The founder of a hedgehog rescue centre has said she was amazed to have two rare albinos in her care after waiting years to see one.
In less than a month, two of the unusual hedgehogs were dropped off at Carole Catchpole’s home in Longframlington, Northumberland.
She set up the Northumbrian Hedgehog Rescue Trust in 1998 and has cared for up to 400 of them every year without seeing a single albino. Now she has two under her care and is thinking carefully about how best to plan for their future.
Baby monkey reunited with family
A baby drill monkey is being slowly reintroduced to her family after being abandoned by her mother and hand-reared by humans.
Mubi, the first female drill monkey to be born at Port Lympne Reserve, near Ashford, Kent, in five years was cared for by Simon Jeffery, the zoo’s animal manager and head of primate section, who fed her every two hours so that she survived.
He said: “We were all so pleased when Yola – a first-time mum, gave birth to a baby girl. They were both doing really well and to have a female birth is great news for the future of this endangered species.”
Frames complete the picture
An exhibition of empty picture frames will go on show at the National Gallery next year.
The display, celebrating the tradition of ornate 16th century Sansovino frames, will include around 30 exhibits with only two containing a painting.
The frames, which originated in Venice, are known for their elaborate style and are regularly decorated with carved masks, animals and fruit.
Pizza police knock on the door
Two police officers completed the job for a pizza delivery driver who was injured in a crash in Portland, Oregon.
Steve Huckins said he and his wife were concerned when the officers arrived at their home, but started laughing when they handed over the pizza.
They thanked officers Michael Filbert and Royce Curtiss for going out of their way. The Pizza Hut driver hurt his neck and back in the collision.
Giant sausage marks birthday
Residents in Belleville, Illinois, celebrated the city’s 200th birthday with a 61-metre bratwurst – complete with a 610-metre bun.
Larry Schubert and his team from Schubert’s Packing in Millstadt used about 54kg of meat to make the sausage, which volunteers then grilled.
Local college athletes helped march the bun down a main road, making a wide turn in a car park to finish the delivery.
Unfriendly grizzly bear closes road
A grizzly bear with a penchant for chokecherries and a dislike of crowds has led to the indefinite closure of part of a popular road in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
The park previously closed the Moose-Wilson Road for about 10 days because “grizzly No. 760” was filling up on chokecherries in the area.
The road reopened last Friday, but park managers closed it for a few hours on Sunday morning and again on Sunday afternoon because the grizzly was still in the area and drawing a crowd of onlookers.
Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs said the bear’s movements created a traffic jam on Sunday as visitors tried to see and photograph the animal. She said some people got too close, and the bear became agitated.