No need for safety changes a spokesperson says. Enclosure is already safe.

While I put together the Big Thanksgiving Post, please entertain yourself with Defensive Omnivore Bingo, which is popping up all over the online vegan world, and the below playful elk video, shared by Susannah.

Animal pictures of the week: 6 November 2009

Please help this society with food, water, blankets, and supplies in general. They are caring for many strays that are in need of a home and love. Please forward if you can not help with a donation. Any help is greatly appreciated.

The military says a commercial fisherman reeled in an Air Force missile in the Gulf of Mexico. A military bomb squad met him at the shore in Florida to remove sensitive technology from the projectile and dispose of it.

Recent Komodo dragon attacks on Indonesians--including a park ranger who shows his Komodo scars--have convinced some villagers that the man-size lizards are becoming more aggressive.

Russian police have discovered a five-year-old 'Mowgli' girl who barks like the dogs that looked after her when she was neglected by her parents. Natasha speaks no words, laps up her food and drink with her tongue, and walks on all fours. While she

amazing!

A live webcam facing Old Faithful catches seasonal park employees urinating on the famous geyser.

Rats across Britain are evolving a resistance to poison that makes them almost impossible to kill, scientists have warned. Genetic mutations have produced a new breed of "super rat" with DNA that protects the vermin from standard toxins, according to