Showbiz Animals

   1. "Pig to appear in opera"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_960277.html >
   "A German pot-bellied pig called Berta has passed an audition to star in an
    opera"

   2. "Saving his bacon"
      < http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392607753.html >
   "A dancing pig named Don Rash has gone missing just days before he was due to
    record a television advertisement"

   3. "Dogs take to the catwalk in Tokyo fashion show"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_789805.html >
   "Poodles, dachshunds and Chihuahuas have strutted down the catwalk at a fashion
    show organised by a Tokyo department store"

   4. "Beauty contest for camels"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/11/16/259763-ap.html >
   "The beauty competition in the Inner Mongolia region attracted nearly 100
    dressed-up camels 'as well as more than 2,000 fans'"

   5. "Beauty contest for goats"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1004457.html >
   "Dozens of farmers from across the country entered their prize goats in the
    event at the village of St. Vincenat in western Croatia"

   6. "Dinky the singing dingo is a howling success"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1034156.htm >
   "In central Australia, a singing, piano playing dingo is set to stump trivia
    lovers around the world"

   7. "Dog breath bragging rights"
      < http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/06/05/loc_pulfer05.html >
   "On the one hand, a Greater Cincinnati resident is about to compete for a
    national award. On the other hand, he's competing for the title of Worst Dog
    Breath in America"

   8. "Show judges dog with a face for politics"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s954370.htm >
   "A dog show in the southern highlands of New South Wales is attracting
    interest over it's 'politics' category"

   9. "Dog soccer drawing card for canine expo"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200304/s842190.htm >
   "Dog breeders are hoping to draw bigger crowds to their annual international
    fair in Germany next month with canine football matches"

   10. "Olympian rats challenge for Xtreme honour"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_844522.html >
   "Twenty-one white rats have competed in the 19th annual Xtreme Rat Challenge"

   11. "Taking life at a snail's pace in Spain"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200308/s930732.htm >
   "Residents in the central northern Spanish village of Tricio were taking life
    at a snail's pace on Saturday local time, by organising a race involving 37
    of the ponderous and slimy creatures"

   (a John West post)