In the county where I’ve lived most of my life, a week-long nightmare is over, but the people partly responsible for that nightmare are still with us. It’s a cautionary tale about incompetence and the lack of transparency that complacent local officials try to hide behind. In Newton County, […]
SEATTLE — A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening, nearly a week after she escaped with three other zebras from a trailer near Seattle. Local residents and animal control officers corralled the zebra named “Shug” in the community of Riverbend, about 30 miles (48 […]
Peter Dazsek is one of the supervillains in the pandemic story. Often described as one of Fauci’s best friends, he certainly has benefited mightily from his relationship to the once highest-paid person in the federal government. Dazsek funneled millions of dollars into the Wuhan Institute of Virology to conduct gain-of-function research and begged for money […]
One zebra was still on the loose Tuesday after a group of four escaped from a trailer heading to Montana eastbound on Interstate 90. The others were recaptured with the help of a former rodeo bullfighter. The zebras bolted Sunday when the driver exited their vehicle to secure the trailer, Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick […]
A circus elephant got frightened by a car and got loose in Butte, Montana, on Tuesday, then wandered the town before being corralled. The elephant, a 58-year-old female named Viola, is part of Jordan World Circus. Her pen was by the Butte Civic Center near a Town Pump convenience store and gas station, and she […]
An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tanker truck crashed while carrying 102,000 captive-bred spring Chinook salmon smolt, sending 77,000 of them into the wrong waterway. The agency raised the smolt as part of a plan to mitigate reduced salmon populations due to hydropower generation. The smolts were intended for release into the Imnaha River. […]
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl who became famous after escaping from a vandalized zoo exhibit and roaming New York City, died in February due to herpes and poison, according to a new necropsy. Flaco first flew the coop on Feb. 2, 2023, after an unknown perpetrator vandalized his exhibit at the Central Park Zoo, where […]
A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice were in custody Thursday after a brazen attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, authorities said. Escaped inmate Skylar Meade, a 31-year-old member of the Aryan Knights gang, and his accomplice Nicholas Umphenour fled the scene early Wednesday […]
A northern Virginia couple is missing and feared dead in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners stole their yacht. Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel, members of a sailing association called the Salty Dog, disappeared sometime last week after three prisoners facing robbery and rape charges escaped custody Sunday, according to WTTG. Family members told the […]
A privately owned kangaroo escaped from its owner and got stuck in the pool section of a Tampa, Florida, apartment complex. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office corralled the marsupial. On Thursday, the sheriff’s office received notice about the Australian animal hopping around. “I guess police? There’s a kangaroo in my, uh, apartment complex,” the unnamed […]
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