Shouting Macaw scares off burglar at pet store
196998
Watch dogs are a pretty common first line of security for U.S. homes and businesses. Watch birds not so much.
500483
BERLIN - A couple in northern Germany terrorized their neighbors by playing sounds of a rooster crowing in the middle of the night, police said Tuesday.
501945
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Not even loud rock 'n' roll music could discourage a 350-pound bear that repeatedly raided plums and watermelons from a couple's garden...
37971
Police said Wednesday a woman who lives at the home found the intruder Sept. 27 and called police. A police dog tried to track the intruder but the person got away.
11514
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Man bites dog; dog bites back. That was the sequence when Alsatian police dog Edge cornered two suspects on a cliff side after a grocery store robbery in Napier, New Zealand, police said on Thursday.
221185
NEW YORK - A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A sheep loose in the Bronx? It wasn't shear fantasy. The odd series of animal adventures began 10 a.m.
267522
By WES SMALLING, PHOTO BY JANE PHILLIPS  ANIMALS  If you leave your hummingbird feeder or your pet's food dish out at night, you might be awakened at 3 a.m. by a grumpy old bear rummaging through your backyard.
663153
Animal expert Jack Hanna and an 11-month-old flamingo became trapped while trying to squeeze through an airport security turnstile. It took firefighters to finally get the flamingo out.
200684
For scientists who recently recorded the shriek-like call of one of the world's rarest birds, the sound is music to their ears. (Includes audio)
589238
When he first saw the video of the men shooting rifles and chanting, store clerk Brian Morganstern says he was concerned, but he wasn't sure if he should call police.
217116
Â· Fear of rising al-Qaida link in CaribbeanÂ· Fugitive suspect thought to be hiding in Trinidad
310102
A Japanese firm said it has created a jellyfish-shaped robot that can alert homeowners to burglars or housesit for their pets -- and, when not at work, lounge about and be "beautiful."
78460
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. - A bank that has been robbed so many times it bans customers from coming inside was held up again anyway on Friday.  Anyone using the Bank of America branch on Silver Hill Rd.
435194
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An exotic animal with a long snout, bear-like claws and a tail like a raccoon scared the heck out of some narcotics investigators searching a home for drugs.
534601
WAYNESBURG, Pa. - Police and animal control officials have confiscated dozens of cats and dogs that were living in a small house with three adults.  The animals included 47 dogs, along with cats and guinea pigs.
471949
A dog may be a man's best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
517451
SOMERSET, Pa. - Someone kicked in the door of a man's apartment, stuck a knife in the door and took a chilled salad from his refrigerator.  Somerset police said the man reported the bizarre burglary on Monday.