18 | THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM | ODD NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007 odd news Crime scene investigation in Australian town goes to the dogs MELBOURNE, Australia — Crime scene investigation is going to the dogs. Animal control officers in one southern Australian city are being trained and equipped to gather DNA clues at the scene of every dog attack on a human or pet, officials said. The Port Phillip City Council announced that the officers will receive swabs, gloves and other equipment to collect evidence from fur, saliva, blood and excrement so they can track down dangerous animals and their owners. A Pomeranian was being walked on a leash when it was mauled to death by two dogs in Port Phillip in 2004. DNA taken from fur and feces positively identified the offenders, which were destroyed. A magistrate fined the dogs' registered owner $7,244 for failing to control them, in what the council calls the first Australian use of dog DNA to prosecute an owner. Associated Press N.C. prison death row becomes lover's lane for one couple RALEIGH, N.C. — It began with an inmate pen-pal program. It blossomed into poetry. It led to a marriage. James Lewis Morgan and the former Tracy Cope are husband and wife. She, formerly of Nottinghamshire, England. He, of death row at Central Prison in Raleigh. Tracy Morgan began her courtship of convicted killer James Morgan 41/2 years ago, visiting him in prison from England five times before she moved to Raleigh with her 15-year-old son. James Morgan, 52, was convicted of the November 1997 stabbing death of 34-yearold Patrina Lynette King. His new wife said they talked about the crime and it was no longer a concern to her "once I found out all the details." The state Department of Correction said Morgan is one of two people to get married at Central Prison in the past five years. He's the only one on death row. Prison officials allowed the couple to hold hands, hug and kiss during the wedding ceremony. But their visits will last about 1 1/2 hours a week with a glass partition. Associated Press Existence of albino mountain goat confirmed by forest rangers MILAN, Italy — Forest rangers in the northern Italian Alps have confirmed for the first time the existence of an albino mountain goat and named him "Snowflake." Rangers took photos of the albino capra ibex climbing with its mother Sunday at about 10,000 feet above the Les Laures valley in the northwestern Val d'Aosta region, said Christian Chioso, a regional wildlife official. He said albinism is rare in any species and has not been previously documented among the capra ibex, a type of wild mountain goat with large curved horns that lives in mountainous areas. Hikers had been reporting seeing a white animal at higher elevations for months, and forest rangers have been keeping a lookout, Chioso said. Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS The Chinese Crested dog "Elwood" appears at the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog Contest on Friday in Petaluma, Calif. Elwood, who weighs in at just six pounds and was rescued as the result of a New Jersey SPCA investigation, has won the title of World's ugliest dog of 2007. Repugnant pooch praised World's ugliest dog resembles Jedi master SONOMA, Calif. — Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix, was crowned the world's ugliest dog Friday, a distinction that delighted the New Jersey mutt's owners. Elwood, dark colored and hairless is often referred to as "Yoda" or "ET"; for his resemblance to those famous science fiction characters. "I think he's the cutest thing that ever lived," said Elwood's owner, Karen Quigley, a resident of Sewell, N.J. Most of the competing canines were also Chinese Crested, a breed that features a mohawk, bug eyes and a long, wagging tongue. Elwood also earned a $1,000 reward for his owner. 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