Anonymous donor buys insurance for Okla. kangaroo
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) -- An Oklahoma woman says an anonymous "angel" has bought a $50,000 insurance policy to help her keep her kangaroo as a therapy pet. The Broken Arrow city council is deciding whether to grant Christie Carr an exemption and allow her to keep the partially paralyzed kangaroo named Irwin. Having the insurance policy for any injuries inflicted by Irwin would be among the exemption requirements. |
I'll die if I can't stay with my kangaroo 'son', says Oklahoma woman Christie Carr
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| WITH a wardrobe full of designer suits, a cupboard packed with treats and a car booster seat, Irwin the kangaroo is not your average household pet. To American owner Christie Carr of Broken Arrow Oklahoma, he's more like a child, worthy of 24/7 care and snacks of cheese puffs and popcorn, reported The Daily Telegraph. The 15-month-old red kangaroo was paralysed after suffering a broken neck and brain damage in a wildlife sanctuary accident a year ago. Since then Ms Carr has been devoted to Irwin - named after wildlife crusader Steve Irwin - taking him everywhere she goes. He... |
Into The Wild: The Elusive Tree Kangaroo (video)
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| The endangered tree kangaroo of Papua New Guinea captured on film. |
BORED KANGAROO
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| X rated kangaroo porn |
US 'Aussie' show knocks a kangaroo around for laughs
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| IT IS an image that will leave every Australian sick to the stomach. Our national mascot dressed in shorts and boxing gloves with a rope tied around its chest, goaded into boxing with a human clown. One of Australia's most iconic symbols is reduced to a cruel and insulting comedy act - all in front of an audience cheering for more. Welcome to BorderFest - a US festival in Hidalgo, Texas, designed to "celebrate" all things Australian. |
US festival 'uses roo in boxing show'
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| A red kangaroo that is goaded into fighting a human clown is the star attraction at a festival in the US designed to celebrate Australia. The Daily Telegraph reports that the BorderFest festival in Hidalgo, Texas, features an event called Rocky Show Circus, involving two kangaroos and their owner, Javier Martinez, who dons the clownsuit. The festival is sponsored by Kraft, the US owners of Vegemite. The report says Mr Martinez baits the kangaroo by pushing it and poking it before placing it in a headlock. If Rocky fights back too much, Mr Martinez's wife Sandra restrains it using a... |
Cop shoots kangaroo in street
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| A DEBATE has erupted between the RSPCA and Police Association over a policeman's decision to shoot an injured kangaroo. The image shows a police cocking the trigger and pointing his revolver at an injured kangaroo in a Melbourne street. It was an emotional scene for animal lovers and wildlife carers, a scene that could have only one result. The big kangaroo was hit by a car and severely injured before struggling on to tram tracks in Plenty Rd, Bundoora. Police phoned for an animal ranger to assess the kangaroo and its badly broken leg, but there was no one available.... |
Startled roo tries to drown man, dog
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| A VICTORIAN man was almost drowned by a kangaroo after he dived into his farm dam to save his pet dog. Chris Rickard, 49, of Arthurs Creek, is being assessed by Austin Hospital surgeons after being mauled by the 1.5m roo at 9am (AEDT). He only managed to end the attack when he elbowed the kangaroo in the throat as it tried to hold him under water, The Herald Sun reported. By then he had already suffered a deep gash across his abdomen as the kangaroo tried to disembowel him with its hind legs, as well as a deep gash... |
Chaos from Russian roo ban
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| KANGAROO numbers could explode due to a Russian ban on roo meat exports from Australia, farm leaders say. Queensland farm body AgForce has warned of an environmental disaster and threats to the viability of regional communities. Russia suspended meat imports from about 24 Australian processing plants on the basis of new health standards. The move, to start next month, affects all kangaroo meat exports, as well as some beef, sheep meat and other game meat. AgForce sheep and wool president Brent Finlay said kangaroo harvesting and exporting would not be viable without the Russian market, which takes about 70 per... |
Menagerie keeper adds 'roo pouch to outfits
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| Christina Cooper's constant companion these days is a foundling kangaroo named Skippy, who was rejected by his mother at a wildlife park in Folsom. Inside the canvas carryall over Cooper's shoulder is an artificial kangaroo pouch for the 6-month-old red kangaroo. It's demanding duty - Skippy must be fed every four hours. |
Drowning kangaroo rescued from surf on the Gold Coast
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| QUEENSLAND father of three has put Bondi Rescue, Bondi Vet and Steve Irwin to shame with an early morning rescue of a drowning kangaroo off a tourist beach. Neil McCallum, 48, was on a morning walk with his son, Jazz, 15, about 6am (AEST) on Tuesday along Kirra Beach on the Gold Coast when a juvenile roo bounded across his path, jumped into the surf and started swimming out to sea. Concerned that two hammerhead sharks had been in the same spot in recent days, the pair kept an eye on the roo until it got caught in a rip,... |
Kangaroo Survives Arrow in Head
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| An Australian kangaroo shot through the head with an arrow is expected to make a full recovery, wildlife officers say. The injured kangaroo was found on Thursday in parklands near Melbourne's outer suburb, where it is believed to have survived for up to a week. Melbourne Zoo vet Michael Lynch says he will monitor the kangaroo for the next three weeks but remains optimistic. Wildlife Victoria has posted a Aus$10,000 ( US$7,600, £5,000) reward to find the person responsible. Wildlife Victoria spokeswoman Fiona Corke, said the kangaroo was rescued just days after another kangaroo was found with an arrow in... |
Where's my Mummy? The Baby Kangaroo who Fell out of her Pouch After Mother was Scared by an Emu
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| With her huge furrry ears and long, quivering nose, baby kangaroo Tijana is utterly adorable. But her unarguable cuteness hides a rather unfortunate start to her short life. At just a few weeks old, the tiny creature tumbled from the pouch of her mother, who had been terrified by an emu. Tijana, who lives at Belgrade Zoo, in Serbia, had to be retrieved by staff and is now being handreared. She is still so young she cannot survive outside of a pouch and must stay in a special incubator, where the temperature remains a constant 35C. Biologists have also made... |
Skippy surprises scientists
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| Skippy surprises scientists by Carl Wieland 20 January 2009 Feeling jumpy? It may not be from what you think. Researchers at Australia’s government-backed Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics have mapped the genetic code of these marsupials, and were surprised at the amazing similarity to that of humans... |
Customer Describes Fatal Shooting Of Robbery Suspect
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| OCOEE, Fla. -- An eyewitness saw a robber brutally beating a store clerk in Ocoee, so he pulled a gun out of his car at the Kangaroo gas station on Franklin Street (see map) and fatally shot the robber. That witness talked to Eyewitness News about his decision to pull the trigger and said he'd shoot that robber again if he had to (watch full interview). He's a regular at the store and said he was coming to buy some cigarettes when he heard the clerk screaming. He told Eyewitness News he not only grabbed his cell phone to call... |
How kangaroo burgers could save the planet (Are the family pets next?)
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| How kangaroo burgers could save the planet25 December 2008 by Bijal Trivedi COWS, sheep and goats may seem like innocent victims of humanity's appetite for meat, but when it comes to climate change they have a dark secret. Forget cars, planes or even power stations, some of the world's worst greenhouse gas emitters wander idly across rolling pastures chewing the cud, oblivious to the fact that their continuous belching (and to a lesser degree, farting) is warming the planet. Take New Zealand, where 34.2 million sheep, 9.7 million cattle, 1.4 million deer and 155,000 goats emit 48 per cent of... |
Charge Laid Relating to Death of Presumed Insurgent (Canadian Forces, Helmand Province, Afghanistan)
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| News Release Charge Laid Relating to Death of Presumed Insurgent CFNIS 2009-01 - January 2, 2009 OTTAWA – The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) has charged one military officer late yesterday with an offence relating to the death of a presumed insurgent in Helmand Province on or about October 19, 2008. Captain Robert Semrau was charged with one count of second-degree murder, contrary to Section 130 of the National Defence Act, pursuant to Section 235(1) of the Criminal Code. Captain Semrau was a member of the Operational Mentor and Liaison Team at the time of the incident. He is... |
Three jailed for kangaroo T-shirts in court[Singapore]
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| Three Singaporeans were jailed on Thursday after being charged with contempt of court for showing up at Singapore's Supreme Court wearing T-shirts depicting kangaroos in judges robes. Isrizal Bin Mohamed Isa and Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Bin Sariman were sentenced to seven days' jail, while Tan Liang Joo John received 15 days imprisonment. They were each ordered to pay S$5,000 ($3,305) in costs. Tan is the Assistant Secretary-General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party, led by Chee Soon Juan. The three had worn the T-shirts at a court hearing in May to determine the damages that Chee Soon Juan and his... |
Kangaroos 'are closely related to humans'
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| Humans and kangaroos are close cousins on the evolutionary tree sharing a common ancestor 150 million years ago, according to Australian researchers. Scientists have mapped the genetic code of the Australian marsupials for the first time and found large chunks of DNA are the same. 'There are a few differences, we have a few more of this, a few less of that, but they are the same genes and a lot of them are in the same order,'Â said Jenny Graves, director of the Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics. 'We thought they'd be completely scrambled, but they're not.... |
Australians Told to Eat Kangaroo to Fight Climate Change
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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"Australians should replace beef and lamb on the dinner table with kangaroo to fight climate change, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's chief climate-change adviser says. Professor Ross Garnaut has suggested in his final report on climate change that the nation's farmers should switch to the low-emission meat. He also suggests Australian families should give up beef and eat more kangaroo."
Woman savaged by kangaroo saved by dog -- son
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| SYDNEY, Australia -- An elderly Australian woman knocked over and savaged by a large kangaroo on her farm was saved when a dog rushed to her aid and chased the animal away, her son said Saturday. Rosemary Neal, from western New South Wales, was attacked by a male kangaroo estimated to be up to two meters (six feet, six inches) tall and weighing 100 kilograms (220 pounds) as she crossed a field to check her horses, her son Darren said. "The kangaroo has just jumped up and launched straight at her. He hit her once and she just dropped and... |
Dog Comes To Rescue Of Baby kangaroo
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| Dog comes to the rescue of baby kangaroo Last Updated: 5:52pm BST 31/03/2008 A dog has rescued a tiny baby kangaroo, gently carrying it to safety in its mouth after the joey's mother was killed by car. Rex the dog found the four-month-old joey in the pouch of its dead mother and carried it to safety Rex, the German short-haired pointer cross, was walking with his owner, Leonie Allan, near the Bells Beach in Torquay, on Australia's south coast, when they passed a dead kangaroo. The marsupials are often killed while crossing busy roads, so Mrs Allan thought nothing of... |
Kangaroo pie on menu as activists protest Aussie cull
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| SYDNEY (AFP) - Most Australians have eaten kangaroo meat and the best way of getting them to eat more of the national animal is to turn it into pies, mince and gourmet deli meat, researchers have found. ADVERTISEMENT The findings, published in local media Friday, come amidst growing international protests over plans to cull 400 kangaroos on defence department land where they are said to be overgrazing. The British-based Viva! -- Vegetarians International Voice for Animals -- says more than 2,000 people have signed a petition on its website against the cull and local protesters have threatened to blockade the... |
Pine Gap show and tell? (American installation, Alice Springs, AU)
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| The top secret American spy base at Pine Gap (pictured) will have to make a full and frank disclosure about what it is doing, on the doorstep of Alice Springs, next time a government wants to prosecute trespassers on Pine Gap land under the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952. This could be a consequence of the acquittal of the Pine Gap Four, in a unanimous decision by the NT Supreme Court last Friday. The four pacifists – Donna Mulhearn, Bryan Law, Adele Goldie and Jim Dowling of Christians Against All Terrorism – had been convicted under the never-before-used Act of... |
Newly Discovered Army Reports Discredit “Winter Soldier” Claims
Friday 25th of May 2012 06:32:54 PM
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| From March 13-16, 2008, members of the antiwar group Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will gather in Washington, DC to “testify” against the US military at a protest event called Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan. The name “Winter Soldier” is taken from the infamous 1971 event at which members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) related gruesome stories of crimes they claimed to have participated in or witnessed. The VVAW insisted that rape, torture and murder were standard practices for the US military in Vietnam. Organizers of the new IVAW tribunal, which is supported by several former... |
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