A six-month-old sheep need never worry again about being turned into
lamb chops after being sold for a record-breaking £231,000. The Texel
tup called Deveronvale Perfection became the most expensive sheep in the
world after it was auctioned at a livestock market in Lanark. The
pedigree ram was bred by Graham Morrison, of Banff, and bought by
Fraserburgh farmer Jimmy Douglas.
Experts said that although the “staggering” sale price would take
some by surprise, the purchase was likely to be an excellent investment.
John Yates, chief executive of the Texel Sheep Society, said the ram is
expected to father pedigree lambs worth millions of pounds for his new
owner.
“A lot of people see these animals as lamb chops, but a lot of effort
and dedication goes into developing these flocks, which are at the top
of the genetic pile. “This was the elite animal which stood out, and I
have no doubt, given the genetic superiority of the animal, that he will
give Mr Douglas a good return.”
Pair of turkeys found stuffed with cocaine
Two turkeys are recovering after being cut open by drug smugglers and
stuffed with five kilogrammes of cocaine. Police were amazed to find the
drug surgically implanted in the bloated birds in Peru. Acting on a
tip-off, officers stopped a Turismo Ejecutivo SRL bus outside the city
of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin, officials said.
Police were puzzled when they found the turkeys in the crate, but
didn’t find the cocaine, Tarapoto’s anti-drug police chief Otero
Gonzalez said. They then noticed that the two turkeys were bloated.
“Lifting up the feathers of the bird, in the chest area, police detected
a handmade seam,” he said.
A vet extracted 11 oval-shaped plastic capsules containing 1.9
kilograms (4.2 pounds) of cocaine from one turkey. A further 17 capsules
with 2.9 kilograms (6.4 pounds) were recovered from the other, he said.
Their feathers were ruffled but both turkeys survived the procedure.
Lego giraffe tail repeatedly stolen
Visitors to a tourist attraction in Berlin have been making off with
an unusual memento – the 30 cm long tail of a Lego giraffe. The Lego
tail belongs to a six metre tall model that has stood outside the
entrance to the Legoland Discovery Centre on Potsdamer Platz since 2007.
“It’s a popular souvenir,” a spokeswoman for the centre said Tuesday.
“It’s been stolen four times now ...” The tail is made out of 15,000
Lego bricks. It takes model workers about one week to restore it at a
cost of 3,000 euros ($4,300), the spokeswoman said.
A six-month-old sheep need never worry again about being turned into
lamb chops after being sold for a record-breaking £231,000. The Texel
tup called Deveronvale Perfection became the most expensive sheep in the
world after it was auctioned at a livestock market in Lanark. The
pedigree ram was bred by Graham Morrison, of Banff, and bought by
Fraserburgh farmer Jimmy Douglas. 
Two turkeys are recovering after being cut open by drug smugglers and
stuffed with five kilogrammes of cocaine. Police were amazed to find the
drug surgically implanted in the bloated birds in Peru. Acting on a
tip-off, officers stopped a Turismo Ejecutivo SRL bus outside the city
of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin, officials said.
Visitors to a tourist attraction in Berlin have been making off with
an unusual memento – the 30 cm long tail of a Lego giraffe. The Lego
tail belongs to a six metre tall model that has stood outside the
entrance to the Legoland Discovery Centre on Potsdamer Platz since 2007.
