Pumuckel is a three-year-old Shetland pony who helps with art therapy programs in Germany and hopes to be a Guinness World Record holder by next year ... news to compelling human interest stories.

Pumuckel the Shetland pony is only 50 centimetres tall and weighs just 35 kilos. According to the UK's Shetland Pony Club, a small Shetland pony should weigh around 264lb (120kg). Pumuckel's owner ...