Yelping dogs to have curfew in Norwegian
town
Associated Press
May. 5, 2006 10:25
AM
OSLO, Norway - A small Norwegian town
has grown so tired of barking dogs that it plans to pass a curfew
prohibiting noisy animals from leaving their homes late at night, an
official said Friday.
Erik Schult, the head of forestry for
the municipality of Fjell in western Norway, has proposed a new
regulation stating that "barking dogs have to be indoors by 10 p.m.
at the latest every weekday."
Schult said the curfew is aimed
at preventing noisy dogs from keeping neighbors awake by barking all
night, although it will not make it illegal to take quiet dogs on a
late-night walk.
"It is the notorious yelping dogs that we
are aiming at," Schult said. "Those that stay out and bark through
the night."
Dog owners who violate the curfew will face a
fine, he said.
Schult said the city council would vote on the
curfew next week and he expected the measure to be
approved.
An informal opinion poll undertaken by a local
newspaper showed that 55 percent of the town's residents supported
the initiative.
The municipality of Fjell, which includes
villages on surrounding islands, has a population of about
20,000.
 
Cat family welcomes rejected pug puppy
Associated Press
Apr. 21, 2006 10:22
AM
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. - A pug puppy
rejected by his mother has found a new, more welcoming family - a
cat and her three kittens.
Kelly Kent, of Connellsville, said
her 2-year-old cat, Zoey, has been nursing a black pug puppy since
he was rejected by his mother in late March. Zoey doesn't usually
like dogs but seems to have made an exception, Kent said.
The
puppy, who belongs to Kent's neighbor, is about the same size as
Zoey's kittens and regularly lines up for milk with his adopted
feline siblings.
It is not unusual for mothers to adopt in
nature, even if the baby is of another species, said William
Shepherd, a Uniontown veterinarian. Shepherd said a puppy can drink
a cat's milk, but warned that Zoey might not be able to produce
enough as the young pug gets older and bigger.
The pug puppy,
the runt of his litter, doesn't yet have a name, Kent said.
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