Man Forces Self On Snake, Viewers Cry Foul Ahead Of Discovery's 'Eaten Alive'

A petition demanding Discovery Channel cancel its dining-on-a-naturalist anaconda special, Eaten Alive blew past its goal of 25,000 signatures at 5:49 ET this morning, and is well on its way to its new goal of 35,000 — just six days after its launch on Change.org. Discovery is not commenting on the petition, and has yet to issue information about the program it sneak-peeked during Nik Wallenda’s Chicago high-wire walk.

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Meet Munchkin, The Half Dog, Half Teddy Bear

What happens when you cross a teddy bear with a shih tzu? You get an internet sensation. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a breed you won't find at any dog show.

Role for White Rat: Unexpected Star on Broadway

The Broadway cast was less than thrilled when it found out who one of their fellow performers would be. It made them squeamish — not because of who it was but because of what it was.

They would be sharing the stage, it turned out, with a live rat.

“The idea of a rat was not exactly familiar to me,” said Alex Sharp, an actor who plays the leading role. “It was just a thing you see in the subway that has diseases.”

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Dogs Are Victims of Domestic Abuse

I remember with bone-chilling recall the interview I did with a woman who called herself Shelly. Shelley Lovett* went to the animal shelter with her husband to rescue a dog.

Little did she know, the dog she would adopt ended up rescuing and empowering her to take life and leash into her own hands.

What makes Shelley so different from millions of others who feel rescued and empowered by their dog? Shelley’s now ex-husband was controlling, manipulative and treated her as a prisoner, monitoring her movements, time spent on tasks, and gradually cutting her off from family and friends.

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