Pets and Animals
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Chess master’s greatest skill isn’t legal hereSep 04, 2013 1:39 pm - Exactly 21 years ago, as research for a column about chess, I sat in the chiropractic office of local chess master Daniel Kamen and watched him replicate from memory eve...
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Canine rescue fund benefit:Sep 02, 2013 9:57 am - Our House of Hope K-9 Rescue will sponsor a sidewalk sale, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept, 7, at Animal Care Medical Center in the Country Court Sho...
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Chicago zoo announces birth of black rhinocerosAug 30, 2013 2:10 pm - CHICAGO — The new baby at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo weighed 60 pounds at birth. The Eastern black rhinoceros calf was born Monday and he’s already following his mother ...
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Dog agility playground set to open in WaukeganAug 30, 2013 9:34 am - The public and their canine friends are invited to join the Waukegan Park District for the grand opening of the Justin and Alicia Mentell Dog Agility Playground, located...
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Buddy Foundation veterinarian answers your questionsAug 29, 2013 10:14 am - Dr. Scott Petereit of Camp McDonald Animal Hospital, Mount Prospect, volunteers his time providing veterinary care to homeless pets at The Buddy Foundation. Today, he an...
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Lake County Monarch Festival encourages visitors to be activeAug 28, 2013 12:34 pm - The fourth annual Lake County Monarch Festival, a free family festival dedicated to raising awareness in the community about nature, art, and culture, will be from 1 to ...
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Wauconda to host pet paradeAug 27, 2013 10:54 am - A pet parade is planned for 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Main Street in downtown Wauconda. Sponsored by the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce, Bark ‘N’ Town, Inc., and Page’s H...
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Endangered gibbon born at Lincoln Park ZooAug 27, 2013 6:45 am - Officials of Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo are excited over the institution’s newest resident. Zoo officials on Monday announced the birth of a white-cheeked gibbon, a smal...
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Shedd Aquarium euthanizes 23-year-old otterAug 26, 2013 4:28 pm - A sea otter found abandoned in Alaska at less than 6 weeks old in 1990 was considered the oldest sea otter living in any North American zoo or aquarium when she was euth...
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Panda gives birth to third cub at National ZooAug 23, 2013 5:55 pm - WASHINGTON — A giant panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington has given birth to her third cub. The zoo said Mei Xiang gave birth at 5:32 p.m. Friday, two h...