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The incredible true story of the young Masai woman who was the first girl from her rural community to seek a university degree in the US, and her mothers journey to witness her graduation. Anna Ntaiya, a dryly pragmatic woman, said she was going to the United States for three reasons: to see the daughter

Detroit Zoo to Free Elephants on Ethical Grounds“The Detroit Zoo will become the first major zoo to stop exhibiting elephants on ethical grounds because they can develop arthritis and stress-related ailments in captivity, officials said on Thursday.” In the wild, elephants roam vast areas, live in large families, and exhibit some of the same social

South Africa:Man fined for drunk-driving donkey cart Hans du Toit was fined nearly $300 for drunk driving a donkey cart in a small town north of Johannesburg and then telling police he was unconcerned “because the animals knew the way home”. Traffic officials noticed his donkey cart swerving all over Philipolis main road on Wednesday.

Cat survives car roof-top journey (photo)A cat has escaped injury despite clinging to the roof of a car travelling at 60mph for four miles. A couple of days later the cat had another brush with death after it was attacked by a bull terrier. Joe suffered three cracked ribs and a punctured lung, but survived.

A US student’s been expelled from school for throwing a pie in his principal’s face – during a “pie-in-the-face” event. The school sponsored even asked students to pay 50-cents to pie their favorite or least favorite teacher or principal in the face!