Pets and Animals
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Learn about safer passage for birdsNov 29, 2015 12:00 am - Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, will speak about safer passages for migratory birds at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, during the Lake County Audu...
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Meet Ganon the micro pig: Couple want Elgin to let him be a petNov 28, 2015 6:10 am - Ganon is a sweet little thing who likes to cuddle, loves raisins and Cheerios, and is smart enough to be potty trained in just two days. But Ganon is also a pig - albeit...
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Get into the 'howl-iday' spirit at Jingle PawsNov 24, 2015 10:00 pm - Bring your pup and jingle all the way to the Schaumburg Park District's Jingle Paws. The event will be noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Meineke Recreation Center, 220...
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Find your dog the perfect place to sleepNov 24, 2015 10:00 pm - We all need a good night's sleep, including our dogs. I asked my friends and family where their dogs sleep and got a lot of different answers. Sleeping in bed with thei...
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Premium dog food sales surge with new innovations in healthy food
Nov 22, 2015 4:12 am - Richard Thompson cuts into a tube of Chunky Chicken and Turkey Recipe, just off the manufacturing line. The chief executive officer of a small gourmet-food manufacturer ...
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Loved ones carry on Naperville woman's tradition of givingNov 22, 2015 12:00 am - Emily Driscoll could always be counted on to donate blood from practically the moment she became eligible. It was a family tradition for the 22-year-old Naperville woman...
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Twice as many animals euthanized this year at Kane Co. shelterNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Kane County's Animal Control shelter will have euthanized more than twice as many dogs and cats by the end of this year as it did last year. Officials say they'd like t...
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Someone kills up to 250,000 bees used for honey in LincolnshireNov 17, 2015 12:00 am - In a case police are calling "bizarre," someone used a pesticide to kill thousands of honeybees in the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort's apiary. Honey from the bees has bee...
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Crystal Lake man accused of intentionally killing kittenNov 16, 2015 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake man has been charged with intentionally killing a newborn kitten at his home, which is a rescue shelter for cats, police said. Crystal Lake police respon...
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Bird watching paradise? Sometimes your own yardNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - My yard, and probably yours too, is a fine place to watch birds. It doesn't matter that it's surrounded by other houses, or that a park, pond or woods is nowhere in sig...