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Wisconsin city bars use of kangaroos as service animals

BEAVER DAM, Wis.

Officials have changed a southeastern Wisconsin city’s rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald’s restaurant.

The Beaver Dam Daily Citizen reported that the city’s Common Council voted 14-0 last Monday to define a service animal as a dog or miniature horse, but not a kangaroo. Police can cite people who try to use other animals.

Beaver Dam police say the woman wrapped the baby kangaroo in a blanket and tucked it in an infant car seat, then took it inside a McDonald’s in February. The woman has said the kangaroo is a therapy animal to help her cope with emotional distress.

City Attorney Maryann Schacht says the changes comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Dutch suspected of posing as paramedics to smuggle drugs

THE HAGUE, Netherlands

Four purported smugglers are accused of using unusual vehicles to carry drugs into Britain – a fleet of ambulances.

A joint British and Dutch investigation put the brakes on the scheme last week when police arrested four Dutch nationals – two of them wearing paramedic uniforms – and seized nearly 600 pounds of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines hidden in secret compartments in an ambulance in the city of Birmingham.

Dutch detectives said Friday the stash had a street value of $11.3 million.

In a statement, Brent Lyon of Britain’s National Crime Agency calls the smuggling “an audacious plot” in which suspects posed as paramedics “to avoid unwanted attention” as they entered Britain.

Police raids in the Netherlands after the arrests found 10 more ambulances.

Las Vegas strip club recruits recent high-school graduates

LAS VEGAS

New advertisements outside Little Darlings strip club in Las Vegas encourage recent high-school graduates to apply, promoting stripping as a way to earn money for college.

KVVU-TV reported that Little Darlings manager Rick Marzullo says the ads fit in with the character of Las Vegas.

The signs have slogans such as, “Now auditioning the class of 2015” and “Pay your way through college.”

Marzullo says he is offering a way for young women age 18 and older to make good money in a struggling economy.

He says entertainers at his club make up to $1,000 a night and he has noticed more and more women turning to stripping to help with rising college costs.

Associated Press