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Pets & Wildlife

Veterinarians from Romania to Bonners Ferry flock to the Ukrainian border for a passion that transcends war: The love of pets

April 11, 2022, 8:42am Northwest

With a tug and a jerk, Greicy, a lanky and muzzled Doberman who’d spent the past two days fleeing the war in Ukraine, was free and running. Read story

This local family fostered 300 pets in 5 years. Here’s why the need exploded recently

April 11, 2022, 7:50am Northwest

If you ask Mandy Walker how many pets her family has fostered so far, expect a big number. Read story

California sea lions at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

21 sea lions found dead on Orange County coast are a mystery in an otherwise seeming normal year for rescues

California sea lions at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

April 11, 2022, 6:05am Nation & World

Up and down the California coastline, centers that rescue seals, sea lions and other ocean life that has washed ashore are reporting a pretty normal season – except for a mystery that unfolded in Orange County that still hasn’t been solved. Read story

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April 11, 2022, 6:02am Latest News Free

Dr. Shawn Larson spends her days in the field watching her favorite furry sea mammal ride the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Read story

A restored section of Gibbons Creek at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge is pictured Oct. 13.

$31M Steigerwald restoration project winding down

A restored section of Gibbons Creek at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge is pictured Oct. 13.

April 9, 2022, 3:57pm Clark County News

As a three-year, $31 million restoration project once described as “the largest the lower Columbia River has seen” wraps up at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge this spring, visitors will again be able to enjoy the wild beauty of the Washougal-area refuge. Read story

Man guilty of setting fire that killed 12 California condors

April 8, 2022, 8:56am Nation & World

A man who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was convicted Thursday of arson and could face up to 24 years in state prison when he is sentenced, prosecutors said. Read story

Female vervet monkeys Bella, left, Snow White, center, and Olivia groom each other in the Park 'N Fly airport lot adjacent to the mangrove preserve where the vervet monkey colony lives, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Dania Beach, Fla. For 70 years, a group of non-native monkeys has made their home next to a South Florida airport, delighting visitors and becoming local celebrities.

Monkeys near Florida airport delight visitors

Female vervet monkeys Bella, left, Snow White, center, and Olivia groom each other in the Park 'N Fly airport lot adjacent to the mangrove preserve where the vervet monkey colony lives, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Dania Beach, Fla. For 70 years, a group of non-native monkeys has made their home next to a South Florida airport, delighting visitors and becoming local celebrities.

April 8, 2022, 6:05am Life

As departing jetliners roared overhead, an aging vervet monkey moped on a mangrove branch one recent afternoon in the woods he inhabits near a South Florida airport, his ego bruised. Read story

Veterinarian takes services on the road

April 8, 2022, 6:04am Life

Detroit pet owners now have an option of a veterinarian who makes house calls. Read story

Magellan penguins stand April 5 in their enclosure at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.

Zoos protect birds from flu

Magellan penguins stand April 5 in their enclosure at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.

April 8, 2022, 6:02am Life

Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Read story

The 100th anniversary of Doris Day's birthday is being marked with a social-media fundraiser honoring her passion for animals.

Doris Day’s animal charity honors late star with fundraiser

The 100th anniversary of Doris Day's birthday is being marked with a social-media fundraiser honoring her passion for animals.

April 7, 2022, 6:07am Entertainment

The 100th anniversary of Doris Day’s birthday is being recognized with a social-media fundraiser honoring her passion for animals. Read story