Pets and Animals
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Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican cityJun 16, 2013 6:01 am - MEXICO CITY — This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten wi...
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Pet owners turn to the nontraditionalJun 16, 2013 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It's the age-old and seemingly answerless question: What in the world is my dog thinking? And one that has spawned a growing market not only of scien...
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Pet blessing Saturday at Rolling Meadows churchJun 14, 2013 5:24 pm - Trinity Lutheran Church in Rolling Meadows, at 3201 Meadows Drive, is holding its 7th Annual Pet Blessing from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15. There will be a free ...
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Training your dog to herd takes time and patienceJun 13, 2013 10:01 am - We were standing around at work talking about what we were all going to do on the weekend. Seemed everyone had plans — a graduation party to hold and one to attend, a ch...
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Hitchhiking kitten finds home with Oswego familyJun 13, 2013 8:02 am - Kane County animal control authorities report today that a kitten that survived a 300-mile journey inside a semitrailer’s air cleaner from Wisconsin has been adopted by ...
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Pooches, owners march for more dog-friendly ParisJun 08, 2013 9:59 pm - PARIS — Some Parisians want just a little bit more of their city to go to the dogs. At least 100 pooches — with owners in tow, holding leashes — marched near the Louvre ...
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Plan lifts Lower 48 wolf protectionsJun 07, 2013 4:40 pm - BILLINGS, Mont. — The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would en...
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Lincoln Park Zoo welcomes 6 trumpeter swan cygnetsJun 07, 2013 7:21 am - Six trumpeter swan cygnets are the first of the endangered birds to hatch at the Lincoln Park Zoo since 2009. The chicks will eventually be released into the wild as pa...
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Ask the vet: Dr. Scott discusses cat weight, anti-flea productsJun 06, 2013 11:09 am - Ask the vet’s Dr. Scott Petereit graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991, and has over 22 years of clinical small animal medica...
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Indiana dog adopts puppies orphaned in OklahomaJun 04, 2013 4:06 pm - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — A pregnant dog that was saved from a scheduled euthanasia at an Indiana shelter — only to have all of her puppies die — has come to the rescue of si...