One of two porcupines that went missing from a zoo in central Germany
over the weekend has mysteriously made its way back home, police said
on Tuesday.
According
to a police report on the prickly incident, the two Indian crested
porcupines, named Pinky and Brain for the characters in a popular 1990s
animated series in which two lab mice try to conquer the world, were
allegedly stolen from an animal park in the town of Thale.
While Pinky remains missing, a hiker reported to police seeing the animal about 6 miles from the zoo.
German police said the
investigation of how the animals escaped remains open, as there was no
way the porcupines could have left on their own.
Porcupine found in the Knesset's bathroom (credit: HAIM BAR/SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE)
Wandering porcupines
Indian crested porcupines have been known to make headlines for leaving on their own accord. In 2020, one was discovered in the Knesset's public bathroom.
The
incident was reported by the Knesset's employees to the Jerusalem Bird
Observatory, which belongs to the Nature and Parks Authority in Israel.
"The
porcupine must have been looking for a place where it could find
drinking water or just a place to hide and he found them both in there,"
said Amir Balaban, who manages SPNI's urban nature field.
"In general, porcupines avoid human contact; it extends its quills to
frighten potential predators from approaching but does not attack of
its own accord," he said.
"However,
if one would choose to approach him despite its warnings, they might
get hurt, in which case it's recommended to sanitize the wound, as the
quills are typically unclean," Balaban added.
Omri Ron contributed to this report.
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Has Antifa infiltrated Trump protests? Demonstrator with ANARCHIST tattoo on his own neck is spotted whipping Trump supporters into a frenzy in Manhattan
Despite pretending to side with Trump supporters, the protestor was caught with an anarchist tattoo on his neck in images from earlier in the day
The Antifa scumbag was pictured earlier in the day with his hood down, revealing an 'anarchist' tattoo commonly worn by Antifas
The Antifa infiltrator, center left, was spotted earlier with an 'anarchist' tattoo on his neck before he put his hood up to engage in a fake confrontation with the 'shaman', who was also an Antifa
The Antifa man dressed as a 'Trump Shaman', who was faking his MAGA-allegiance
The Antifa infiltrator was caught trying to whip Trump supporters into a frenzy in Manhattan amid anticipation of the former-president's potential arrest.
One Antifa infiltrator was seen inciting MAGA-supporters against one another - just moments after bringing up his hoodie to cover an 'anarchist' tattoo commonly worn by Antifa agitators.
The suspicious appearance comes after years of claims from Trump's base that Antifa instigators join their events to incite violence.
Trump loyalists have gathered outside of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, pictured on Monday afternoon, as rumors of his impending indictment escalate
Independent photojournalist Rebecca Brannon spotted the man with a tattoo of the anarchist logo on his neck - a common symbol among Antifa members.
'I noticed his circle-A tattoo - the classic symbol prominently associated with Antifa and anarchists,' she said.
'He knew I noticed so he then put his hoodie up'.
The speculation comes as claims have swirled for years that authorities, particularly the FBI, send in 'plants' to incite hostility at right-wing events.
A Trump supporter outside Trump Tower on March 20 waves a banner reading: 'Trump 24 or before'
Stephanie Lu, a 59-year-old Chinese-American woman, said she didn't vote for Trump in 2016, but once he became president she came to realize she likes what he stands for.
'We value hard work, law abiding, the conservative value is what Chinese Americans treasure, we have the same conservative values,' she said.
An Antifa trying to stir up trouble at a George Floyd/BLM riot in Boston
The paradox facing Britain's biggest force: The more top brass fixate on wokeness, the more anti-woke its officers become
Scotland Yard laid bare: rape samples stored next to a lunchbox in the fridge, sex toys slipped into coffee mugs and officers left bacon in a Muslim colleague's boots
'The rape detection rate is so low you may as well say it's legal in London': rape victims made to feel like an inconvenience
Force is broken, rotten, institutionally racist, corrupt, misogynistic and homophobic
Victims told they 'should & could have done more' to protect themselves
officers desperate to close cases with NFA – 'no further action'
Officers contempt for the law is matched only by their disdain for women, gay people and minorities.
Weak leadership, mismanagement, warped priorities and ill-conceived policies have left the public vulnerable
A deeply depressing document but, for me, not a surprising one. As the former Commissioner of Thames Valley Police – the largest force in the country outside London, Birmingham and Manchester – I was only too aware of the appalling problems at the Met.
In the sprawling mass of the capital, public confidence in the police was evaporating as violent crime worsened, corruption became rife and woke ideology triumphed, distorting everything from recruitment of officers to the fight against Islamist terrorism.
The Met's performance has been dismal on almost every front. Despite the leadership's obsession with 'diversity', racism, misogyny and homophobia are rampant.
Women are subjected to 'shocking treatment and attitudes'. On WhatsApp groups banter could consist of remarks such as: 'Knock a bird about and she will love you: human nature.'
One officer even sent a female colleague a message that read, 'I would happily rape you'.
More than 1,500 officers have been accused of violent offences against women and girls, yet less than 1 per cent of them have been sacked.
Too many of those in senior positions are the products of progressive education peddled by woke university courses. They are more concerned with social engineering than with fighting crime.
Politically correct dogma not only weakens their own authority but also distorts vital policies on recruitment and promotion.
Hiring new applicants should not descend into a box-ticking exercise in identity politics – as it manifestly has.
In the vacuum created by weak leadership, an inevitable backlash against the woke agenda has flourished.
That helps to explain a bizarre paradox: the more the Met's top brass fixates on wokeness, the more anti-woke much of its workforce becomes.
the Met is simply too big. Unwieldy, full of bureaucratic empires that have little to do with crime- fighting and lacking in real accountability, its bloated size is a recipe for waste, corruption and mismanagement.
any capacity for real change is wishful thinking. In its present ramshackle state, the force is beyond repair.
Evidence from countless rape probes has been destroyed because of broken fridges and freezers, the review found. A lunchbox was found in the same fridge as rape samples – a mistake that would have contaminated the evidence.
Forensic kits that preserve evidence obtained from survivors of sexual violence, including swabs, blood, urine and underwear, are stuffed in fridges so full it takes three officers to close them – one to push the door closed, one to hold it shut and one to secure the lock.
All the fridges used for rape kits were in bad shape, packed and ruining evidence.
freezers were overflowing with evidence samples, frosted over or taped shut. In a heatwave last year, one broke down and all rape victims whose samples were in that fridge were told their cases would be dropped
One female officer said she had 'lost count' of the number of times she had asked a colleague where the necessary evidence was before being told that it had been lost.
Another officer told of year-long waits for toxicology results and forensic examination of phones. Separately police are being told to regularly delete their WhatsApps in the wake of a string of scandals about officers swapping messages with each other.
One Muslim officer said: 'I found bacon left in my boots inside my locked locker."
In Scotland Yard's armed units senior armed officers put up posters in common areas showing female firearms officers carrying mops, irons and kettles instead of weapons.
Officers are told it is alright to 'colour outside the lines' – meaning to bend and break rules – because firearms police are harder to replace.
officers 'game the system' to cash in on overtime and other bonuses.
An officer who complains is made out to be a 'troublemaker'.
Almost one in five lesbian, gay, or bisexual staff surveyed said they had experienced homophobia and 14 per cent said it was once or twice a week.
Baroness Casey said the force was institutionally homophobic, adding that 30 per cent of LGBTQ+ employees said they had been bullied.
The review found the force was institutionally racist.
One senior officer was openly asked in a large meeting in 2022: 'Did you get to where you got to because you are black?'
'You have to try and be invisible as a black woman... If you complain you get a reputation as being trouble and then supervisors try and pass you on to other teams.'
rape and domestic violence victims were made to feel like an 'inconvenience' and 'gaslighted' by overworked and inexperienced officers.
'If you look at our performance around rape, serious sexual offences, the detection rate is so low you may as well say it's legal in London.
'It's kind of reflective of how we treat and view our female colleagues. You get victim-blaming, looking at a situation and not believing them.'
Rape victims described being told they 'should and could have done more' to protect themselves by sarcastic, rude and dismissive investigators.
Many officers are desperate to close cases with NFA – 'no further action'. One admitted: 'The incentive is get it NFA'd because we have to do so much work to get it up and then the Crown Prosecution Service will NFA anyway.'
A community officer added: 'The best outcome is closing a report to reduce your workload.'
Domestic abuse crimes have doubled in London since 2012 and reported rapes have also gone up 244 per cent over this period, leaving officers swamped with work and dealing with 65 rape cases at a time.
Researchers found a woman raped and left in a coma was likely to be dealt with by a trainee detective.
Officers said victims could wait months to hear about their case and some were left suicidal.
One said: 'You don't want to be a victim of rape in London. Anyone who relies on policing in London for anything I'm scared for.'
Baroness Casey said the force had lost public trust and become 'unanchored' from the founding principles established by Robert Peel in 1829: fundamentally the prevention of crime and disorder by preventive foot patrols.
