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“This is the satisfied look of a gorilla who is a hit with the female of the species. Oumbie, a 28st silverback, arrived at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire on September 2 with the task of producing offspring. He has successfully wooed two lady gorillas and one may be pregnant already. At his previous home, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, the 17-year-old great ape was kept in an all-male group. But it seems life in mixed company suits him. Oumbie created quite an impression when he crawled out of his crate at his new home, according to animal keeper Donna Smithson. She said the females gave him ‘a bit of a hard time to start with’, but he soon won them over. ‘Gorillas make flirty noises and strut about to try to impress each other,’ she said. ‘Oumbie has shown himself to be pretty good at that type of thing already.” w/ photos
“Animal control officers were searching for two pit bulls that ripped apart the front of a car with their teeth, KHBS-TV in Fort Smith, Ark., reported. Police said a 911 call led them to a home where they found two pit bulls on the hood of a car early Sunday morning. “They turned flashlights on the car. There was one on the car and one on the hood,” said resident Ima Jean Vervack. Police chased the dogs and searched nearby neighborhoods. Vervack said it’s shocking to look at the front bumper of her car, which was torn apart by the dogs’ teeth. “The whole front is torn up. The fender is torn off. There was blood where they cut their mouth trying to tear this stuff off.” w/ video
“A US woman scared a would-be burglar away from her home by “acting like a large dog”, according to police. It happened late at night in Athens, Georgia, where the woman was startled by the sound of someone trying to break into her home, reports the Athens Banner-Herald. As the man tried turning the woman’s door knob, she got down on all fours, “began scratching at the door and acting like a large dog”, the police report said. The man, who wore an olive jacket and appeared to be homeless, quickly ran from the porch, according to the report. Police searched the neighborhood but to no avail.” w/ photo
“A Polish man has finally cleared his name after an 18-month legal battle in which he was accused of kicking his neighbour’s bucket. Legal sources blasted the decision to prosecute Waldemar Wilk, 55, of Mikowice, for damaging a plastic bucket worth less than $3. Neighbour Alicja Tomankiewicz had claimed that Mr Wilk had kicked the bucket so hard it landed on a bush outside their block of flats. The case was referred to a municipal court, where he pleaded not guilty, claiming that Mrs Tomankiewicz was still using the allegedly damaged bucket.” w/ photos
