John Denver
under fire

ASPEN, Colo. (UPI) - Singer
John Denver is under fire in
his exclusive Aspen area
neighborhood for firing on a
neighbor's dog with a BB
gup.

According to news
reports, Denver said an 8-
month-old Keeshund was in
his backyard with another
dog, “nipping at one of my
dogs.”

“They were giving my
little dog a bard time,” he
said. So Denver says he
opened fire witha BBgun.

The dog was not seriously
hurt but a veterinarian said a
BB lodged in the animal's
left shoulder. Denver said he
did not realize he had hit the
dog.

Aspen city officials did not
file cruelty charges against
the singer because there was
no evidence he intended to
hurt the dog, but the story
was published in the Aspen
Times.

“] did not feel good about
it,” Denver told the paper.
“It was a stupid thing to do.
This is the only time in my
life I shot at something live
with a BB gun. I've never
done anything like this
before.”

Lisa Russell, Aspen
animal control officer, said
“if he does it again, we'll be
right up there writing him (a
ticket).”

Baby kills
poisonous snake
with teeth

MELBOURNE, Australia
(UPI) - An. 18-month-old
baby girl apparently killed a
venomous black snake
Sunday by biting its head.

Dianne Stiles, who is
teething, was happily
chewing on the eight-inch
snake's head when her father
pulled the snake from her
mouth.

“The snake was still
hanging from her mouth and
I didn't know if it was alive
or dead, so I grabbed it and
crushed its head,” Brian
Stiles said.

“Looking back on the
incident’, Stiles. said
Tuesday, “I think she
probably killed it before it
could bite her. The snake
had a few little marks on the
back of its head. I think
Dianne had crunched down
on its head with her teeth
and killed it.

“She's got a good set of
teeth and she'd bite through
your finger if you gave her a
chance,” he said.

Dianne had been playing
with the family’s pet 6-
month-old Labrador Pointer
“Sandy” in the backyard of
her home at Lilydale nor
theast of Melbourne.

She was rushed to a local
hospital then transferred to a
children's hospital m
Melbourne After tests.
doctors said it appeared the
snake had not bitten her.

Monday night Dianne was
sitting up in her hospital bed
happily gnawing on a toy
snake.

The black snake is one of
Austraha’s venomous snakes
and is dangerous but not
necessarily deadly

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