WROCLAW, Poland, April 6 (UPI) -- An actor was taken to a court in Poland charged with killing and eating a lobster and then drowning a hamster on a theater stage, a report said.
DUNBAR, Scotland, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A Dunbar, Scotland, family said an escaped hamster was caught in a trap after firefighters failed to nab the animal, which was hiding under the kitchen.
BOSTON, April 9 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts woman whose husband died after receiving an infected liver in a transplant has filed a lawsuit against PetSmart.
ALBUQUERQUE, March 21 (UPI) -- Petco Stores canceled a planned hamster race to celebrate the opening of a new store in Albuquerque to avoid violating a new ordinance.
BROMSGROVE, England, April 12 (UPI) -- Police in Bromsgrove, England, canvassed homes Tuesday seeking the owner of a runaway hamster a police officer saved from death in the jaws of a house cat.
DENVER, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Federal health officials warn pet hamsters can carry tularemia after a Colorado boy contracted the potentially fatal condition from a hamster bite.
SAITAMA, Japan, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A man died from asthma after being bitten several times by his pet hamster in a city north of Tokyo, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Tuesday.
PERTHSHIRE, Scotland, March 1 (UPI) -- Animal rights activists were up in arms Monday over a Scotland retailer's decision to sell coats made of hamster fur.
LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A British hamster breeder has what she believes is the smallest specimen in the world and says his attitude is too big for him, the BBC reported Wednesday.
