Pets and Animals
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Time to renew pet licenses in Hoffman EstatesOct 19, 2012 10:14 pm - Pet licenses for dogs and cats in the village of Hoffman Estates must be renewed before Thursday, Nov. 1. They are currently on sale. All pets that are six months old m...
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Hoffman Estates pet licenses need to be renewedOct 19, 2012 5:37 pm - Pet licenses for dogs and cats in Hoffman Estates must be renewed before Thursday, Nov. 1. All pets that are six months or older must be licensed, including foster pets....
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French dog poisoned and buried alive survivesOct 19, 2012 2:19 pm - PARIS — A Jack Russell terrier has survived after being poisoned and buried alive — and he can thank the man who saw the ground wiggle. Ethan came back to life on his th...
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Book notes: Meet Uggie from 'The Artist'Oct 19, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Author Matthew Cody, winner of the 2012 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award, reads from and signs copies of his new novel, “Super,” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at Th...
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Schaumburg Petco hosts mega dog adoption eventOct 18, 2012 9:53 am - The Elmhurst and Schaumburg Petco stores are hosting a mega adoption event to help provide homes to 200 dogs that were recently scheduled to be euthanized in rural Oklah...
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Explosion of groups training dogs for veterans causes tensionOct 14, 2012 8:11 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Stories like Jim Stanek’s are common and quickly multiplying: An Iraqi war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, he...
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Animals get wild at doggy Halloween partiesOct 07, 2012 7:51 am - LOS ANGELES — Fifteen dogs attended Sue Subkow’s first Halloween party in 2005. Half wore costumes, half were naked and all went home in about an hour. The next year, tu...
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Adam Blackmore got neighbors, relatives to chip in toward donationsOct 04, 2012 5:09 pm - A poster he saw at Williamsburg Elementary School inspired a Geneva boy to spend his summer raising money to help pets in need. The poster was soliciting donations of su...
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Addison UPS drivers get walking lesson from penguinOct 04, 2012 12:00 pm - Rare are the moments that a shuffling penguin takes a spill on the ice. Less rare, however, are the slips and falls by UPS drivers delivering packages during the slipper...
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As pets, runts can be the star of the litterSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — For puppies and kittens, size really does matter. Shelters say smaller animals get adopted faster, and animal experts say the runt of a litter tends to be ...