A homeless man is facing trial for allegedly soaking live cats in gasoline and torching them in the Rancho Cucamonga area.
Timothy Kooyman was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on four felony counts of animal abuse and starting a fire. He will be arraigned July 15.
Investigators testifying at the 24-year-old man's preliminary hearing say Kooyman killed one of the cats by dousing it with gasoline and using a lighter to set it on fire while it was still alive.
The flaming cat then ran into a vacant lot and started a brush blaze.
Six hours after the May 13 brush fire, San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Wendy Saucedo arrested Kooyman. She testified Kooyman had a storage bin in his car with two mutilated, but alive, cats inside.
The cats had broken legs and their tails were cut off.
]]>A Gangetic dolphin, which got entangled in a fisherman’s net, was sold at a local market in Behrampore on Tuesday. This in complete violation of the Wildlife Protection Act since the Gangetic dolphin is an endangered species.
During fishing in Bhagirathi river, Naresh Haldar found the dolphin in his haul. Instead of releasing it back into the water, Haldar took it to the local Gorabazar market. Locals alleged that the police did not take timely action against Haldar.
“When the policemen arrived at the market, the dolphin was still alive. They did not do anything and even failed to arrest the fisherman. The dolphin may have survived had the police intervened on time,” a local said.
Later, forest department officials also reached the spot. A case has been registered against Haldar, who is absconding. The dolphin’s body has been sent for the postmortem.
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"They were still breathing, but they eventually died," said the report which quoted fisherman Roberto Caratao as saying.
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Radar walks well most of the time, and practically at heel, though on an off day he may tug or squirm. “He’s not welcome in the dog pen,” Mr. Hassinger said, “and he’s been kicked out of two bars in L.A. and one in New York.”
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]]>As it was obviously an orphan and too young to take care of itself, Mike gathered it up and brought it home. It was either that or leave it to die. My husband just couldn't do it... so he was a wee bit late to work...
When the fawn came home, it was too weak to raise its little head. It just lay curled in a blanket - a nest to keep it warm.
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The threat came with a demand for progress at the International Whaling Commission talks in Chile this week. The unexpectedly blunt ultimatum follows a winter whaling season of high maritime drama and bitter diplomatic rows.
In light of Japan’s threat, some fear that the commission may be in danger of total collapse unless it can rebuild its function as a constructive forum for debate on the whaling issue.
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]]>Patrick Pollock, a fellow in equine surgery at Glasgow University, made the assessment after inspecting the Risso's dolphin from a fire brigade dinghy.
He said the mammal was "emaciated" and had a "nasty laceration" to its head.
The 10ft-long creature first appeared on Sunday and has been swimming further inland. So far, all attempts to usher it back out to sea have failed.
]]>The Phillip Island Nature Park is using satellite tracking devices to monitor its penguin colony as two major infrastructure projects impinge on the birds' territory.
The dredging of Port Phillip Bay has been conducted in one of the penguins' feeding areas, while the full effects of the proposed desalination plant near Wonthaggi, closer to their island home, are unclear.
This week, seven birds have had the satellite devices — which look like small black bugs — attached to their backs with waterproof tape.
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Clay, an African Grey parrot, spent two nights stranded in the forest this weekend after flying away from her owner, Roseburg’s Carrie Boothe, during a camping trip Saturday. The 12-year-old bird, the smaller type of Grey known as a Timneh, helped keep Boothe apprised of her location by mimicking a cell phone ring.
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Help us triple that figure by the time the International Whaling Commission meets in Chile towards the end of June.
Send your whale on its way here: http://www.send-a-whale.com
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“Cats are like people,” says Humane Society spokesperson Nancy Peterson. “They can become dehydrated and suffer organ failure and die if they get too hot.” Because summer temperatures in general appear to be on the rise, likely due to global warming, it helps to be aware of the dangers heat poses for your cat and ready to enact measures necessary for keeping your cat cool.
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]]>Was it the odd Spring? There were no whales to scare them. Was it the change in wind direction? Were they chasing food to close to the shore? Or was it the Navy and their *exercises*?
Strandings of this size just don't happen in the UK.
Read the Guardians update and theories.
Another is that dolphins, like whales and porpoises, navigate using the Earth's electromagnetic fields but that anomalies in these can sometimes lead them perilously close to land.
Most disturbingly, we could be playing a central role in their demise. One theory regarding the Cornish dolphins is that Navy live fire exercises knocked them off course. I have never heard of this happening before, but the increasingly loud sonar used both by the world's navies, and by underwater oil prospecting, has long been thought to affect their ability to navigate.
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