oddly enough

oddly enough

Oklahoma officer drives miniature donkey to safety

NORMAN, Okla.

A suburban Oklahoma City police officer picked up an unusual subject found wandering along a rural road.

Norman police Officer Kyle Canaan says it took a little pushing, pulling and some animal feed, but he got the miniature donkey nicknamed “Squishy” into the back of his patrol car and out of harm’s way Tuesday morning.

Canaan responded after a woman found the animal on the loose. She told local media she had a pen to keep the donkey in but no way to get it there.

The officer tells TV station KFOR the animal fit perfectly in his vehicle. He says, “I rolled the window down for it.”

The woman who found Squishy says if an owner doesn’t come forward, she plans to keep the donkey.

State officials unsure what caused town’s ‘cat urine’ smell

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

Pennsylvania environmental officials can’t explain why residents of one city thought part of their town smelled like cat urine last year.

The New Castle News reports a state Department of Environmental Protection report was inconclusive.

The department says it’s likely that some kind of waste containing mesityl oxide mixed with some kind of sulfur compound to create the smell.

But air samples and testing of substances at the city’s sewage-treatment plant didn’t turn up a source of the substances.

Mesityl oxide is used in paint removers, as a solvent and in insect repellents.

The city first contacted Pennsylvania environmental officials in October 2014.

Pig with pink toenails goes all the way home

CLEARWATER, Fla.

A friendly pig with pink toenails spotted earlier this week in a Florida flower bed has made it all the way home.

Clearwater police reported on social media Wednesday that Louie’s owner has been located, and the pig has been reunited with his family.

Louie was found rooting his way through a flower bed Monday when something caught his attention: dog treats.

Turns out the wayward black-and-white oinker has an affinity for canine snacks and was easily lured out of the flowers by animal control officers.

Clearwater police posted a photo of the manicured porker on their Facebook and Twitter pages. The pig was in the custody of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals until his owner claimed him.

Police didn’t publicly identify the owner.

Associated Press