Have You Heard the One About the Show Jumping Cow?

Posted by Sam in Animals, Celebrity

Hey diddle diddle, the cow jumped over the moon fence. The appropriately named ‘Luna’, trained by 15 year old Regina Mayer, shows her show jumping style.

When Regina Mayer was told by her parents that she couldn’t have a horse, she did the next best thing and choose Luna the cow to fulfil her show jumping ambitions.

Born on the families farm 2 years ago Luna took alot of training and even more treats, but now responds (mostly) to commands such as ‘go’ and ‘gallop’ according to Regina.

Video: AlJazeeraEnglish

Knut the Famous German Polar Bear Dies Suddenly

Posted by Sam in Animals, Celebrity

Knut the famous German polar bear has died suddenly at Berlin zoo aged 4.

Knut became famous all over the world in 2006 after he was rejected by his mother and started to be hand reared by his keeper Thomas Doerflein.

His death has re-opened the debate about hand rearing and keeping animals in zoos, polar bears are expected to live to about 30 and to die aged 4 is leading people to ask, once again, whether the practice is detrimental to the animal. It was this debate that initially generated such interest in Knut back in 2006.

In 2008 Thomas Doerflein died aged 44. Initial reports from a post mortum being carried out in Germany indicate that Knut may have died because of brain damage after ‘significant changes to the brain’ were found.

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