For those of you awfully concerned about the fate of Madonna's sheep, Sheep! magazine editor Nathan Griffith wants you to know: "Dyeing sheep is certainly no more harmful to the sheep than a person dyeing their hair. And the sheep's ability to process poison is uncanny - the only exception is copper, which affects them as arsenic affects us. And molybdenum, which is a very rare metal." Phew! We'll sure be sleeping easier tonight! [Guardian]

Madonna is thisclose to becoming the next Anna Wintour, at least in the eyes of animal-rights activists. The pop star and friend of vegan Stella McCartney dyed the sheep at her English estate an array of hues, the better to art direct them for a shoot for Vogue. Says an RSPCA spokesman: "It sends out the wrong message about how to use animals." We sorta can't help but have images of Ingrid Newkirk going a little crazy with the Manic Panic on an unsuspecting Madonna. [Sun UK]