Burglar badly beaten by monkeys
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A New Zealand man has been jailed for more than two years after a failed attempt to steal a squirrel monkey from a Wellington zoo. John Casford climbed into the enclosure, distressing the animals, which then attacked him. He was left with a broken leg, a broken tooth and bruising on his back.
Man puts up electric fence to keep kids off his lawn
A Virginia man has erected an electric fence near a bus stop outside his house in order to stop schoolchildren from accessing his lawn. The man – identified only as Bryan by local media – said the fence was necessary because the children were littering, swearing and fighting on his property.
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