Pets and Animals
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Elk Grove Village tightens animal breeding rulesSep 26, 2013 3:12 pm - Elk Grove Village has tightened rules in an existing animal breeding ordinance in an attempt to crack down on a local couple who village attorneys have taken to court fo...
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Your ‘psycho cat’ may be suffering from rare disorderSep 26, 2013 11:23 am - Have you nicknamed your feline “psycho cat” instead of calling it by its proper name because of sudden bizarre behaviors? Your feline may be suffering from a rare disor...
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Hardest part of fostering pets: Saying goodbyeSep 25, 2013 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — You nurse and nurture, live with and love an animal in your home. After a few weeks or months, you turn it over to someone or return it to a shelter. Watch...
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How mice with radios are helping restore Rollins Savanna near GrayslakeSep 25, 2013 4:30 am - Well off the main trail, amid the milkweed and goldenrod in a farm field turned savanna, researchers hope some tiny mice with huge back feet can make a difference in the...
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Trapper hired to thin the skunk population in Vernon HillsSep 24, 2013 4:30 am - Wildlife is expected to be active this time of year, but one distinctive critter has upped the ante in Vernon Hills. Skunks, village officials say, have been popping up ...
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Circus in Round Lake BeachSep 22, 2013 2:03 pm - The Kelly Miller Circus will have shows at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, on the festival grounds of the Cultural & Civic Center of Round Lake Beach, off Hook Dr...
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Here’s the scoop on poop convention in RosemontSep 19, 2013 2:28 pm - It’s not everyday a convention on poop comes to Rosemont. Here’s the scoop: the Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists, also known as aPaws, kicks off its ...
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Have an emergency plan to keep all family members safeSep 19, 2013 10:04 am - I was watching the news last night. One of the news stories was about the devastation caused by flooding outside of Boulder, Colo. The story included pictures of people ...
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Round Lake taking further look at pet chicken requestSep 17, 2013 10:44 am - Round Lake resident Anastassia Strine outlined a few reasons she believes the Round Lake village board should let her family have chickens as pets in the Valley Lakes su...
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Reasons for abandoning felines not always rightSep 12, 2013 10:19 am - Animals that have spent their entire adulthood together should live together forever, especially when they are surrendered together. These are circumstances that The Bud...