KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — New Year's Eve celebrations have begun in Key West with hundreds of dachshunds on parade.
More than 225 of the little dogs and their owners paraded Saturday through Key West's historic Old Town. Many of the dogs wore costumes. One was dressed as a Green Bay Packers cheerleader, another "newshound" wore a video camera, a "horse" carried a cowboy doll on its back and one dachshund came dressed as a bright green iguana complete with a 3-foot-long tail.
Thousands are expected to ring in 2012 in Key West, which celebrates New Year's Eve with three distinct "drops" -- a drag queen named Sushi in an oversized red high heel, a giant replica of a conch shell outside a bar and a pirate wench slipping down a mast.