A $1000 reward is being offered to help find the person who tried to skin a cat alive on the Gold Coast. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Pony was shaved, and tied by the ankle to a wall in a hut. When customers came to look at her, she would "present" herself to them. It took over a year to finally rescue her. This Link Is of a YouTube video, explaining the plight of Orangutans like Pony in Borneo. If you don't want to watch it all, skip forward to 12.47 where they show some footage of Pony, and speak about her rescue. picked by Marz 2 years ago

Meet Tootsie - a hermaphrodite pony who lived for 12 years with his owners thinking he was female. Despite his upbringing as a mare, Tootsie still has an eye for the ladies. Typical hermaphrodite. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A young British woman rode out of London April 1 on an epic pony trek from London to Tokyo following ancient trading routes. picked by kakana 8 months ago

The town of Caledon may force a three-year-old boy with cerebral palsy to give up his miniature pony after a neighbour complained about the smell.

*Oh, Canada...we thought you were, you know...you b*****ds!* picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

In update to this post, the Committee members said the family can keep the miniature pony, despite zoning rules prohibiting it, so long as they keep the pen clean. picked by suebe 12 months ago

Blind pilot Miles Hilton-Barber felt euphoric when he touched down at Sydney's Bankstown Airport just before 8am, becoming the first blind man to fly halfway around the world.

Update on an earlier post. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Meet Molly. She's a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana . She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier, and almost died. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Toy horses are usually pink and plastic – and aimed at young girls. But this little pony is 100 per cent natural – and ready to make friends with anyone her size. Born ten days ago at a stud in the southern state of Victoria, Australia, the 15in miniature horse – which is yet to be named – has already formed a bond with Sam Leith, 12. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A blind student of acupuncture is making a second request for a license to practice in Texas.

That's after Juliana Cumbo's first application was rejected last year because of her blindness. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Prosecutors said that Gabriel Kalama forced one child to eat another child’s feces, that he taped a child's hands together and exploded fireworks between the child’s hands and that he beat two children with a bat.

5 years for abusing 5 kids? i am NOT impressed with the law. picked by muppet 1 year ago

WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from insurgents and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, a survey has found. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Westport police said in a written statement that the girl had ignored a security guard and earlier warnings not to bring the animal on school property. picked by arsphidius 1 year ago

India's Mizoram state, facing a once-in-50-years invasion by rats, is reportedly offering a 2 1/2 U.S. cent reward per rodent tail to avert a crop wipeout. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A groundbreaking electronic device will allow blind people to 'see' using their tongues, scientists have claimed. The extraordinary technology takes pictures filmed by a tiny camera and turns the information into electrical pulses which can be felt on the tongue.

Tests show that the nerves send messages to the brain which turn these tingles back into pictures. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Article on the use of "sleep deprivation," a term we will now have to always render in quotes, as the irony of describing one sort of torture as a means of covering up three or four other kinds of torture is both diabolical and morbidly depraved. picked by theclansman 7 months ago

The case made headlines around the world. Megan Williams, a black woman was held by 6 whites for a week while undergoing horrific torture. Now she is ready to tell the truth that it was all a lie fabricated in retaliation because she was having a relationship with one of them. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Soon we won't be able to short change sightless people anymore. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Not surprisingly, a judge ordered he woman who tortured and killed animals to lose custody of 6 out of her 7 children. The oldest, her son, age 21, will care for two of his sisters.
Alternative link if you can't see the Newsday article. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago