Pets and Animals
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Assisi Animal Foundation to celebrate 30th anniversay with dinner, auction Nov. 3Oct 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Nov. 3 marks the 30th anniversary of Assisi Animal Foundation "saving animals and serving people" in McHenry County as the first no-kill shelter built and opened in 1988...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsOct 23, 2018 6:00 am - Howl O' Ween Bring your dogs in costume to compete in two events this weekend: The Howl O' Ween Dog Parade happens Saturday at Peck Farm Park, 4038 Kaneville Road, ...
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Hands (and heads) on experience with exotic animals at Grayslake libraryOct 21, 2018 1:00 am - The Scales and Tales Traveling Zoo program visited the Grayslake Area Public Library on Sunday, giving about 80 kids and adults attending a hands-on, up-close look at a ...
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Pets (and people) brave first snow for costume paradeOct 20, 2018 1:00 am - Hot dogs were in short supply as snow and high winds whipped through Saturday's Randhurst Village Fall Festival Pet Parade in Mount Prospect. In costumes running the gam...
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Work out with puppies at Advocate Good Shepherd fitness centerOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - Rescue Warriors and Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Health and Fitness Center near Lake Barrington will present Puppies, Planks and More on Sunday, Oct. 21. Set from 11 ...
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Milk does the body good? Not necessarily for felinesOct 17, 2018 11:00 pm - I think most of us have been given the mistaken impression that it is safe for our felines to enjoy milk. The movies depict felines lapping up bowls of the stuff, or cou...
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How miniature therapy horses help meet a need at the Arlington Heights libraryOct 17, 2018 6:00 am - How miniature therapy horses help meet a need at the Arlington Heights library
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Buffalo Grove puts temporary ban on dog, cat salesOct 16, 2018 1:00 am - As Buffalo Grove leaders continue to debate regulations to prevent the sale of dogs from suspected puppy mills, the village imposing a six-month moratorium on the wholes...
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Wasps become a little more noticeable in the fallOct 15, 2018 6:00 am - Last summer, I was on a mission to photograph native bees as part of a statewide monitoring program. After tramping around prairies with my camera, I'd download the phot...
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Fox Lake woman pleads not guilty to animal neglect chargesOct 15, 2018 1:00 am - A Fox Lake woman pleaded not guilty Monday to charges she neglected her dog to such an extent the animal had to be euthanized. Mary Pierce, 39, faces up to six months i...