Pets and Animals
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Yoga students have fun with goats at Elburn farmJul 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Seven kids munched away for an hour Wednesday at their home at Rustic Road Farm near Elburn. The goats didn't seem to mind that they had to share a makeshift pen with a ...
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Palatine Canine Carnival returns next weekJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Palatine Park District's Canine Carnival will return Thursday, July 27. It'll run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Fred P. Hall Amphitheater, 256 E. Palatine Road in Community Par...
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Barb's Rescue Launches "Expanding the Love" 2017 Capital Improvement CampaignJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Since Barb's Precious Rescue and Adoption Center in Palatine first opened their doors in 2014, they have been a safe haven for more than 850 cats and kittens that have b...
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Dog collectibles can be worth a lot of moneyJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - We've all experienced lost opportunities. One of mine may have occurred in an antique mall in Pasadena, California. I was wandering through the mall and spotted a china...
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Constable: Is that dog a service animal, a pet or none of your business?Jul 18, 2017 5:00 am - The flight home from Los Angeles is full, and my wife and I are seated next to a woman in the window seat who is cradling a lap dog that is part Chihuahua and part too-b...
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Magnificent Mutts & Meows joins Clear the Shelters Day Aug. 19Jul 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Along with nearly 700 shelters across the country, Magnificent Mutts & Meows is teaming up with the NBC-owned TV stations and Telemundo for Clear the Shelters, a nationw...
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Feline memory based on experience, sensory perceptionsJul 12, 2017 11:00 pm - As feline enthusiasts, we get the term "smarty-cat," because we see firsthand feline repetitive learned behavior. Wikipedia defines feline intelligence as "the capacity ...
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'Great' first female police dog in ElginJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - Elgin has its first female police dog since the canine program was created 26 years ago. Tango is a 20-month-old German shepherd paired with Officer Marshall Kite, whose...
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Astonishing Falcon Recovery shared by Author & IllustratorJul 11, 2017 11:00 pm - RIVERWOODS, IL - On August 13, from 1-3pm, Brushwood Center will host a book signing and talk with the author and the illustrator of the recent publication, "The Peregri...
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Roosters now illegal in most of Kane CountyJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - Celebrations at the end of January marked the beginning of the Year of the Rooster in Chinese culture. But in Kane County, 2017 will commemorate the end of roosters, as ...