Dog Helps Police Catch Car Thief

Stockton – A dog named “Monster” helped officers catch a car thief, Stockton Police say.

The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. along the 2400 block of Tilden Park. Police say that someone called police to report that a man had just stolen a brand-new Mercedes Benz right off of a cargo truck.

Officer soon arrived at the scene and spotted the car. Police say that the suspected thief – identified as 19-year-old Peter Arquiaga – then ditched the car and ran.

Arquiaga is said to have jumped a few fences to try and get away from police. But, Arquiaga eventually landed into the backyard with Monster. The dog apparently didn’t like Arquiaga’s intrusion and immediately started biting him, police say.

Monster’s owner soon came out and got the dog off of Arquiaga so that officers could take him into custody.

Arquiaga is first being taken to a hospital before he’ll be booked. He is facing stolen auto, possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and numerous other traffic charges, police say.

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The Lie at the Heart of the Killing - The Myth Pet Overpopulation

Today, an animal entering an average American animal shelter has a 50 percent chance of being killed, and in some communities it is as high as 99 percent, with shelters blaming a lack of available homes as the cause of death.

But is pet overpopulation real? And are shelters doing all they can to save lives? If you believe the Humane Society of the United States, the American Humane Association, the ASPCA and PETA the answer to both those questions is “yes,” even though that answer flies in the face of the data and experience. It is simply “received” rather than substantiated wisdom. To adherents of the “we have no choice but to kill because of pet overpopulation” school, pet overpopulation is real because animals are being killed, a logical fallacy based on backwards reasoning and circular illogic. In other words, data, analysis and experience—in short, evidence—have no place. Neither do ethics.

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Who is Nathan Winograd?

Watch: Colbert Skewers NRA For Killing Bill That Would Have Banned Eating Dogs And Cats

Stephen Colbert sarcastically supported the National Rifle Association last night, saying, "dogs and cats must die, in order that the pigeons may die too.”

Last night, Stephen Colbert explained why the NRA killed a Pennsylvania bill that would have banned the eating of dogs and cats.

“The kitten-coddlers out there don’t want you to eat your pets,” Colbert told his audience. “‘That’s illegal,’ they say. But not everywhere because you can have a dog for dinner in Pennsylvania thanks to the NRA.”

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Meet The Man Who Sleeps With Moose

“His kisses are very wet. They’re intense,” is one of the first things Leffe Lindh says to me as he shows me a photograph of himself smooching his favorite moose on the lips.

He was introduced to me as “the man who sleeps with moose.” I just didn’t know what to make of that, or where to even begin asking him questions.

It turned out I didn’t have to. The moment we began chatting, he was perfectly forthcoming with the entire story.

Lindh began caring for and raising moose in the small town of Gardsjo in Sweden, 185 miles from Stockholm, more than two decades ago. Today he owns and operates the Gardsjo Moose Park, a sanctuary where visitors can get up close and personal with the wild creatures.

Last year he began allowing overnight guests to actually sleep within the moose park. For a rate of 500 euros a night, visitors can stay right in the midst of the moose. There is a tall fence surrounding the cottage to protect guests, but the moose mosey right up to it. Moose can jump up to 6 feet and run more than 35 miles an hour, so it is best if the average guest has a barrier. The small cabin can sleep five people very snugly, two comfortably. There is no television, no Wi-Fi and no mobile connection. Guests can leave only when Lindh comes to fetch them.

Moose are elusive. Though the moose population in Sweden is approximately 300,000, it is rare for a visitor to actually see the creatures, much less have any kind of interaction with them.

Lindh has tried to change that.