Pets and Animals
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Love Blooms for Daisy the Dog at Victory CentreJun 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Once abandoned in Oklahoma, Daisy, a Labrador mix, is now settling in to her forever home at Victory Centre of Bartlett. In this win-win doggy adoption, a "family" of mo...
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Editorial: Give bees, turtles and butterflies a helping handJun 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Blanding's turtles, honey bees and monarch butterflies need our help. They are species with once abundant populations that have been thinned by many years of pesticide u...
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How to create a monarch butterfly way stationJun 18, 2016 7:32 am - While any commitment to increase the number of milkweed plants in the environment is likely to help the monarch butterfly, following these tips from the University of Ka...
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How to bring monarch butterflies back to suburbs: Plant milkweedJun 17, 2016 11:00 pm - As far as conservation movements go, advocates for the monarch butterfly hope theirs is a relatively easy sell. Schaumburg schoolteacher Kim Savino and the Schaumburg Pa...
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Become a foster family for Anderson Animal ShelterJun 16, 2016 11:00 pm - Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin will host a "Foster Open House" from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the shelter, 1000 S. LaFox (Route 31). To RSVP for the open ...
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Police dog demonstrates tracking, protection skills during Grayslake demonstrationJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - Children's eyes opened wide as they watched Riggs, a powerful-looking German shepherd, bare his teeth before attacking Alex Rothacker at the Grayslake Public Library. It...
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Meet the Elgin veterinarians who specialize in horsesJun 10, 2016 5:30 am - The website for one Fox Valley hospital boasts of having some facilities you won't find at, say, Advocate Sherman or Provena Saint Joseph: An "indoor trotting aisle." "F...
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Walking dog in Sugar Grove? Get a leashJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - Sugar Grove is tightening animal laws to give police more authority to deal with people who walk dogs without a leash or keep dangerous dogs. "It's been nice in the past...
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Meet Cool Cats at shelter's celebrationJun 08, 2016 11:00 pm - This month is special for the felines at The Buddy Foundation for several reasons beyond the usual. Yes, I know you are probably saying, "There is always something goin...
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Before you take a pet home, have realistic expectations
Jun 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - The middle-aged woman had brought a friend with her to the animal shelter for moral support. They sat together on a bench, soft-spoken and red-eyed. Clay, a s...