Pippa (17) has been protecting the chocolates at Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary since she was taken outside and saw them on a table. "She went straight over, climbed on the creme eggs and that was it, " said her owner, Geoff Grewcock. "Until she clicks they're not real eggs, we'll just leave her there."

2The number of sausages that a German lorry driver was trying to cook while driving when he set fire to his cab. Walter Reckling (46) kept the small gas cooker for roadside use but decided to use it on the road as he was late with a delivery. He was travelling in Saxony when the cooker toppled over, setting fire to his seat which in turn set fire to the cab of the vehicle.

Reckling was treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital where he was also found to have been three times over the legal alcohol limit.

90 The percentage of a new Dutch-made dog food that is absorbed into a canine's body, almost eliminating the problem of dog poo.

Developers Jos van der Linden and Nanette Waldorp say that just 10% of their totally meat-based product, Energique, comes out the other end as a smell-free dry pellet that can be picked up by hand in a tissue. According to research by the University of Utrecht, a dog will normally need to go three times a day, but with Energique it only needs to go once a week.

2,500 The number of miles that a pair of New York cats travelled in a cab as their doting owners feared they would freeze to death in a cargo hold if they took a plane to their new home in Sedona, Arizona. Cabbie Douglas Guldeniz agreed to turn off the meter and charge pensioners Betty and Bob Matas a flat rate of Euro2,200, plus expenses, for the journey.

The cats travelled in separate carpet-lined cages fitted with litter boxes in the back of the taxi for the 38-hour drive, as Bob admitted they would likely rip each other to shreds if they had to share a cage.

"They hate each other, " he revealed.