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Montana cow delivers triplets, is nursing all 3

MANHATTAN, Mont.

Cow-a-bunga! A black Angus cow in Montana is the proud mother of triplet calves.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports Cow No. 403 at Lance and Erika Chaney’s ranch near Manhattan gave birth Monday to three, 40-pound calves.

The two females and male are all healthy.

Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine says the odds of a beef cow having triplets are one in 105,000 births, with longer odds that all three survive.

And Lance Chaney says the cow is nursing all of them, which is rare.

He’s a fourth-generation rancher who oversees about 300 Angus cows year-round and several hundred of their offspring each spring. Chaney says the family ranch has had plenty of twins before but never triplets.

Conn. man charged after dumping $200 worth of gas

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.

Maybe he just didn’t get the math.

Police say a Connecticut man poured about $200 worth of gasoline onto a city street then went to a scrap-metal yard and tried to sell the empty container worth $60.

Emilio Valentine of Bridgeport was charged Tuesday with illegally dumping hazardous material. He was released on a promise to appear in court.

Stephen Scholz of PC Metals tells The Connecticut Post that the 52-year-old Valentine dumped the fuel as he was driving, and the metal container was still dripping when he pulled into the scrap yard. Scholz told Valentine to leave.

Police say Valentine admitted dumping the gas only after failing in efforts to sell it.

The state Department of Environmental Protection cleaned up the mess.

A number for Valentine couldn’t be located.

Wet, salty cat found in NYC; did it swim from NJ?

NEW YORK

Did a calico cat from New Jersey swim across New York Harbor?

The mystery surrounds a white, orange and black feline that arrived last weekend on Governors Island in New York.

Security guards found the cat on the island’s north shore. Its fur was salty, matted and caked with seaweed.

A Governors Island spokeswoman, Elizabeth Rapuano, tells the Daily News that workers there have a theory. They think the cat managed to swim to safety after being swept up in torrential rains in New Jersey.

Rapuano said the calico is a great addition to the 172-acre island. But she will welcome any leads that would help find the owner.

The city is developing the island. Plans include a waterfront promenade and 87 acres of open green space.

Associated Press