Pets and Animals
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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...
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Danville turtle races scrapped after 49 yearsJun 04, 2013 4:06 pm - DANVILLE, Ill. — In one eastern Illinois town, the turtles are being put out to pasture. Organizers of the 49-year-old Turtle Reunion and Races in Danville have been tol...
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Zebra stripes serve as camouflage in the wildJun 04, 2013 1:50 pm - Students in Nancy Sullivan’s sixth grade class at Frederick Nerge Elementary School, Roselle, asked, “Why do zebras have stripes and not horses since they are from the s...
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Falcon chicks banded in Waukegan as parents swoop inJun 04, 2013 5:00 am - Wearing helmets and bulky clothing, the intruders moved warily along the rooftop toward a plywood box, keeping a close watch overhead as the parents of two Peregrine fal...
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Pet monkey bites boy during eventJun 03, 2013 3:38 pm - ST. LOUIS — A southwestern Illinois woman’s dog and monkey apparently are fast friends, so much so that the primate takes umbrage to anyone getting too close to the pooc...
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Tiny harbor seal pup rescued on Long IslandJun 01, 2013 9:17 pm - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A 3-day-old harbor seal pup has been rescued on New York’s Long Island and taken to a marine mammal hospital. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Resea...
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Some Washington police dogs not smelling pot anymoreMay 31, 2013 8:47 pm - BREMERTON, Wash. — When Dusty, a 19-month-old black Labrador, walked past a pipe full of marijuana during a recent police search of a house, he was doing exactly what hi...