Pets and Animals
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Illinois Equine Humane Center celebrates 12th anniversary Sept. 5Aug 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Join the Illinois Equine Humane Center for its 12th anniversary celebration and silent auction from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5. This is a fun event for the entire fam...
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Sandhill cranes show their ability to adapt to changeAug 24, 2020 6:00 am - “The ultimate value in these marshes is wildness, and the crane is wildness incarnate. But all conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see ......
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Despite constant grooming, hairballs still normal for catsAug 24, 2020 6:00 am - Cat parents know the sight and sound of their cats throwing up hairballs. Some may cry while others may not, but that retching sound is hard to miss before a clump of un...
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See 6 baby woodpeckers rescued by Wildlife Resource CenterAug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - McHenry County Conservation District's Wildlife Resource Center recently released six young northern flickers that had been in their care since mid-June. The baby flick...
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Losing track of the seasons? Find your bearings by heading outdoorsAug 18, 2020 6:00 am - The calendar must be wrong. August? It can't be August already! Since March, the pandemic has knocked down one after another seasonal signpost, like the last day of scho...
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Constable: It's reigning cats and dogs in the medical worldAug 18, 2020 5:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com As the pandemic rolled through the United States, hospitals cut lucrative elective surgeries and medical tests to focus on C...
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Kane County rabies, microchip clinicAug 17, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County Animal Control will host a rabies and microchip animal clinic on Saturday, Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 4060 Keslinger Road in Geneva. A clinic held in Jun...
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Rosemont mayor takes reptile show onlineAug 14, 2020 6:00 am - In lieu of an annual kids fair, state Rep. and Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens got to play the role of kid for a virtual reptile show that will be released online next week...
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Best Bets: Stroll the Lincolnshire Art WalkAug 12, 2020 6:00 am - Artful strolling See paintings, jewelry, sculpture, photographs, clothing and more as part of the Lincolnshire Art Walk. The reconfigured socially distant event is this ...
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Which pups will make the grade as a service dog?Aug 11, 2020 6:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. - Yonder, 11 weeks old and 15 pounds, had two choices. In a white-walled room at Duke University, the wiggly Labrador mix faced a neon green squeaky squid t...