Pets and Animals
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Arlington Heights delays decision on puppy mill banSep 16, 2014 1:00 am - Arlington Heights leaders are backing off discussions about village regulations for puppy sales to allow a federal lawsuit challenging Cook County's new puppy mill ban t...
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2nd year of Illinois osprey project wraps upSep 15, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois biologists are finishing the second phase of an eight-year project to strengthen the osprey population in the state. The Illinois Department of Na...
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Almost Home Foundation holds fashion fundraiserSep 14, 2014 11:00 pm - The Almost Home Foundation last month held its third annual luncheon and fashion show fundraiser featuring people and dogs in Bloomingdale. There were 23 volunteers who...
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Constable: Citizen scientists research birds and beesSep 14, 2014 7:45 am - For most of human history, the best hope for a person without a Ph.D. or white lab coat to contribute to scientific research was to end up with his or her skull on a she...
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The sandhill crane: A restoraton success storySep 13, 2014 6:00 am - Imagine that the robin was an endangered species. If one landed in your yard, it would be pretty exciting. Or, what if the cardinal were a rare bird? The sight of a bri...
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Editorial: Listening to all, towns can keep puppy mills out of pet salesSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights has given itself 60 days to draw up a set of regulations for pet shops. Naperville is in its fourth month of debating what constitutes a puppy mill and...
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PBS' 'Shelter Me' puts at-risk pets in limelightSep 11, 2014 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Any animal can end up at a public shelter, but most of them won't stay long. There, millions of dogs and cats face euthanasia, driving one filmmaker to tur...
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Probation, evaluation in 2012 Elgin animal cruelty caseSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - An Elgin man whose rented home was littered with dozens of decaying animal carcasses two years ago pleaded guilty to neglecting three cats and violating laws on the dis...
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Judge delays Cook County puppy mill ban to allow suit to go forwardSep 11, 2014 1:00 am - A federal judge issued an order Thursday preventing Cook County from enforcing its new puppy mill ban while a lawsuit filed this week by three suburban pet store owners ...
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Studies show 'smarty cats' learn by memory like we doSep 10, 2014 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 t...