Man’s best friend is actually more popular with women while men prefer cats, according to a survey.
The poll found that 36 per cent of female pet owners own one or more dogs, compared with 33 per cent who have pet cats. Cats have taken the mantle of the most popular pet for men (34 per cent), ahead of dogs by a whisker (33 per cent).
The survey, by online bed retailer Time4Sleep, suggests one in four UK pet owners allow their pet to sleep on their bed on a nightly basis with 28 per cent of cat owners and 22 per cent of dog owners letting their pets share their beds every night. (PA)
Fly me to Sochi, says passenger
A passenger on board a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight, armed only with a Toblerone chocolate bar, demanded the plane fly to Sochi so he could watch the Winter Olympics, a court heard.
Antti Oskari Manselius, 23, from Finland, also made a false bomb threat on the February 14 flight from Amsterdam and said he was robbing the plane, the South China Morning Post reported. (Reuters)
143,000,000-litre reservoir emptied
Portland, Oregon is flushing 143 million litres of drinking water down the drain because a 19-year-old man urinated in an open reservoir, city water officials said.
Three teens were observed at the reservoir in a Portland park at about 1am, Portland Water Bureau spokesman David Shaff said, and one of them was filmed urinating through an iron fence into the water. (Reuters)
Ancient adultery law is scrapped
New Hampshire lawmakers have voted to scrap an ancient law that makes cheating on your spouse a criminal offence in the New England state whose motto is “Live Free or Die”.
Governor Maggie Hassan is expected to sign the Bill into law, making adultery legal in the Granite State for the first time in hundreds of years. (Reuters)
Filipinos are nailed to a cross
Nearly 20 Filipinos and a Danish filmmaker were nailed to crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday, a practice the Roman Catholic Church frowns upon as a distortion of the Easter message.
The annual Philippine ritual draws thousands of spectators to San Fernando, 80 kilometres north of Manila, to see penitents flagellate themselves and a series of crucifixions in a recreation of Christ’s death on the cross. (Reuters)