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120 Beagles Rescued From Abandoned Cosmetics Lab

With their big eyes and floppy ears,"lab rats" is probably the last thing you would call these pooches, but that's pretty much what they were.

According to animal rescue officials, over 100 beagles were rescued from an abandoned cosmetics laboratory in Warren County, New Jersey earlier this week and they're now looking for new homes.

The beagles were being used for pharmaceutical and chemical tests at the lab, officials said.

In a strange twist of fate the dogs were saved in part by the bad economy after the company that owned the lab filed for bankruptcy.

"They closed the laboratory down and left the dogs inside," said Lynne Schoepfer, Executive Director of Save-A-Pet in Port Jefferson Station.

The animal rescue organization, along with several other rescue groups, stepped in and saved 120 beagles in all.

"It was basically a make up company so they were doing inhalation tests on them, not all of them were tested, not sure which ones were and which ones weren't."

As criminal as it sounds its not illegal to perform lab tests on dogs, as long as its done humanely. The reason why beagles are typically chosen is because they are such a docile breed.

"It's horrendous to think in this day an age there isn't another way to do than to subject animals to testing," Schoepfer said.

The rescue groups determined that the dogs spent their entire lives in steel cages.

Officials say there is no way of telling if the animals have internal damage from the chemical exposure, but they appear to be in good shape, sniffing away and active which indicates good lung capacity.

The beagles, which were spayed and neutered, were up for adoption Friday.

"I think they'll make great pets all of them come up to you looking for affection," said Schoepfer.

To learn how to adopt one of the rescued beagles, visit the Save-A-Pet website.

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Dog Left In Hot Car Honks For Help

UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. -- A local Labrador helped himself get out of a scorching situation by taking matters into his own paws, Allentown TV station WFMZ reported.

Donna Gardner said 11-year-old Max is not just a dog. He's like another member of the family.

"You have to know Max," Gardner said. "He's a very smart dog and he just does things that I don't think a normal dog does all the time."

The chocolate lab proved that a couple weeks ago.

Gardner said she took Max with her when she ran an errand, but forgot the dog was still in the car when she returned home.

"I came in and started cleaning and about an hour later I heard a horn blow," she said.

Gardner went outside, but didn't see anybody.

"So, I came back in the house and I started cleaning again and the horn blew again," she said.

This time, Gardner said she saw Max sitting in the driver's seat of her car.

"I rushed over and got him out real fast and he was panting like crazy," she said. "I brought him in the house and he just dropped to the floor."

Gardner gave him water and cooled him down with cold, wet rags.

Her daughter called the vet, who said Max was a little weak but otherwise OK.

"No. 1, Max saved his own life by honking the horn to get himself out of a very, very overheated car," veterinarian Nancy Soares said. "No. 2, the Gardners are such good pet owners that they looked at him first. They managed to get his temperature down a little bit before they got here."

Gardner said she'll never make that mistake again.

"I don't know whatever made me forget he was with me," she said.

Aussie Woman 81, Pulled Over Driving 102 MPH, Chasing Her Young Lover

But police, who intercepted 81-year-old Judith Slade driving at 164km/h on Monday afternoon, will apply to have her grounded permanently.

Mrs Slade was pursued by Leading Sen-Constable Nik Probyn for four kilometres, with the lights on his police car blinking and sirens blaring, along the Murray Valley Hwy at Lake Boga until she pulled over.

Because of her age and her driving, police now want to see her licence cancelled.

But Mrs Slade said she had no choice but to continue driving because she would not be separated from her secret lover, with whom she spent the weekend in Mildura. Both were returning from Mildura in separate cars when Mrs Slade was pulled up.

"What difference would it make if they took my license from me?" she said.

"I'll just buy more cars and they can take them away, too. I could buy another one now just to fight this and cruise past the police station, and say, 'Here I am'."

Mrs Slade admitted she knew she was speeding but blamed her Jack Russell, Aca.

"My friend, she was ahead, and I overtook her," she said.

"Aca then jumped on my leg and wanted to sit there, pushing down hard.

"I had to drag him off . . . and throw him on to the back seat.

"I realised I was going fast.

"I was passing another vehicle. What was I supposed to do?"

Mrs Slade had another explanation for continuing to drive as the unmarked police car pursued her Holden Vectra.

"I thought the police car, with its lights, was a wide-loader," she said. "Then I heard the siren and thought, 'Oh, it's a police car'. I thought they were blue and white."

Yesterday, with her car impounded for four days, and expecting hundreds of dollars in fines, Mrs Slade said she was being punished enough.

She said she could no longer afford a cruise to New Zealand with her friend.

"What I'm losing now, this is a lot," she said.

"My friend, she has been punished and so have I.

"Isn't that enough to make me feel sorry for what I did?

"I won't speed again, that's for sure.

"If they get nasty, I'll just think, what the hell does it matter -- I'll drive after dark."

For at least the past year, there has been a condition on her licence banning her from driving more than 20 miles from Heathcote.

Mrs Slade said nothing would stop her seeing her lover, who she said was almost half her age.

She is expected to be charged on summons with exceeding the speed limit, driving at a dangerous speed and failing to obey her license conditions.

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Dolphin leaps from tank in escape attempt

Shocking video has emerged of the moment an aquarium dolphin leapt out of its tank in a seemingly desperate attempt to escape captivity. The dolphin, from the Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan, made the dive onto the floor outside its tank during a performance.

Called Kuru, the dolphin is a species known as a false killer whale, which can grow to up to 6m in length. A US tourist captured the moment on camera and the footage shows aquarium staff rushing to wrap Kuru in a mat before lifting it back into the water with a crane.

Other dolphins in the tank gather around the side where Kuru leapt out. Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry, said the case highlighted how animals suffered in captivity.

"The habitat of that false killer whale is so unnatural it leapt out in desperation. It wanted to end it. Why does a person jump out of a building."

Keeping dolphins in concrete tanks was cruel because it deprived them of their sensory skills and bombarded them with strange sounds, he said. But the aquarium's dolphin manager Hideshu Teruya denied Kuru was trying to escape.

"It was playing around and jumped out by accident from the momentum," he said. The dolphin had suffered some minor scratches and bruises but was otherwise unharmed by the incident, he said.

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