Pets and Animals
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Crash tests dogs make the world safer for petsOct 17, 2013 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — To make the world safer for pets, Lindsey Wolko had to design an indestructible dog. Two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars later, her nonprofit Ce...
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Palatine Park District to hold pet food drive Oct. 14-26Oct 11, 2013 11:49 am - The Palatine Park District’s Service Committee has organized a pet food drive, “Feed Our Pets,” to run between Monday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 26. Items for dogs and...
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Advantages to adopting an older kitten are numerousOct 10, 2013 10:52 am - Who can resist the charm, antics and cuddliness of a kitten that is between 2 and 3 months old? Even people who do not share their lives with a companion animal cannot d...
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Round Lake still considering family’s pet chicken requestOct 08, 2013 4:29 pm - Round Lake village board members continue to ponder the idea of a family having pet chickens in a residential area. Anastassia Strine has been pushing for her family to ...
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Palatine Park Dist. holds pet food driveOct 08, 2013 3:09 pm - Early in 2013, a group of staff members at Palatine Park District formed a new Service Committee. The goal of the committee is to provide a variety of service opportunit...
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Man's best friend opens paths to veterans with PTSDOct 07, 2013 6:00 am - What do you get when you put loving dogs, selfless trainers and veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder together? In many cases, a stepping stone to recov...
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Huntley’s Dog-tober fun for pooches, their peopleOct 05, 2013 3:02 pm - The annual Dog-tober Fest in Huntley attracted all manner of happy pooches and their smiling owners on Saturday, along with the occasional bark and hard tug of the leash...
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22 dogs will get lucky on new CBS television showOct 05, 2013 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Brandon McMillan has trained as many as 10,000 dogs for television, movies, commercials, videos and people. Then he started saving dogs from animal shelter...
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Bella looking for a new homeOct 04, 2013 3:43 pm - Poor Bella, she was found roaming the streets and brought to The Buddy Foundation. Upon notification to Arlington Heights Animal Control, her former owner was found and...
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School bus crashes into animal shelterOct 02, 2013 4:00 pm - Volunteers for a Niles animal shelter say they have no place to put dozens of animals after a school bus crashed into their building. The accident happened Wednesday aft...