Pets and Animals
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Survival for some species hinges on 'Frozen Zoo'Feb 11, 2015 12:00 am - ESCONDIDO, Calif. - Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, maybe a bit of ea...
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Consider becoming a foster family for felinesFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - When The Buddy Foundation finally became a 10,000-square-foot shelter with multiple cat rooms and living suites, we mistakingly thought we were well equipped to handle a...
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Legislation would allow public to rescue injured wildlifeFeb 10, 2015 4:30 am - The Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near Barrington relies on the public to rescue about half the animals it nurses back to health each year, but bringing cer...
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Vet: Animals getting care at DuPage shelter after leader's departureFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - With several residents calling for the reinstatement of DuPage County Animal Care and Control's former veterinary administrator, the veterinarian brought in to help the ...
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Kane animal neglect case headed to trialFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - Stacy Fiebelkorn, the Elgin woman charged in March 2014 with abuse and neglect of more than 90 animals, requested a jury trial Tuesday on the charges. She appeared befor...
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Service dogs help people in wheelchairs navigate winterFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - Many suburbanites are sick of snow drifts, slick ice, dirty slush, numbing cold and those spinning wheels. "I push forward, and if I can't go forward, I push backward," ...
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Heartland offers reduced adoption fees during FebruaryFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Heartland Animal Shelter is celebrating a Month of Love in February with reduced adoption fees for mature dogs and cats, and ones that have been longtime shelter residen...
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Volunteers work to save sick pit bull from being destroyedFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - This is Sarge the dog, and this is his story. Only Sarge knows how he lived the first seven years of his life. That's his secret. But this is his journey, as shared by ...
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Pigeon pageant for beautiful birds dispels 'rats with wings'Feb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - ONTARIO, Calif. - Dogs aren't the only animals that vie for best in show. Hundreds of breeds of pigeons compete in their own version of the Westminster show, strutting o...
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Dog that went from New York to Grayslake-area animal shelter still awaits adoptionJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - A dog's travels from New York to a no-kill shelter near Grayslake attracted widespread local news coverage last month, but the animal still awaits adoption, officials sa...