LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An animal rights group has called on one of the largest aquariums in the United States to stop serving fish to its visitors, likening the practice to grilling up “poodle burgers at a dog show.”

“It’s easy to think of fish as swimming vegetables but of all the places in the country where fish should get a fair shake it’s an aquarium,” said Karin Robertson, manager of the Fish Empathy Project for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

[via Reuters]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Hollywood actor Tom Cruise not only battles creatures from outer space in his latest film “War of the Worlds,” he also believes aliens really exist, he told a German newspaper Wednesday.

Asked in an interview with the tabloid daily Bild if he believed in aliens, Cruise said: “Yes, of course. Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?”

[via Reuters]

Inverness, Scotland (PRWEB) June 29, 2005 — A Police officer stationed in Inverness, Scotland, has contacted Nessie investigator William McDonald with knowledge about a 4-inch barbed tooth, found in a mutilated deer carcass at Loch Ness back in March by two American college students. The officer, who refused to be identified, stated that he was present in mid-March when the two students entered police headquarters on Perth Road in the early morning hours.

[via PRWeb]

THE usual cry among UFO experts is ‘look to the skies’, but you may actually help Mid Cheshire researchers more by looking at the ground.

Ufologist Eric Morris is asking the public and farmers to report any un-usual crop circles in fields.

Eric, 51, is carrying out an investigation on the phenomena with other members of the British UFO Studies Centre – the organisation he founded in Northwich 20 years ago.

Eric believes they may be close to finding the true cause of crop circles.

‘I wouldn’t say they’re caused by alien intelligence. What we’ve been researching over the years is to do with the weather,’ he explained.

The likely cause, according to Eric, is a phenomenon known as ‘fair-weather whirlwinds’.

[via icCheshireOnline]

A collection of 10 stories about Luton is being launched in an attempt to improve its image after it was voted “crap town” of the year last year.

[via BBC News]

God only knows if there’s life on other planets.

“War of the Worlds,’ which opens in theaters today, is sure to stir meta-planetary curiosities among more than just UFO spotters and “X-Files’ fanatics.

Many Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders say the revelation of extraterrestrial beings would not contradict their theological beliefs. Rooted in the dogma of Mormons and Seventh-day Adventists is the existence of aliens.

And one group believes the God of Genesis was a group of space-traveling scientists.

But is the truth really out there?

[via San Gabriel Valley Tribune]

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio – Hollywood has taken interest in a suburban Cleveland woman paid to talk to the dead. Mary Ann Winkowski’s paranormal experiences as a ghostbuster for hire have inspired CBS to create “Ghost Whisperer,” starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, which is part of the network’s fall lineup.

Winkowski, a paid consultant to the show, doesn’t have a listing in the phone book, but is booked four months in advance chasing unwanted ghosts from people’s homes.

[via Tahlequah Daily Press]

Beijing – An 18-year old student celebrating the end of his school exams was attacked and killed by three lions in a zoological park in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, state press said on Wednesday.

The student was one of 10 young men who climbed over the 2m fence surrounding the lion compound at the Northern Forestry Zoological Park near the provincial capital of Harbin on Tuesday, the Beijing News said.

The students, who had been drinking following their exams, illegally entered the zoo and climbed over the fence despite signs warning of the danger, the report said.

[via News24]

Two of the birds fly away from their exhibit. The Sedgwick County Zoo is hoping you’ll see them and call.

[via Wichita Eagle]

South Bend, Indiana, USA

“I didn’t believe him,” animal control officer Sumyr Springfield said.
Then Springfield, who was first on the scene, saw the top of the kangaroo’s head. It was time to call for backup.

[via The Indianapolis Star]

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Blimey, mate. It was a kangaroo