A puma occupies the bathroom, a pigeon saves a driver from a fine, a dog drives a car for half an hour - in reverse: the most curious animal reports of the year.
Buzzard accident with grille
Police officers in Bavaria released a buzzard at the beginning of the year from an extremely difficult situation. The bird of prey was stuck in the grille of a car. The animal had flown across a street in Lenggries south of Munich, crashed into the car and got stuck in the grate.
DPA / Police Headquarters Upper Bavaria South
Buzzard: freed from grille
The 29-year-old driver used the information to "still flutter" the police, the officials said. The volunteers released the bird with gloves. The buzzard was no longer able to fly, but had probably not suffered a broken wing and came to a rescue station.
Frozen cat thaws - and lives
In Montana, USA, vets rescued a cat in February that almost froze to death. The owners had found the animal named Fluffy huddled motionless in heavy snow flurries and taken to a veterinary clinic in Kalispell.
Ordinary clinical thermometers could no longer determine a value for the cat covered with snow from head to tail. Employees warmed up the frozen animal with towels, cage warmers and intravenous fluids. After an hour, Fluffy had started to growl, said veterinarian Jevon Clark. "These grumpy cats are survivors."
AP / The Animal Clinic of Kalispell
Cat Fluffy: Thawed
Clark and his team removed ice and snow from Fluffy's fur. They then took the animal to an emergency clinic, where the cat's body temperature was raised further. That same night, the owners were able to take the animal home.
Bär is a blind passenger on a garbage truck
In the spring, unnoticed by the driver, a bear climbed onto a truck in the United States that was traveling to a dump. The local sheriff in the state of North Carolina suspected that the bear climbed onto the truck in search of food. There he was suddenly caught when the driver attached a net to prevent garbage from falling out of the car.
A sheriff's employee stopped the truck near Windsor when the bear was sitting on the roof under the net. According to the driver, the animal must have been driving in a neighboring district at least since a stop.
There were various reports about how the animal escaped the predicament. The AP news agency reported that the driver pulled the network away. Other sources said the animal had freed itself.
Great Dane grabs treats and sets the kitchen on fire
In the Saxon town of Reichenbach, a mastiff leaned on a kitchen stove to get food - the animal triggered a chain reaction: In the end, property damage of 20,000 euros resulted.
As the police announced in April, there was a wooden board with dog treats on the stove. The action of the mastiff turned on the hob, the board caught fire - and the flames spread to a kitchen cupboard.
The fire department was able to quickly extinguish the apartment fire on the ground floor of an apartment building, it was said. As a precaution, paramedics had treated three house residents who had probably inhaled toxic smoke. "The dog got away with the horror," it said.
Swarm of bees prevents man from leaving his house
A swarm of bees prevented a man in Bergheim near Cologne from leaving his house in May. According to the police, countless bees had formed a cluster the size of a car tire in just 45 minutes - directly at the house entrance.
Police of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis / DPA
Hardworking bees in Bergheim
Because the 43-year-old was very allergic to bee stings, he panicked to the police. He therefore had to leave urgently, but did not dare to leave the house. According to the police, the officials got an idea of the situation and informed the regulatory office. A beekeeper finally caught the bees, so that the man could pick up his little son from the daycare in good time.
Pigeon saves speed sinners
A pigeon was in the right place at the right time in Viersen - at least for the driver who would otherwise have been fined in a speed 30 zone in the spring. However, because the bird's wings cover his face, the speed camera photo is invalid.
District police authority Viersen
Speed camera from Viersen: "Actually, the pigeon would have earned a fine"
According to police, the man had been flashed by a speed trap at 54 kilometers per hour in a 30 km / h zone. "This would have meant a fine of 105 euros for him if he had to prove this trip," said the police.
Puma occupies family bathroom
In September, a cougar strayed into a family home in California. When the family wanted to ventilate, the big cat had entered the family home through the front door, the police in Tuolumne County said.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife / AP
It's busy: Puma in the bathroom
After his discovery, he escaped to the upstairs bathroom. With the help of gamekeepers, the intruder was finally able to be pulled out of the building through a window when used in Sonora, California.
According to the gamekeepers, cougars are not a great danger as long as the animal shows no aggressive behavior. They are usually considered shy and hide. If a puma approaches, the gamekeepers recommend making noise and not running away.
Hirsch strays into a traditional shop
In the Italian Cortina d'Ampezzo, a deer got lost in a traditional shop in autumn. The deer had entered the traditional costume business in the 1956 Olympic site when the saleswoman was busy decorating, reports the Ansa news agency.
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Animal on the wrong track: Deer in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
The animal with dense foliage in the antlers can be seen in photos. The game was stunned by veterinarians and then brought back into the forest.
Dog drives a car for half an hour - backwards
It seemed to be a normal traffic control. In Port St. Lucie, Florida, the police had ordered a driver out of his silver Mercury Sable at the end of November because he had made a wrong turn. But then his dog Max accidentally shifted into reverse and began to circle in the cul-de-sac.
According to the Washington Post, the owner tried to open the car with a radio key - which apparently failed. The car with the locked-up Labrador Retriever kept circling, first on the street, then on the lawn, according to eyewitnesses, for about half an hour. Only a steadfast mailbox was able to stop the vehicle.
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The police were finally able to open the door by entering a number code. Dog and owner are well, it said. The driver promised to replace the broken mailbox. A local resident who had watched everything suggested that the dog be given a driver's license. "He drives better than some people," she said.
