Healthier new bulldog will lose its Churchillian jowl Source: The Times
The classic British bulldog, a symbol of defiance and pugnacity, is to disappear. A shake-up of breeding standards by the Kennel Club has signalled the end of the dog's Churchillian jowl. Instead, the dog will have a shrunken face, a sunken nose, longer legs and a leaner body.
Local breeder's herd of hedgehogs is in high demandSource: News-Gazette
Sarah Roberts lifted a little hut covering Bailey and her offspring and plucked the protective mother off her babies, four tiny hedgehogs that looked like a clump of cactus.
"She has two girls and two boys," said Roberts, who has made a business of raising and selling the playfu …
Cruelty row on eve of Crufts Source: Telegraph
It's the biggest canine beauty contest in the world, with 22,500 competitors fighting it out to be top dog, there will be @!$%#ing, grooming and millions of pounds spent on getting that million dollar look.
Gays are IntolerantSource: Chicago Sun-Times
From the article: Heterosexuals in this overwhelmingly gay resort town on the tip of Cape Cod are complaining that the oppressed have become the oppressors.