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Comedian posts fake animal facts around zoo

LOS ANGELES

Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo may have been greeted by some misinformation recently, courtesy of a comedian who posted fake facts about animals around the zoo.

Jeff Wysaski puts up fake signs in public places as part of his Obvious Plant project. He has posted photos on his Tumblr blog and social media of signs with absurd “facts” about animals that he put up around the L.A. Zoo.

One reads : “If you give a tiny trombone to 76 ducklings, they will lead the most adorable parade you’ve ever seen.” Another says : “America’s first president, George Washington, was actually 9 koalas stacked on top of each other.”

L.A. Zoo spokeswoman April Spurlock says the signs were taken down shortly after they were posted June 30.

Mississippi mayor pardons pet pig

MOSS POINT, Miss.

A mayor in a Mississippi city has decided not to banish a pet pig while its owner is on military duty in Iraq.

The Sun Herald reported that Moss Point Mayor Billy Broomfield has saved the bacon, so to speak, of Patrick the pig.

Patrick’s owner, Otis Lundy, will be deployed with the Air Force until this fall, and a friend is taking care of his pets. Patrick is 7 years old, and Lundy had him for years before a local ordinance banned pigs in the town.

Lundy’s home is a few blocks from City Hall, and an animal-control officer saw Patrick while responding to a complaint about a dog.

After a social media uproar about the possibility of Patrick being confiscated, the mayor declared the pig could stay.

Man guilty of trespassing, sleeping in woman’s home

CONESTOGA, Pa.

A central Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to trespassing in a woman’s house and falling asleep – after leaving her a note telling her not to be alarmed.

Online court records show 28-year-old Robert Sheets, of Holtwood, pleaded guilty to a trespassing citation and a misdemeanor drug charge in the bizarre June 21 incident.

That’s when police say the woman arrived at her Conestoga Township home to find a note on the door saying, “Don’t be scared when you come, Bob is here.”

Associated Press