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A few visitors at Canada’s Wonderland had a rough day at the amusement park. During what should have been a routine ride on the Leviathan roller coaster, people seated in the front row found themselves with blood and feathers all over. When the roller coaster made its way to the peak of one of the loops, it […]
Move over Cocaine Bear, here comes meth pigeon. OK, not exactly, since the pigeon didn’t ingest any drugs and go on a rampage. But in an Abbotsford, British Columbia prison yard, officials did find a pigeon on the grounds wearing a “backpack” with crystal meth inside. John Randle, the Pacific regional president of the Union for Canadian Correctional […]
Police in Arizona found quite the surprise after pulling over a man on DUI charges this week. CBS 11 reports the Payson Police Department discovered a live owl riding shotgun in a car being driven by a man suspected of DUI charges. According to police, the driver claimed he illegally bought the owl for $100 from a […]
TikTok famous emu Emmanuel is recovering from avian influenza, his caretaker Taylor Blake has revealed. In a series of tweets shared on Sunday, Blake said that her farm in Florida suffered an outbreak of avian influenza after Egyptian Geese kept flying in. “Our farm was heavily impacted by wild geese bringing in AI, and we lost […]
After dropping “Hotline” back in May, bLAck pARty has returned with his latest single “On My Way.” It’ll appear on his newly announced album Hummingbird, set for July 14 via the Childish Gambino-affiliated Wolf + Rothstein and RCA Records. The track—co-written by his dad—finds the artist gently crooning over a lush strum of guitars and clicking hi-hats as he tries […]
A California city has spent the last several years trying to solve its growing crow problem, using everything from reflectors on trees to letting a falcon on the loose. Though those tactics had some success, they weren’t enough to scare off the thousand-plus crows that’ve taken over Sunnyvale’s downtown area. So what does the city plan to do […]
Global warming may be putting a serious strain on albatrosses’ relationships. According to a recent study published by New Zealand’s Royal Society, the famously monogamous birds are separating at higher rates as water temperatures rise. The study points out that 90 percent of bird species remain with the same partner throughout their lives, and only “divorce” […]
A peacock was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound last week in McKinleyville, California after a since-deleted Craigslist ad promising compensation in exchange for executing a plan that would “eliminate this bird” went up on the site, Lost Coast Outpost reports. “The job is simple… get rid of a wild peacock that is disrupting our lives,” […]
A California man was taken into custody after being captured on home surveillance video breaking into a Bel-Air home, swimming naked in the pool, and allegedly killing the family’s pet birds. The Los Angeles Times reports the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Paul Kiyan, was arrested Thursday afternoon after police responded to a burglary call in the 1000 […]
A man in China has tested positive for a rare variant of the bird flu called H10N3. NBC News reports that people can catch the virus from poultry, with cases popping up intermittently in those who work with the domesticated birds. The 41-year-old from the province of Jiangsu is the first person to catch the strain, according to China’s National […]
