Pets and Animals
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Chicago gets high tech in hunting, killing ratsAug 16, 2014 1:01 am - Rats beware. Chicago is getting high tech in its efforts to wipe out vermin. It's going citywide with computerized data analysis that it has been testing. The program p...
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Furry, feathered friends receive blessings in West ChicagoAug 15, 2014 11:00 pm - West Chicago's First United Methodist Church hosted its first Blessing of the Pets service Saturday morning. And you thought keeping a child entertained in church wa...
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Study drops hints that dogs could get jealousAug 15, 2014 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - When Shetland sheepdog Maggie comes home from the groomer, her owners praise and pet her shiny coat, much to the chagrin of pit bull Stormy, who will head-...
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USDA issues guidelines for puppy importsAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Foreign dog breeders have gone unregulated for years, shipping puppies so young and so sick that one in four died before reaching a U.S. airport, animal we...
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Study explores sinister side of meerkatsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - JOHANNESBURG - One of the most captivating sights of African wildlife is that of dark-eyed meerkats standing side-by-side on their hind legs, as though posing for a grou...
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Activists confront diocese over pig wrestlingAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - STEPHENSVILLE, Wis. - Activists weren't happy about a pig-wrestling fundraiser that a Green Bay-area church held, so they're offering the bishop cash if he takes the pig...
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Make your cat carrier an extension of your homeAug 13, 2014 11:00 pm - I like to believe all my felines have two houses each. The obvious first choice is the home I share with them. The second, not so obvious abode, is the cat carrier. The...
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New Schaumburg dog park could run out of room fastAug 12, 2014 5:00 am - A dog park more than two years in the making is set to open this fall in Schaumburg, but pet owners who want their dogs to enjoy the new facility should act soon or risk...
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Ideas sought for new dog park:Aug 12, 2014 1:01 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District is seeking public input on development of a new 40-acre off-leash dog exercise area at Waukegan Savanna Forest Preserve. The ent...
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Florida preserve brings wolves, people togetherAug 09, 2014 6:00 am - CHIPLEY, Fla. — At Seacrest Wolf Preserve in northern Florida, billed as the largest such facility in the Southeast, owners Cynthia and Wayne Watkins say they raise thei...