B-List

1. "Pig to appear in opera"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_960277.html>
"A German pot-bellied pig called Berta has passed an audition to star in an
 opera"

2. "Saving his bacon"
   <http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392607753.html>
"A dancing pig named Don Rash has gone missing just days before he was due to
 record a television advertisement"

3. "Dogs take to the catwalk in Tokyo fashion show"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_789805.html>
"Poodles, dachshunds and Chihuahuas have strutted down the catwalk at a fashion
 show organised by a Tokyo department store"

4. "Beauty contest for camels"
   <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/11/16/259763-ap.html>
"The beauty competition in the Inner Mongolia region attracted nearly 100
 dressed-up camels 'as well as more than 2,000 fans'"

5. "Beauty contest for goats"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1004457.html>
"Dozens of farmers from across the country entered their prize goats in the
 event at the village of St. Vincenat in western Croatia"

6. "Dinky the singing dingo is a howling success"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1034156.htm>
"In central Australia, a singing, piano playing dingo is set to stump trivia
 lovers around the world"

7. "Dog breath bragging rights"
   <http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/06/05/loc_pulfer05.html>
"On the one hand, a Greater Cincinnati resident is about to compete for a
 national award. On the other hand, he's competing for the title of Worst Dog
 Breath in America"

8. "Show judges dog with a face for politics"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s954370.htm>
"A dog show in the southern highlands of New South Wales is attracting
 interest over it's 'politics' category"

9. "Dog soccer drawing card for canine expo"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200304/s842190.htm>
"Dog breeders are hoping to draw bigger crowds to their annual international
 fair in Germany next month with canine football matches"

10. "Olympian rats challenge for Xtreme honour"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_844522.html>
"Twenty-one white rats have competed in the 19th annual Xtreme Rat Challenge"

11. "Taking life at a snail's pace in Spain"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200308/s930732.htm>
"Residents in the central northern Spanish village of Tricio were taking life
 at a snail's pace on Saturday local time, by organising a race involving 37
 of the ponderous and slimy creatures"

(a John West post)