Frank and Louie is still officially the longest-lived Janus cat according to the Guinness Book of World Records. And yes, that is two names for one cat. He has one name for each face.
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GENEVA - The world's biggest food company Nestle is seeking to conquer the dog food market with special advertising targeted at men's best friend.
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KUALA LUMPUR - An orangutan that amused visitors to her Malaysian zoo by smoking cigarette butts thrown into her cage is being forced to go cold turkey, a keeper said Monday.
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MANILA - A monster 21-foot (6.4-meter) saltwater crocodile, believed to be the biggest ever captured, has been trapped in the southern Philippines after a spate of fatal attacks, officials said Tuesday.
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Wellington - Happy Feet, the lost penguin who became a worldwide celebrity after he washed up on a New Zealand beach was released back into the Southern Ocean on Sunday to begin a long swim home to Antarctica.
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WELLINGTON - A wayward penguin that became a worldwide celebrity after washing up lost on a New Zealand beach left Wellington on Monday aboard a research ship bound for his frigid home waters in Antarctica.
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HAVANA - On a farm in Cuba, five little piglets are doggedly insisting on getting their milk from a stray canine rather than their own mother.
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WASHINGTON - Many animals at the National Zoo in Washington sensed the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the U.S. east coast before it struck and began to behave strangely, zoo officials said.
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To relieve tensions and help with the process of inmate rehabilitation, Sheriff Jerome Kramer of Lincoln County, Nebraska has taken an outside-the-box approach: The sheriff has enlisted the services of Nemo and Sarge -- a couple of cats.
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SOFIA - Bulgarian turtles will soon be crossing a major highway linking the capital Sofia to neighbouring Greece, according to new plans announced Friday.
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WELLINGTON - A wayward Emperor penguin that washed up in New Zealand will be shipped back to sub-antarctic waters later this month on a scientific research vessel, Wellington Zoo said Wednesday.
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BERLIN - The hunt is on in deepest Bavaria for a cow who escaped from a farm and who has been on the run for weeks after Germany's leading newspaper, Bild, put up a 10,000 euro ($14,000) reward for her capture.
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SYDNEY - Four pedigree pooches were being held for a Aus$300,000 (US $322,000) ransom over soured multimillion-dollar business deals, a report said Wednesday, with the thieves threatening to slash their throats.
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WASHINGTON - Cities and organizations in the U.S. state of Maryland have found an original and ecologically sound method to cut the weeds from their parks and gardens: Bring in the goats.
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In Japanese Culture, Gamera is the name of a flying mutant turtle with fangs who rises from the sea and breathes fire. At Washington State University, a Gamera of their own is casting a significantly smaller shadow over the sidewalks of the campus.
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Boskovice, Czech Republic - A wild west theme park in the Czech Republic has teamed up with a local humanitarian organization to buy goats for rural African families through its novel "rent-a-goat" attraction.
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Off the coast of Western Australia, with sharks swimming beside the shore, two dogs taking a routine swim with a pack of finned foes have become a new YouTube sensation.
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SEOUL - A South Korean dog meat festival has been canceled following growls of protest from animal rights activists, one of the would-be organizers said Tuesday.
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WELLINGTON - Wildlife experts said they were astonished Wednesday at the appearance of an Emperor penguin in New Zealand, some 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) from his Antarctic home.
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