A kiwi destined for life in spotlight

A fluffy little kiwi has been born, far away from a homeland it will never see.

The rare North Island brown kiwi is the new star of the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC.

The chick – its sex has yet to be determined by dna testing – is the third hatched there. In 1975 the zoo was host to the first kiwi born outside New Zealand.

In New Zealand the endangered brown kiwi population is estimated at 25,000 and falling.

Source: The Dominion Post

Confession to cats doesn't hold up in court

David Henton, 72, who had been charged with murdering his partner after police recorded him apparently confessing to his cats was cleared yesterday by a jury that decided his comments were the ramblings of an old man.

During a seven-week trial, the prosecution played hours of secret and largely inaudible recordings of Henton muttering to himself and the cats.

Source: Times onLine

Woman fights off killer python

A woman determined not to let her kitten become the second victim of a hungry python broke her wrist and was bitten twice as she fought off the large snake.

Ruth Butterworth, 58, of Bridgeman Downs on Brisbane's northside, said that as her mother's cat had been crushed to death days earlier, she knew she had to act to stop her kitten, Tuffy, from suffering the same fate.

Source: Herald Sun

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