...and weirdest animal-related news story of the day goes to...
The runner up:
Woman pays £1,800 for chicken leg - not food-related, but a one-legged chicken
"She is quite happy to hop around on one leg.
"But sometimes she tries to scratch herself with her missing leg and falls over."
However, Canada still wins.
Thieves carried off 22 pigs in compact car, say police"This little car they transported them in once had like 22 pigs," Gass said. "Man, it wasn't a lot of room in the car. She would have been a noisy affair, I would imagine, and quite a wild ride. Something you see in the movies, I would guess."