Pets and Animals
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Cook County holding rabies, microchip clinicsMay 21, 2017 11:00 pm - Cook County is holding more than 30 low-cost rabies vaccine clinics and four low-cost microchip clinics this summer. A full schedule of where and when the rabies clinics...
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How to take a trip with your felineMay 17, 2017 11:00 pm - If you are looking to purchase travel accessories to make your feline's road trip more enjoyable, I have a few suggestions. Just the fact that you are looking for ways ...
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Fish use gills to extract oxygen from water to surviveMay 14, 2017 11:00 pm - All animals need oxygen to survive - even if they spend their lives in water. Humans and terrestrial animals inhale air, which is a mix of many gasses and 20 percent of ...
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Disc-catching canines take flight in NapervilleMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - We've all heard about the cow who jumped over the moon. And about those rare occasions when pigs fly. But that's all small potatoes for Naperville's Tom Wehrli, who's us...
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Three little horses went to Lines Elementary in BarringtonMay 11, 2017 1:00 am - When it was Grace Kopecky's turn to bring something from her life to share with third grade classmates at Arnett C. Lines Elementary School in Barrington, she knew just ...
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Spring migration brings happy surprises for birdersMay 07, 2017 11:00 pm - May is Monarch Butterfly Month in Illinois. Yes, it's official: Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the proclamation last fall. Soon we might even see a monarch license plate. The ...
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No ordinary dog walk in NapervilleMay 07, 2017 1:00 am - Taking your dog for a walk hardly gets more rewarding than it did Sunday for participants in the 24th annual Makin' Strides for Strays event Sunday in Naperville. The 2....
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Benefits of rabies vaccination outweigh risksMay 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Rabies is an ancient disease that attacks warm-blooded animals at the central nervous system, including the saliva glands and ultimately the brain. Visions of this disea...
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Lorises are cute, cuddly but make terrible petsApr 30, 2017 11:00 pm - You wanted to know A young patron at Grayslake Library asked about this member of the lemur family, "How and why are slow lorises dangerous?" A mid-May move-in day at Br...
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'Dinos & Dragons' stomp in to Brookfield ZooApr 30, 2017 7:00 am - Some really big houseguests will be taking over the grounds of Brookfield Zoo this spring and summer when the multisensory “Dinos & Dragons” traveling exhibit opens Satu...