Animals Behaving Badly
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Woodward, Sommer, “Driving Dog Has Accident at Car Wash,” Daily Times, Nov. 6, 2008, http://pryordailytimes.com/local/x519317861/Driving-dog-has-accident-at-car-wash.
9. OUR OWN WORST ENEMIES
“Baboons Go Ape over S. Africa’s Wine Crop,” MSNBC, March 23, 2010, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36005735/ns/world_news-africa.
“Bond with Dog Helped Girl Survive: Dog ‘Blue’ Saved 3-Year-Old Victoria Bensch’s Life, Authorities Say,” KPHO, Feb. 19, 2010, www.kpho.com/news/22609878/detail.html.
“Chesapeake Veteran Says Attack by His Service Monkey Was Worse Than Combat,” WTKR, www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-ches-veteran-monkey-attack,0,2639004.story.
Drummond, Andrew, “British Woman Trying to Overcome Life-Long Fear of Primates Is Attacked by Macaques in Thailand,” Daily Mail, June 18, 2010, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1287381/British-woman-trying-overcome-life-long-fear-primates-attacked-crab-eating-Macaques-Thailand.html .
Fahrenthold, David A., “Survivors of Attacks Sink Teeth into Fight to Save Sharks,” Washington Post, July 15, 20 09, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/14/AR2009071403248.html.
Heilprin, John, “Shark Attack Survivors Don’t Forget but Do Forgive,”AP/Boston Herald, Sept. 13, 2010, www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20100913shark_attack_survivors_dont_forget_but_do_forgive.
Hinckley, David, “Tammy the Turnpike Turkey Plays Chicken with New Jersey Turnpike Tollbooth . . . and Loses,” New York Daily News, Nov. 18, 20 09, www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/pets/2009/11/18/2009-11-18_wild_turkey.html#ixzz0XKaxQPQ7.
Jiwa, Salim, “Stray Dog Kept Missing Tot Company in Yukon Wilds,” Vancouverite, Sept. 4, 2009, www.vancouverite.com/2009/09/04/stray-dog-kept-missing-tot-company-in-yukon-wilds.
Kettler, Shannon, “Ky. Man Gets Up Close with an Ape at Zoo,” Kentucky Post, Aug. 22, 20 08, www2.kypost.com/dpp/news/local_news/Ky.-Man-Gets-Up-Close-With-An-Ape-At-Zoo.
Leake, Jonathan, “Yankee Tree Rats, You’re Brits Now,” Times, April 4, 2010, www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/living/article7086785.ece.
“Lost Child Discovered Nearby with Loyal Dog,” Ocala Star-Banner, Feb. 3, 1984, p. 1B, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=hXZnTIgIr50C&dat=19840203&printsec=frontpage.
Malkin, Bonnie, “Man in Hospital after Wombat Attack,” Telegraph (UK), April 6, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7558903/Man-in-hospital-after-wombat-attack.html. “Man Bites Panda After Zoo Attack,” BBC News, Sept. 20, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5364058.stm.
“Monkey Again Bites Owner in Chesapeake,” WVEC, March 30, 2010, www.wvec.com/news/local/Monkey-again-bites-owner-in-Chesapeake-89485767.html.
“Panda Bites Student Who Wanted a Hug,” China Daily, Nov. 23, 2008, www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/23/content_7231170.htm.
Pulliam, Christine, “Astronomers Solve Mystery of Dusty Foot Trails Crossing Telescope Mirrors,” Smithsonian Science, Sept. 9, 2009, http://smithsonianscience.org/2009/09/smithsonian-astronomers-in-arizona-identify-mystery-nocturnal-visitor.
“Two Fined in Lincoln Park Zoo Bear Attack,” WTAQ, March 11, 2010, www.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/mar/11/two-fined-lincoln-park-zoo-bear-attack.
“Woman Enters Exhibit, Elephant Smacks Her,” AP/WJZ, March 4, 2006, http://wjz.com/watercooler/Water.Cooler.Waco.2.264774.html (accessed Feb. 15, 2010).
“Zoo Meerkats Killed, Test Negative for Rabies,” WCCO, Aug. 4, 2006, http://wcco.com/topstories/meerkats.Minnesota.Zoo.2.360637.html (accessed Feb. 15, 2010).
“Zoo Mulls Next Step in Wolf Case,” Chicago Tribune, Nov. 20, 2003, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/454879121.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+20%2C+2003&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=3&desc=Zoo+mulls+next+step+in+wolf+case .
“Zoo’s Penguin Afraid of Water,” UPI, Jan. 22, 2009, www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/01/22/Zoos-penguin-afraid-of-water/UPI-33331232667971.
10. UNGRATEFUL BEASTS
“The Amazing Monkey Waiters That Serve Tables in a Japanese Restaurant,” Daily Mail, Oct. 7, 2008, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1071289/Pictured-The-amazing-monkey-waiters-serve-tables-Japanese-restaurant.html.
The Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project, www.elephantart.com. “BBC Cameraman Attacked by Monkey at Commonwealth Games,” BBC News, Oct. 6, 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9068000/9068124.stm.
Blanchard, Ben, “Grumpy Miracle Pig Voted Most Popular Animal,” Reuters, Dec. 22, 2008, www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4BL31A20081222.
Bonnett, Tom, “Thai Police Force Takes Monkey on the Beat,” Sky News, April 2, 2010, http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Monkey-Police-Macaque-On-Patrol-With-Thai-Force-To-Help-Improve-Relations-With-Muslim-Separatists/Article/201004115591175?.
“Bridges Help Dormice to Cross Church Village Bypass,” BBC News, Aug. 25, 2010, www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-11082007.
“The Brown Treesnake on Guam,” U.S. Geological Survey, May 23, 2008, www.fort.usgs.gov/resources/education/bts.
Carey, Elizabeth, “Amazing Dog Rescue on Lake Erie,” Buffalo Business First, March 16, 2010, http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/stay_tuned/2010/03/amazing_dog_rescue_on_lake_erie.html.
“Count Your Chickens,” Darwin Awards, 1995, www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-01.html.
Demetriou, Danielle, “Two Monkeys Appointed Station Masters at Japanese Train Station,” Telegraph (UK), Oct. 18, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8070139/Two-monkeys-appointed-station-masters-at-Japanese-train-station.html.
Discepolo, John, “Wild Turkey Rules the Roost in North Bend Neighborhood,” KOMO News, May 5, 2010, www.komonews.com/news/local/92920119.html.
“Dog Rescued from Ice Twice,” UPI, March 17, 2010, www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/03/17/Dog-rescued-from-ice-twice/UPI-95001268856214.
“Dog Saved from Flooded L.A. River Is Safe; Firefighter Bitten During Rescue Released from Hospital,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22, 2010, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/01/dog-saved-from-flooded-la-river-is-safe-firefighter-bitten-during-rescue-released-from-hospital-.html.
“Electrical Problems Caused by the Brown Treesnake,” U.S. Geological Survey, July 26, 2005, www.fort.usgs.gov/resources/education/bts/impacts/electrical.asp.
“Gay Penguin Pair Tie the Knot,” Sun (UK), Jan. 27, 2009, www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2176812.ece.
Gefter, Amanda, “Film Festival: ‘A Well-Trained Monkey Could Do My Job,’ ” New Scientist, Oct. 22, 2010, www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/10/film-festival-a-well-trained-monkey-could-do-my-job.html.
_________, “Film Festival: Can Monkeys Make Movies?” New Scientist, Oct. 15, 2010, www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/10/film-festival-can-monkeys-make-films.html.
“Grizzly Bear Is Best Man at Wedding,” Telegraph (UK), April 29, 2009, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5240623/Grizzly-bear-is-best-man-at-wedding.html.
“Highway Man Settles In,” San Jose Mercury News, June 1, 2010, www.mercurynews.com/ci_15179342 (accessed Feb. 15, 2010).
“History of the Brown Treesnake Invasion on Guam,” U.S. Geological Survey, July 26, 2005, www.fort.usgs.gov/resources/education/bts/invasion/history.asp.
“Italian Villages Terrorised by Rampaging Bear but Law Protects Animal,” Telegraph (UK), May 21, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7750045/Italian-villages-terrorised-by-rampaging-bear-but-law-protects-animal.html.
Janus, Allan, Animals Aloft: Photographs from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Bunker Hill Publishing, 2005.
Javed, Noor, “Can a Dog Receive Communion? ” Toronto Star, July 22, 2010, www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/838717--can-a-dog-receive-communion.
“Jumping for Joy: Australian Couple Have Kangaroo as Bridesmaid on Their Wedding Day,” Daily Mail, May 11, 2010, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1276183/Jumping-joy-Australian-couple-kangaroo-bridesmaid-wedding-day.html.
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Langdon, Sarah, “Nonja, the Orangutan Photographer,” National Geographic, Dec. 7, 2009, http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/12/nonja-the-orangutan-photograph.html.
Lawrence, Edwin, “Runaway Capybara Is Back at Heads of Ayr Farm Park,” Ayrshire Post, Jan. 8, 2010, www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-news/local-news-ayrshire/ayr-news/2010/01/08/runaway-capybara-is-back-at-heads-of-ayr-farm-park-102545-25538073.
Markey, Sean, “Giant Mice Devouring Island Seabird Chicks, Threatening Extinction,” National Geographic News, April 13, 20 07, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070413-mice-birds.html.
“Never Slaughter a Chicken in Front of a Monkey,” Orange News (UK), July 5, 2010, http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Never_slaughter_a_chicken_in_front_of_a_monkey.
“No, I’m Not Going to Swan Off! Bird Causes Traffic Chaos in London After Resisting Multiple Rescue Attempts,” Daily Mail, March 9, 2010, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256463/No-Im-going-swan-Bird-causes-traffic-chaos-London-resisting-multiple-rescue-attempts.html .
O’Brien, Keith, “Turkeys Take to Cities, Towns,” Boston Globe, Oct. 23, 2007, www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/23/turkeys_take_to_cities_towns.
“Pachyderm Habitats,” Denver Zoo: Special Exhibits, www.denverzoo.org/visitors/specialExhibits.asp.
“Penguin Picassos,” ZooBorns, Feb. 1, 2010, www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/02/penguin-picassos.html.
“Pooch Plucked Twice from Ice,” AP/WABC, March 17, 2010, http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/animals&id=7335017.
“Promotion for Japan’s Stationmaster Cat,” Japan Probe, Jan. 7, 2010, www.japanprobe.com/2010/01/07/promotion-for-japans-stationmaster-cat.
Pushkin, Yuri, “Ice Skating Bear Kills Russian Circus Hand,” CNN, Oct. 23, 2009, www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/23/russia.skating.bear.death.
Robinson, Simon, “Monkey See, Monkey Do,” Time, Oct. 17, 20 06, www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1546980,00.html.
Sahu, Sandeep, “Crowds Flock to Monkey ‘Wedding,’ ” BBC News, Feb. 26, 20 08, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7263782.stm.
Starmer-Smith, Charles, “Parrot That Tried to Mate with Mark Carwardine Is Given a Government Role,” Telegraph (UK), Feb. 1, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/7128042/Parrot-that-tried-to-mate-with-Mark-Carwardine-is-given-a-government-role.html.
“Stationmaster Cat Draws Tourists,” Japan Probe, April 23, 3008, www.japanprobe.com/2008/04/23/stationmaster-cat-draws-tourists.
“Taekwondo Monkeys Attack Trainer,” Telegraph (UK), Dec. 16, 2009, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6825449/Taekwondo-monkeys-attack-trainer.html. “This Conductor’s Got a Cat’s Tongue,” IOL News, May 25, 2008, www.iol.co.za/news/back-page/this-conductor-s-got-a-cat-s-tongue-1.401846.
“Turkeys Gone Wild: Aggressive Gobblers Attack Truckers at Michigan Auto Repair Shop,” AP, March 21, 2009, www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-odd-turkey-trouble,0,3373948.story (accessed Feb. 15, 2010).
“Turkey Terror in Rockport,” Gloucester (MA) Times, Jan. 24, 2009, www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x645318182/Turkey-terror-in-Rockport-Post-Office-suspends-some-deliveries-after-birds-attacks-on-carriers.
Vanhoose, Joe, “Turkeys Terrorize Residents,” Athens (GA) Banner-Herald, Jan. 27, 2010, www.onlineathens.com/stories/012710/new_555238477.shtml.
Vidal, John, “Giant Carnivorous Mice Threaten World’s Greatest Seabird Colony,” Guardian (UK ), May 19, 2008, www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/19/wildlife.endangeredspecies.
Viegas, Jennifer, “Monkey Security Guards on Duty at the Commonwealth Games,” Discovery News, Sept. 29, 2010, http://news.discovery.com/animals/monkey-security-guards-on-duty-at-the-commonwealth-games.html.
Vlahos, James, “Howl,” Outside Magazine, Feb. 2009, http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200902/monkey-problem-delhi-india-1.html.
Walker, Matt, “Movie Made by Chimpanzees to Be Broadcast on Television,” BBC News, Jan. 25, 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm.
Wellman, Walter, The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean, Keller & Co., 1911.
“Wild Turkey Attack Traps Deputy in Cruiser,” 2RSW, Nov. 16, 2009, www.nbc-2.com/global/story.asp?s=11514766.
“Wild Turkey Crashes through Window,” UPI, March 18, 2010, www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/03/18/Wild-turkey-crashes-through-window/UPI-81791268941407.
11. HEROIC HUMANS
“B.C. Logger Stuns Bear with Rock,” CBC, Sept. 8, 2010, www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/09/08/bc-bear-rock.html.
Bedi, Rahul, “Indians Jail Marauding Monkeys,” Telegraph (UK), Jan. 12, 2002, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/1381241/Indians-jail-marauding-monkeys.html.
“Billy the Kid Jailed in Germany,” Austrian Times, Dec. 17, 2009, www.austriantimes.at/news/Around_the_World/2009-12-17/18983/Billy_the_kid_jailed_in_Germany.
Boyes, Roger, “Soon Every Swiss Dog Could Have His Day in Court,” London Times, March 6, 2010, www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7052004.ece.
“Cane Toads Meet Their Match in Tinned Cat Food,” Telegraph (UK), Feb. 18, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7264897/Cane-toads-meet-their-match-in-tinned-cat-food.html.
Dys, Andrew, “Wild Goose Chase Nets Emu Near Downtown Rock Hill,” Rock Hill (SC) Herald, May 5, 2010, www.heraldonline.com/2010/05/05/2143697/wild-goose-chase-nets-emu-just.html.
Flanagan, Jane, “Drunk Baboons Plague Cape Town’s Exclusive Suburbs,” Telegraph (UK), Aug. 29, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/7969313/Drunk-baboons-plague-Cape-Towns-exclusive-suburbs.html.
“Gardener Bites Snake to Death,” Borneo Bulletin, Nov. 10, 2009, www.brusearch.com/news/53948.
Hadhazy, Adam, “Monkeys Go Bananas over Flying Squirrels,” Live Science, July 30, 2010, www.livescience.com/animals/monkeys-attack-flying-squirrels-100730.html.
–—–, “Monkeys Hate Flying Squirrels, Report Monkey-Annoyance Experts,” Christian Science Monitor, July 30, 2010, www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0730/Monkeys-hate-flying-squirrels-report-monkey-annoyance-experts.
Iannetta, Annamarie, “Montana Woman Fends Off Bear Attack with Zucchini,” KECI/ KCFW/KTVM, Sept. 23, 2010, http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/25130250/detail.html.
“Man Bites Snake in Epic Struggle,” BBC News, April 15, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7999909.stm.
“Meat Ants,” Cane Toads in Oz, www.canetoadsinoz.com/meatants.html.
Mercer, Monica, “Car-Eating Dog Set Free,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, March 26, 2010, www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/26/car-eating-dog-set-free.
“Monkey Urinates on Zambian President,” AFP, June 24, 2009, www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqYrQoDYoScCG_yLybzE_YuxTXBg.
“Montana Woman Fends Off Bear Attack with Zucchini,” AP/Billings (MT) Gazette, Sept. 23, 2010, http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_ef1fedf2-c726-11df-8c9f-001cc4c03286.html.
“Pet Politics: Swiss to Vote on Whether Animals Need Lawyers,” Spiegel Online International, March 3, 2010, www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,681363,00.html. “Police Seize Parrot Trained as Drug Gang Look-out,” ITN, Sept. 17, 2010, http://itn.co.uk/bdb1be466cc79c6c102b5cd15c140eda.html.
Schultz, Jason, “Suspect Arrested on Child Porn Charges Blames Cat,” Palm Beach Post, Aug. 6, 2009, www.tcoasttalk.com/2009/08/06/suspect-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-blames-cat.
“Squirrel Banned from Riding Rollercoaster,” Telegraph (UK), Feb. 15, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7238666/Squirrel-banned-from-riding-rollercoaster.html.
Staight, Kerry, “Betrayal the Key to Feral Goats Fight,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 12, 2010,
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/11/2924956.htm.
“23 Injured by Monkeys in Shizuoka,” Japan Today, Aug. 25, 2010, www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/23-injured-by-monkeys-in-shizuoka.
Willacy, Mark, “Japanese Police Hunt Rogue Monkey Gang,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sept. 2, 2010, www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/01/2999964.htm.
Williams, Alexandra, “Swiss Voters Reject Lawyers for Animals in Referendum,” Telegraph (UK), March 8, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/7394698/Swiss-voters-reject-lawyers-for-animals-in-referendum.html.
“Woman Survives Shark Attack by ‘Punching, Punching, Punching,’ ” Telegraph (UK), Feb. 15, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7240211/Woman-survives-shark-attack-by-punching-punching-punching.html.
“Woman Tells Police Her Dog Made Her Steal Money,” Everett (WA) Herald, June 30, 2009, www.heraldnet.com/article/20090630/NEWS01/706309908 .
“Zambian President Evicts Monkeys from Residence After Urinating Incident,” Telegraph (UK), Sept. 2, 2009, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zambia/6126010/Zambian-president-evicts-monkeys-from-residence-after-urinating-incident.html.
INDEX
abandoning young
Aberdeen, Scotland
Abramson, Charles
accidents and dogs
Adélie penguins
Africa
air travel and animals
AKC (American Kennel Club)
alarm calls
albatrosses
alcohol abuse
Alfie (dog)
alligators
American Kennel Club (AKC)
American West
anacondas
Anas platyrhynchos (mallard ducks)
animal control officers
animal lovers
animals behaving badly
assault, running amok, and arson