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Woman labelled ‘uncivilised’ for shooting and killing dog in front of her children
A Lebanese woman has been dubbed “inhuman and uncivilised” after a video that showed her shooting and killing a dog outside her home went viral last Friday. She now faces legal action.
The video showed a woman armed with a hunting rifle shooting twice at a dog, believed to be a German shepherd, and killing it in Lebanon’s Western Bekaa Valley region. It sparked outrage as it spread on social media, along with calls from users and animal-right activists for the woman to be arrested.
The outcry prompted Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Al-Hajj Hassan, to call on the local authorities to launch an investigation. He said he had contacted the region’s general prosecutor, “who will direct officials to take appropriate action.”
The woman had deactivated her Facebook account but before doing so she posted a message saying that she killed the animal as “an act of self defence” because a month ago the animal bit her daughter while she was feeding it.
She posted photos of her daughter’s injuries to corroborate her story and said that the girl had been hospitalised and undergone surgery.
Nevertheless, animal right activists want the woman “punished for her brutal and inhuman act.”
Antoine Kanaan, a lawyer and editor-in-chief of the Lebanon Law Review, said the woman’s act was punishable under the provisions of existing animal welfare laws. –arabnews.com
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Texas woman’s tongue is the world’s widest at 3.11 inches
A Texas woman was awarded a Guinness World Records title for the surprising contents of her mouth – a 3.11-inch-wide tongue.
Brittany Lacayo told the record-keeping organization she decided to apply for the title after learning about the former record-holder, Emily Schlenker, whose tongue measured 2.89 inches wide.
Lacayo’s tongue is exactly as wide as the average length of an adult woman’s tongue: 3.11 inches.
Her tongue actually is wider than it is long when measured from the epiglottis, the flap of cartilage located behind the tongue.
“It is neat and kind of funny,” Lacayo told Guinness World Records.
The male version of the record belongs to American Brian Thompson, whose tongue measures 3.49 inches wide.
Jokes
One day a mom noticed that when her son was logging onto a favorite website, he typed a very long password. She asked him what it was, and he replied, “MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto.”
She asked him why he would use such a password. “Because,” he explained, “it says your password has to have at least four characters.
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Ohio man’s dog license number earns him $50,000 lottery prize
An Ohio man used the numbers from his beloved dog’s license tag to play a Pick 5 lottery, drawing and scored a $50,000 prize.
Roger Sours of Tiffin told Ohio Lottery officials he bought a ticket for Wednesday’s Pick 5 drawing at the Pit Stop on N Washington Street in Tiffin and selected a special set of numbers: 1-0-8-2-2.
“I play two sets of numbers for Pick 5 and this number, the number that hit was actually my license number for my German Shepherd that I played. She’s no longer with us anymore,” he said.
Sours said he was shocked when he watched the lottery results on TV.
“I just sat here. I watched the lottery when I can, when it’s on TV and I just sat here. It was like, I froze. I just couldn’t believe that it hit,” he recalled.
Sours said his winnings will go toward taking care of some bills and giving a boost to his savings account.
