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Purloined poop: Who's the victim? As man was shopping, thieves stole droppings, then fled holding the bag 12/05/2002 By ROY APPLETON / The Dallas Morning News Matt Boswell had that holiday spirit after Christmas shopping this week in Frisco. Then he saw some stinking thief messing around in the back of his pickup truck outside Stonebriar Centre mall. "I yelled at him," said Mr. Boswell, who watched the dirty dog haul two plastic bags from the truck to a waiting car and flee. The Little Elm resident didn't give chase or waste his time calling police. No. 1, the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. SYDNEY (Reuters) - A fairytale goose may have laid a golden egg, but the tiny Australian town of Gunnedah hopes to make money from koala dung. Gunnedah, self-styled "Koala Capital of the World," is packaging its bountiful koala droppings and selling them to tourists at A$1 (around 53 U.S. cents) a bag. Tourism official Chris Frend said his little town in New South Wales state had begun packaging marsupial feces as "Koala Kitsch" six months ago. "It's early days as far as marketing them is concerned and who knows, we might...