Now this would be innovative

We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.

--British army spokesman responding to rumors of a new tactic in Iraq

Those crazy Brits, part the umptillionth

"LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Hedgehogs have finally humbled burger
giant McDonald's after years of campaigning, forcing the company to
redesign its killer McFlurry ice-cream containers.

Up to now the opening in the container has been large enough for
hedgehogs to get their heads into for a lick of the left-over dessert
-- a trap they have then been unable to withdraw from, so dying of
starvation in untold numbers."
(http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/31/hedgehog.reut/index.html)

In other news, I now know what animal I was in a former life.