DEVELOPING STORY The Department of Well-Being and Safety (DWBS) has agreed to suspend the longstanding no-biting rule for Park Police who are on duty at Sunday's Return of the Nut ceremonies, according to the gossip site headsNtales. In a post dated this afternoon, the site's co-founder Hortencia Guacamayo says a source told her the decision was made in consultation with the Archons and the Park Police Force. The source cited "the recent … [Read all...]
Breaking News
OTD in 2016—Gunnar Rotte, Douglas Cheetah to debate tomorrow on Yannis Tavros show
Two days before The Park celebrates the Return of the Nut, Gunnar Rotte and Douglas Cheetah will face off against each other on the Yannis Tavros show in a debate on the merits of sortition. In a press release issued this morning, Toro Talk Radio, Tavros's home station, confirmed the debate, which will be broadcast live an hour after his usual call-in show. In an advertisement that ran in both social and traditional media, the radio station … [Read all...]
OTD in 2017—Off the docket: Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon postpones February court
BREAKING NEWS The office of Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon issued a statement today advising all concerned parties that the trials and hearings over which he was to preside in the remaining days of February will be postponed until March or later. No reason for the postponement was cited in the statement, but sources close to Justice Dindon tell The Mammalian Daily that he has been feeling ill since Groundhog Day and that he is taking a few days … [Read all...]
OTD in 2016—Politics, violence mar celebration of the birth of The Park’s first leader
The celebration of the birth of The Park's first leader turned ugly yesterday when political arguments among residents resulted in violence that sent a number of Animals to jail or to hospital. The full-day holiday recognizes the birth of Jor, whose vision of Animal self-rule brought us modern zoocracy. The occasion is usually a solemn one, but this year it was made less so by arguments about sortition, the so-called lottery method by which … [Read all...]
More Park News
OTD in 2015—On the anniversary of Jor’s birth, The Park contemplates its zoocratic future
The speeches were long, the weather was frigid, and the musicians packed up too soon, but as Animals gathered yesterday to honour Jor, The Park's first leader and the founder of modern zoocracy, what … [Read All About It Here...]
OTD in 2013—Archon’s nephew blasted over Groundhog Day remarks
The nephew of a former Archon is being criticized for remarks he made this month in an interview during The Mammalian Daily's live coverage of The Park's annual Groundhog Day … [Read All About It Here...]
OTD in 2014—Chief Archon Buckminster Moose: The Interview, Part One
MAMMALIAN DAILY EXCLUSIVE Sitting back in his lounge chair at the end of a busy day, The Park's newly-minted Chief Archon takes a moment to close his eyes and ready himself for the inevitable … [Read All About It Here...]
Accolades from Margaret Atwood
The Mammalian Daily “Lightens The Morning Cup o’ Gloom,” says Margaret Atwood
