This monster of a cane toad was found in Australia...I wouldn't want the cats to bring this thing in the house as a "present" for me (they bring enough smaller toads in already!)...

picture from The Sunday Telegraph

A Friendswood, Texas woman was attacked and killed by her own dogs in her backyard.  One of the three dogs, described as a 'pit-bull type', was shot and killed by the police responding to the call.  A landscaper who looked over her back fence and saw her lying bloody and unconscious in her backyard told one of the lady's neighbors, who called it in.  The police believe only the dog who attacked them and had to be shot was involved in the attack on the woman, but one of the other dogs had blood on it.

The other two dogs, a retriever and an 'Alaskan collie' are in the custody of animal control. 

Some sicko in St. Paul, MN abuducted a girl's pet Aussie mix shepherd, cut off the dog's head, then sent it back to the girl wrapped like a gift with a Valentine's Day Heart inside the package.  Hopefully the knife slipped while the doer was working over the dog and now the prick can't breed....Too bad it didn't slip a little further and nicked the femoral and saved the girl from having to find her pet like that.

The police believe the monster that did it was someone who knows the girl's family.  I hope the girl and her family are keeping their doors and windows locked.  And the monster gets caught soon.