Notorious Oregon attack cat’s violence scares off new owners
PORTLAND: A 22-pound house cat that attacked a baby and trapped a family in a bedroom in Portland has lashed out again, frightening new owners with his violent nature and jeopardizing his chance at finding a permanent home.
The couple who had taken in Lux the cat, whose violent tendencies have drawn nationwide notoriety, have given him up, said Jackson Galaxy, host of the show “My Cat From Hell” on the Animal Planet television channel.
In an episode of the show that aired last week, Galaxy diagnosed the cat with feline hyperesthesia syndrome, which can cause unpredictability, and prescribed medication to calm it.
Lux, a black-and-white Himalayan, made headlines and newscasts in March when he scratched a 7-month-old baby’s face, prompting the father to kick the cat and barricade his family, including the dog, in a bedroom. The baby was not seriously injured but the family had to call 911 to have the police save them from the cat.
Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sergeant Pete Simpson said Lux was the most violent cat he had seen in his 20 years with the Portland police.
Since Galaxy’s visit last month, the couple who adopted Lux found his violent tendencies to be too much.
“Unfortunately, as time went on, Lux’s behavior took a turn for the worse,” Galaxy said on his website. “As he was settling in with Mollie and Jim, he would unpredictably snap — in essence, replaying the 911 nightmare I had originally walked in on.”
Though the couple loved the cat, they couldn’t keep him. Lux is now at an undisclosed foster home. (Reuters)
`Billionaire` Hitler dodged tax worth 1.75m pounds
London: A TV documentary team has revealed that Adolf Hitler owed 400,000 marks in back tax, which is worth 1.75 million pounds now. The leader of the Nazi Party had numerous money-making schemes and even copyrighted his own image, which earned him royalties for every stamp sold that featured his face, the Mirror reported.
According to Channel 5’s program ‘The Hunt for Hitler’s Missing Millions’ much of this was hidden from Germany’s tax authorities after his rise to power, even his Income included cash for speeches and public appearances.
A will he signed hours before he shot himself in a Berlin bunker in April 1945 hid the fact he was a billionaire.
Dr Chris Whetton, in his book ‘Hitler’s Fortune’ estimated that the dictator’s wealth at its peak was likely to have been 1.1 billion reichsmarks, which are 3.6billion pounds today.
Hitler kept a fortune stashed in bank accounts that were controlled by business manager Max Amann and these are not mentioned in his will. Amann died in 1957 taking the secret of Hitler’s money to his grave. (ANI)
Prince William `lands 40,000-pounds-a-year air ambulance pilot job
London: Prince William is reportedly set to become a 40,000-pounds-a-year air ambulance pilot after deciding that he does not want to become a full time Royal.
An announcement about his new part-time job would be made within days, the Mirror reported.
The 32-year-old royal would be working in East Anglia and is more likely to live in a mansion on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk with his wife Kate and son Prince George than at their London home. (ANI)