ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Wiener dog statue returned

PITTSBURGH

A wiener dog statue kidnapped from in front of a Pittsburgh car repair shop has been returned — albeit with a broken paw — after some teens say they saw it at a party recently.

Forbes Auto Body owner Ed D’Angelo says he’s not interested in pressing charges now that the 200-pound dog, one of two dog statues that stand “guard” outside his shop, has been returned.

The dogs are the work of James Simon, an artist who lives across the street from D’Angelo’s shop in the city’s Uptown neighborhood.

D’Angelo says the statues are just some of the artwork used to spruce up a neighborhood trying to rebound and rid itself of drug trafficking and prostitution.

Simon says of the theft, “You feel bad when one person disrespects a good thing that’s happening.”

2-headed turtle hatches at zoo

SAN ANTONIO

A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise.

The female Texas cooter arrived June 18 and went on display last week at the zoo’s Friedrich Aquarium.

Zoo spokeswoman Debbie Rios-Vanskike said the two-headed turtle appears healthy and is able to swim and walk. She says experts at the zoo don’t foresee any health issues for Thelma and Louise, named for the female duo in the 1991 Oscar-winning road movie of the same name.

The San Antonio Zoo is no stranger to two-headed reptiles. The facility was home to a two-headed Texas rat snake named Janus from 1978 until the creature’s death to 1995.

Associated Press