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Researchers have engineered artificial penises in rabbits, using cells from the animals, who then used their new organs to father baby rabbits.The work takes scientists closer to making other complex solid organs such as livers using a patient's own cells, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday. It provides a tailor-made transplant, said Dr. Anthony Atala of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who led the study.

A PAIR of rabid rabbits has been caught killing a series of snakes near Cairns.For three weeks Armando Del Manso believed his dog was responsible for the dead snakes showing up with teeth marks all over them on his East Barron property’s lawn each morning.But it turns out it was a pair of rampaging rabbits killing the snakes.Pictures: Cairns snakesThe 42-year-old boilermaker first made the discovery Tuesday night when he spotted the two wild rabbits attacking a king brown snake.“The snake was raised up in the air in the striking position and the two rabbits worked their way around him and...

Miriam Sakewitz, 47, violated her probation by having the rabbits, Judge Gayle Nachtigal, of the Washington County Circuit court ruled on Thursday. The judge sentenced Sakewitz to 90 days in the county jail. Police arrested Sakewitz on June 16 after she called a maintenance worker to her room in the Portland suburb of Tigard to fix a broken television set. The worker saw and smelled the rabbits, some of them hopping freely around the house. The woman's legal problems began in 2006, when police found more than 150 rabbits in her home and dozens more bunny bodies in freezers. She...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Washington County's "Bunny Lady" is back in the hutch after violating a court order banning her from owning animals for five years. Miriam Sakewitz, 47, was arrested Tuesday at a hotel in the Portland suburb of Tigard after an employee reported finding rabbits hopping around in her room. Problems for Sakewitz started in October 2006 when police in Hillsboro, about 15 miles west of Portland, found and confiscated nearly 250 rabbits in her home, including about 100 dead ones in freezers and refrigerators.

Easter's rolling around -- what better time to honor hare-raising movies, TV, and books? Count us lucky to have seen the feats of Bugs Bunny, the Energizer Bunny, the House Bunny, and more

A HILL farmer has devised a cunning plan to rid his fields of a plague of rabbits. Paul Coppen, 69, camouflaged his vintage Massey Ferguson tractor as a cow – complete with a firing platform and a gunslit. He admitted the disguise – a black and white cow under a tree painted on a wooden board fixed to the side of the vehicle – was not foolproof. The former technical manager for ICI in the north of England said: " One of my neighbours, Stan Mitchell, came up with the idea and helped me out, and I just went with...

Anglian Water has dismissed speculation that the rabbit which was found to be the source of the cryptosporidium scare was planted in a water tank on purpose. Fifteen people fell ill with cryptosporidiosis linked to the type found in Northampton's tap water after a parasite was found at the Pitsford Water Treatment Works in June. The source of the parasite was linked to a rabbit found in a tank at the treatment works.

This striped rabbit is critically endangered. When being raised as a child I hunted and ate many rabbits. I feel I should take a plight for the endangered and God given beautiful creatures. Revski

YEAH!!!! KILL DA WABBITS!!!!! GOD HATES ALL FILTHY SODOMITE WABBITS!!!!!!!!!! PTARMIGANS WILL RISE AGAIN AND TRIUMPH OVER THE EVIL BUNNIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

October 26, 2007 -- THERE isn't enough re vealing material in the tedious documentary "Jimmy Carter Man From Plains" to sustain an 800-word magazine profile, let alone a two-hour film. "The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan Demme followed Carter along on a 2006-2007 tour to promote his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" but utterly failed to illuminate the personality of the winner of such prestigious awards as the Grammy for Best Audiobook Recording and the Nobel Peace Prize. Nor does Demme go into any depth about issues in the West Bank and Gaza.

Along a gritty stretch of Harrison Street just west of the Dan Ryan Expressway, cars and trucks zoom past in a whoosh of hot air and and blowing dust. Horns blare, sirens scream and every few minutes a city bus rumbles past, belching exhaust. In the background, the skyline rises like a mountain range of glass and steel. This is the urban jungle -- teeming with crowds, booming to a cacophony of sound, alive in a whirl of motion. But look closely. There -- along the sidewalk -- an Eastern cottontail rabbit hops down the cracked concrete. It perks its...

An explosion in the rabbit population has "trashed" the World Heritage listed Macquarie Island, which is home to endangered penguins and albatrosses, the World Wide Fund for Nature said. The conservation group is calling on the government to implement a 25 million dollar (21 million US) strategy to eradicate rabbits, rats and mice on the sub-Antarctic territory. WWF spokesman Andreas Glanznig said it was possible that mice, which have been shown to become carnivorous on an island in the Atlantic, could evolve enough to threaten endangered bird species on the remote scrap of land. "It's a scary scenario but it's...

Hungary's busiest highway, connecting Budapest with the Austrian capital Vienna, was closed early on Monday after a truck carrying rabbits crashed. Five-thousand of the animals were let loose on the road, police say.

"Oh no! It's full of Jews!"

It is rare to get an insider's perspective on the emergence of al-Qaeda. It is also rare to get a glimpse of the world of spies and agents. To provide both is incredibly unusual. Omar Nasiri - not his real name but one chosen to protect his identity - says he spent seven years working as an agent for European intelligence services and as an al-Qaeda operative, part of the time in the UK. He provides a unique insight into how al-Qaeda was far more organised, coherent and determined in the 1990s than was appreciated at the time. Jihad militants...

KING 5 TV reports that the last male of the Columbia pygmy rabbit species known to exist in captivity has died. There are two surviving females. Hopes are that cross breeding can rejuvenate the species.

Palo Alto, Calif. -- Sixty-five rabbits have been found abandoned around the city in recent months, and all but one of them have been euthanized, city officials said. Animal control officials said the same person is likely responsible for leaving the rabbits in five separate incidents during the past six months. Most of the rabbits were skittish around humans, and some were emaciated and had open wounds on their bodies, city officials said. "It appears that the person is endlessly allowing rabbits to breed and then they are carelessly dumping them in our city," city officials said in a statement....

Defend your nuts: a parable on property rights and hippies Suppose you were a squirrel. You would work hard to find the biggest nuts, and then stash those large nuts in secret places. You'd only do so if you had a high degree of assurance that those nuts would be there, unrotted and ready to eat, when your life depended on them. You'd have to depend on other squirrels to not steal your nuts, and assure them that you would do likewise. Now suppose that a pack of liberal chinchillas, calling themselves the Friends of the Forest, came along preaching...

The investigation into how three Boston University researchers became infected with tularemia when they thought they were working with a harmless form of the germ is increasingly focusing on the possibility that a naturally occurring lethal strain contaminated animal blood used to promote growth of the bacteria.

He wanted a bit of company, so he bought a pair of bunnies. He ended up with more company than he could handle. Given the run of the house, the little furballs did what rabbits are known for. In less than a year, the man, whose name the Louisiana SPCA withheld on grounds that he was embarrassed enough already, had 73 rabbits. They chewed the furniture. They burrowed into chairs, couches and mattresses. They processed food faster than their owner could clean up after them. Finally, said SPCA Executive Director Laura Maloney, he passed out. Then he moved out and...

I was looking over a menu in a restaurant the other day when I saw a section for vegetarians; I thought to myself "boy, I sure am glad that I'm not a meat-hating fascist" and I skipped on to the steak section (because I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $15 for an alfalfa sandwich, slice of cucumber and a scoop of cold cottage cheese), but before I turned the page something caught my eye. The heading of the vegetarian section was titled "Guiltless Grill," not because there were menu items with fewer calories and cholesterol (since there were...

Michelle Duggar just won the "Young Mother of the Year Award" in Arkansas, which is sponsored by American Mothers Incorporated. Duggar is like any mom -- multiplied several times over. Michelle Duggar, 37, and her husband, former state Rep. Jim Bob Duggar, have 14 kids. All of their names start with the letter "J," and number 15 is due this month. The children: Joshua, 16; Jana and John-David, 14; Jill, 12; Jessa, 11; Jinger, 10; Joseph, 9; Josiah, 7; Joy-Anna, 6; Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 5; Jason, 3; James, 2; and Justin, 1. "I'm either expecting or nursing," Michelle Duggar says...

MIDI - MORE THAN A FEELING I woke up this morning to check out the news The kids got the GLOBE and brought it inside I looked at them both and their eyes had bulged Their jaws had dropped...they were quite surprised My wife was reeling...there's porno on page one Yes, she was seething...oh my goodness, what has this rag done? Nude Iraqi chicks there on display Some wore blue thongs like an intern wore Although this time they were on top their head They did it like rabbits on camera "They're genuine," that's what the GLOBE said That's...

PLANT CITY, Fla. -- A veteran Plant City High School agricultural science teacher faces fines and criticism after killing two day-old rabbits with a shovel as her stunned class looked on, authorities said Tuesday. But Jane Bender won't face criminal charges for killing the sickly rabbits, which had been rejected by their mother, officials said. Investigators said Bender killed two rabbits and buried them in a field near the agricultural lab with two others from the same litter that had died. "We felt this person had to be held accountable," said Hillsborough County Animal Services investigator Dennis McCullough, whose agency...

NORTH SIDE -- Concerned at the appearance of dead rabbits during his February nature walks along Montrose Point, North Sider Ion Valentin has leveled a new and chilling suspicion: Somebody targeted the rabbits with killer potatoes to stop them from eating the local greenery. ~~snip~~ "We are definitely not poisoning rabbits," said Park District spokesman Julian Green, who said the dead rabbits "were news to us as well."

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A veterinarian accused of using a mallet to kill a miniature dachshund that had entered his yard has been charged with felony animal cruelty. Dr. Mircea Volosen, who was indicted Thursday, could receive up to two years in prison if convicted of killing his neighbor's pet. Police say the dog was killed July 4 after it entered Volosen's Fort Worth-area yard, where he keeps chickens and rabbits. Volosen's attorney, William D. Cox III, said Friday that his client will plead innocent. "We're disappointed and surprised by the indictment. It's merely Dr. Volosen was exercising his...

NORTH Korea has successfully cloned two male rabbits who have gone on to reproduce, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said today. The rabbits, cloned a year ago by the institute of experimental biology under the North's academy of science, have since fathered dozens of leverets, the agency said in a dispatch monitored here. "Researchers of the institute made two rabbits (male) in July last year by developing a somatic cell cloning technology based on fibroblast derived from 15-day-old foetus," the agency said. "The one-year observation of these rabbits proved that they had fertility. The rabbits have already produced tens...

Martin Mersereau, Senior Caseworker Domestic Animal Issues & Abuse Dept. Tel: 757-622-7382, ext. 1506 Fax: 757-628-0796 please visit http://helpinganimals.com/ From: Martin Mersereau [mailto:MartinM@peta.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: Regarding Long Island rabbit cruelty case Dear All, Please forgive the impersonal reply, but all the emails I've received regarding this case precludes me from answering everyone individually. We're on top of this case, and are simply appalled. This family really shakes our faith in humanity. What a pack of vile devils! To make matters worse, as you probably know, NY's felony cruelty to animals provision will not apply...

<p>It was supposed to be a souvenir home video of a family celebration, titled "Our Vacation," filmed by the Loversos of Bay Shore when relatives were in town from Italy.</p> <p>But some of the images captured as the family prepared a meal -- rabbits beaten, skinned alive, even attacked by a pet dog -- led to the arrest of Matteo Loverso, 49, and his son, Rosario, 23, officials from the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said.</p>

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AN eccentric aristocrat has created a stir in a small English town by suggesting that hundreds of residents pay him 1pc of the value of their homes under feudal land title laws. Representatives for Sir Robert Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke, have written to 900 homeowners in Chigwell, Essex, saying they may have breached obscure clauses in the title deeds of their homes by building extensions or alterations without his permission. No problem. He'd be willing to overlook the breaches if they just pay the 1pc. Rous (65) emigrated to Australia at 19 and remains there. But in the...

More than 200 rabbits found in single home Published 3:55 p.m. PDT Thursday, April 18, 2002 LOS ANGELES (AP) - At least 200 rabbits, many living in their own waste, were found crammed into a home Thursday, animal rescue workers said. "There are rabbits everywhere you step and everywhere you look and this is going to take some time to sort through," said Madeline Bernstein, president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles. Rescuers were tipped to "a multitude of rabbits not in good condition," she said. A search warrant was obtained and workers started...