The Water Bowl: Chew Barka, Pico de Gato Top List of Wackiest Pet Names

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Chew Barka and Pico de Gato topped the Veterinary Pet Insurance’s 2012 list of wackiest pet names. “We started calling him ‘Hey, Chew,’ ‘Hey Bark,’ because that’s all he was doing. We all looked at each other and said ‘Chew Barka – that’s a perfect name for him,’” owner Peter Manzelli III said. –Animal Tracks

An African elephant at the Vienna Zoo was impregnated with the frozen sperm of a wild male, which the zoo is citing as a first. The previous two instances of insemination involved impregnating an elephant with the sperm of males living in captivity. The act is an important one in the ongoing efforts to widen the gene pool of elephants by breeding between members living in the wild and in captivity. –NineMSN.com

A Texas man left his collection of fine china, silver and antiques to his dog Lucky. The items will be auctioned off, and the funds raised will be put towards Lucky’s care. “For Kenneth, his dogs were basically his children, his family,” said friend Skipper Dixon. –KHOU.com

In a survey conducted by Hotels.com of its Canadian users, cat lovers were found to be the third-worst pet peeve among travelers, behind people who smoke and people who are selfish. Cat lovers were the third most-picked vice out of a list of 20. –Toronto Sun

A Boy Scout leader from New York was attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming in the Delaware River. The beaver managed to bite him in the leg, buttocks, arm, hand and waist before he was able to pry it off. It later had to be stoned to death by members of the Boy Scout troop to prevent it from attacking further. –Poughkeepsie Journal