Global "Goldfish" News!
Good morning Rotarians. As your
guest reporter, this week here is the Bottom of the News from around the world.
British Grandmother Fined With Curfew for Selling Goldfish to Minor
A
66-year-old grandmother and pet shop owner from London is being fined by police
for selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old boy, violating Britain’s animal
protection laws.
This grandmother
had previously sold a gerbil to another teenager who dropped the animal into a
cup of coffee. The incident was reported
to police and they set up a ‘sting’ operation to catch the pet shop owner in
the act. A 14-year-old boy was hired to
buy the fish, and the owner sold the fish without asking the boyhis age or how
he planned to care for the fish.
The owner
pleaded guilty to selling an animal to a minor and was ordered pay a fine of £1000 ($1640 USD). She also had to follow a daily curfew of 6 pm to 7 am and had
to wear a tracking bracelet so police could monitor and enforce her curfew.
German Woman
Gives Birth to Baby on Sidewalk
According to a Berlin newspaper, a German
woman gave birth to a baby on the sidewalk in the Berlin suburb of Womelsdorf. Witnesses were shocked when they said the
woman seemed to collapse while yelling that her baby was “on the way!”
Another witness took a photograph which shows
the woman lying on the sidewalk and in front of her is a woman kneeling with a
baby in her arms, while another woman is holding her head. Mother and child were rushed to a local hospital
and both are apparently okay.
Italian Pizzerias Suspected of Using Wood from Coffins for Ovens
Italian prosecutors suspect that pizza shops and
restaurants in Naples are burning wood in their ovens from dug-up coffins in
order to cut down their costs.
Some cooks like to fire their ovens with apple or hickory
wood. Others, apparently, like casket wood, which gives their pizza a “special”
flavor.
According to Italian newspaper Il Giornale, “A gang may have
set up a market for selling coffin wood to owners of pizzerias looking to save
money.” The investigation is still
ongoing in Naples.
And this is your Daybreak “international” Bottom of the News for this Friday, February 8th,
2013. Thank you! ###
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