Murdoch defends Rebekah Brooks who returned borrowed Police horse in poor condition (UK)

Cross-posted from the Daily Mail The retired police horse loaned to Rebekah Brooks was returned to the Met Police in a 'poor condition', the force said today. The former Sun editor 'fostered' the animal, called Raisa, when it retired from active service with Scotland Yard and returned it in 2010. But the 43-year-old, who rode…

UK newspaper owner saves Anapka the Russian parasailing donkey

Cross-posted from Gawker Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid newspaper The Sun this week bought the Russian parasailing donkey, Anapka, after video of the animal hit the internet, upsetting many of its readers. "Our readers were deeply moved," correspondent Garry O'Shea told the AP. Anapka last month was strapped into a parachute and launched off a beach in…