarian town of Magyarszecsod, when Sandor Horvath, a 65-year-old retired firefighter, was apparently pulled off his motorcycle by the donkeys kept on a lot neighboring h... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099974-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html 2013-05-21T15:26:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2092690-bieber-will-to-pay-german-monkey-business.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. A spokesman for Munich's customs office said the teenage singer had until midnight Friday to contact them, o... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2092690-bieber-will-to-pay-german-monkey-business.html 2013-05-17T16:21:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html CAIRO (AP) — 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 attack in which the ex-president's supporters riding camels and horses attacked anti-government demonstrators, a pivotal moment in the country's 2011 uprising. The decision by Judge Hamed Abdul... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:38:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html 2013-05-08T18:38:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — 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 punishment to a six-month suspended sentence and a 50,000-euro ($65,000) fine. Jan Fasen was convicted in 2012 for purchasing hundreds of thousands of kilograms of horsemeat from Brazil and Mexico... Thu, 02 May 2013 11:23:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html 2013-05-02T11:23:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053576-wanted-polar-bear-spotter-norwegian-islands.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — 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 polar bears. The governor's office on the remote northern islands of Svalbard is seeking a polar bear spotter to warn researchers doing projects in the region. The job starts July 8 and als... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:13:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053576-wanted-polar-bear-spotter-norwegian-islands.html 2013-04-30T14:13:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2039274-germany-biebers-monkey-going.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 removed from an animal shelter where it is staying and be placed in a zoo. Mally, a 17-week-old capuchin monkey, was seized by customs authorities March 28 when Bieber failed to produce the requi... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:06:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2039274-germany-biebers-monkey-going.html 2013-04-23T17:06:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — 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 beef. The agency said it fears the meat, which came from a processing plant named after its owner Willy Selten, may have had horse meat mixed into it. It said an investigation of Selten's rec... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:39:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html 2013-04-18T13:39:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2027802-gang-steals-rhino-horns-irish-museum-storage.html DUBLIN (AP) — Masked men stole stuffed rhinoceros heads containing eight valuable horns from the warehouse of Ireland's National Museum, police and museum officials said Thursday, in a heist being linked to an Irish Gypsy gang that specializes in such raids across Europe. Police said three men raided the storeroom in Swords, north of Dublin, on Wednesday ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:13:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2027802-gang-steals-rhino-horns-irish-museum-storage.html 2013-04-18T12:13:16Z