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Klepto Kitty Gives Back Stolen Loot

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A kleptomaniac cat has given back his stolen loot in a reverse neighborhood garage sale. The owners of Dusty, a Siamese cat, displayed hundreds of items on tables in front of their Northern California home with hopes that the owners would claim their goods, ABC7-TV reported. Neighbors were invited...

Pigeon Racers Have High Hopes for Mike Tyson TV Series

For more than two decades, Mike Tyson has been one of the most controversial figures in sports. Strangely enough, that may make him the absolute best choice to make pigeon racing cool again. Tyson is winging it as a pigeon racer for the new series "Taking On Tyson," which debuted March 6 on Animal Planet. The show...

And You Thought Gambling Pigeons Were Bad: 4 Other Animal Sins

(Oct. 14) -- When Animal Planet announced plans to develop a reality series about racing pigeons (the eponymously titled "Taking on Tyson," which plans to follow boxer Mike Tyson as he trains and races his prized birds), some expressed concern that the show could propagate illegal gambling, among other problems. But it...

Adopt Bubbles the Chimp for $150 a Year

(June 28) -- When Michael Jackson died last year, his will made provisions for his kids, his mom and pet charities, but what about his pet chimp, Bubbles? It has never been revealed whether Jackson left Bubbles a few bucks for bananas, but it doesn't look good because the animal sanctuary where he has spent the past five...

Miss Ellie, Dubbed 'World's Ugliest Dog,' Is Dead at 17

(June 3) -- Miss Ellie, the small, scraggly-faced pooch who was dubbed the "World's Ugliest Dog" in a 2009 Animal Planet contest, has died at the age of 17. The Chinese crested hairless never won "best in show," but she was nonetheless a showbiz pro who proved to be a handsome asset for animal shelters, helping them...