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: Worker Falls Through Ceiling Into Snake-Filled Room At Reptile Rescue (
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A routine roof repair took a sudden and dangerous turn at a Pennsylvania reptile facility when a worker crashed through the ceiling into a room filled with animals. The incident happened at Forgotten Friend Reptile Rescue in Lancaster County, where the worker had been in the attic above the main reptile building when the ceiling gave way on Wednesday, April 22. Video from inside the building shows the worker plunging through the ceiling before catching himself on exposed studs with his arms, preventing a full fall, according to the organization. His feet briefly made contact with several s…
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Dog Stuffed In Too-Small Carrier Barked Through 8-Hour Flight From Paris To NJ, Redditor Says
A United Airlines passenger flying from Paris to Newark says a barking dog turned their overnight trip into a sleepless nightmare — and fellow travelers and crew had no choice but to suffer through it. The story was shared earlier this month in a now-viral Reddit post titled “dog barking from Paris to Newark”, where the user said the dog began yapping just an hour into the flight and didn’t stop. “It woke everyone up,” the poster wrote. “It yapped nonstop… It sounded like it was barking in my ear.” The passenger said the mid-sized dog had been stuffed into a carrier that was clearly too sm…
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Connecticut's Gilbert The Party Pig Will Make Your Next Event Worth Every Penny
Connecticut's Gilbert the Party Pig was resting from a busy weekend when Daily Voice spoke with his owner Michelle Burns about his full-time job as an entertainer. The Greenwich native had a party-packed three days appearing at several birthday parties in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Despite having a day off, Gilbert was itching to get back to business. "Pigs are very social animals and they need stimulation and they get bored easily," Burns said. "So it's great that he likes to do this stuff." We had 6 birthday parties this weekend. Thank you all so much for letting Gilbert share …
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Martha Stewart's Cat Killed By Her Four Dogs In Northern Westchester
Martha Stewart is mourning the death of one of her fluffy cats named Princess Peony after she was killed by her four dogs in New York. On Sunday, March 3, Stewart posted to Instagram the news that her dogs mistook the "unusual" cat on her 153-acre farm located in Northern Westchester County in the hamlet of Katonah. She wrote: "burying the beautiful and unusual Princess Peony, the four dogs mistook her for an interloper and killed her defenseless little self. I will miss her very badly. RIP beauty" Stewart also posted a picture of Princess Peony to remember her friend, telling followers, …