Thanksgiving week is special for some 50 dogs who fly from Chicago to New York in hopes of finding homes. Out west, the dogs likely would have been euthanized. Instead, they got pheasant and sweet potato, and a chance at a better life.

A woman puzzled by the curious hissing sound in her kitchen makes a surprise discovery: a 4-foot-long ball python. Betty Corey believes the snake slithered into her home through the doggie door.

A kangaroo sleeping peacefully near a pond wasn't happy about being disturbed by a man walking his dog. Australian Chris Rickard says the irate kangaroo tried to drown his dog, a blue heeler named Rocky, and when Rickard went to help his pet, the rampaging 'roo attacked him with its hind legs, tearing gashes across his abdomen and face.

A Pennsylvania man allegedly kicks his girlfriend's puppy to death because the animal wouldn't behave before the start of a Pittsburgh Steelers game. According to police accounts, William Woodson, 23, began his assault on the pit bull while taking it for a walk. Woodson is in jail on a charge of animal cruelty.