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WDFW: Bird feeders blamed for deadly salmonella outbreak among wild birds

January 12, 2021, 12:16pm Life

Recent reports of sick or dead birds at backyard feeders in King, Kitsap, Skagit, Snohomish and Thurston counties is prompting the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to recommend that people temporarily discontinue feeding wild birds or take extra steps to maintain their feeders. Read story

In the photo on the left, a 10-year-old Marybeth Hearn holds her first guide dog in training, Letta, in August 1962. Over 50 years later, in the photo on the right, Hearn holds her 55th puppy raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind, in Lemoore, Calif. For over five decades, the newly retired high school teacher has volunteered as a puppy raiser for the nonprofit, training 56 dogs on her own and 170 with her students in a local program she started.

Teacher trained 56 guide dogs, passed legacy to students

In the photo on the left, a 10-year-old Marybeth Hearn holds her first guide dog in training, Letta, in August 1962. Over 50 years later, in the photo on the right, Hearn holds her 55th puppy raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind, in Lemoore, Calif. For over five decades, the newly retired high school teacher has volunteered as a puppy raiser for the nonprofit, training 56 dogs on her own and 170 with her students in a local program she started.

January 10, 2021, 1:45pm Nation & World

When Marybeth Hearn was 10, she asked her parents if she could train a puppy to become a guide dog. It turned into a lifelong mission. Read story

Business cats working for the weekend

January 8, 2021, 6:05am Northwest

Finding good help can be hard, but not for the small businesses with a little, fuzzy employee on the payroll to help manage the front of the shop, run a low-cost pest control operation or otherwise keep their customers’ laps warm. Read story

FILE -- This April 29, 2017 file photo shows Aja, a Biewer Terrier, watching the DockDogs competition, from a jacket pocket of her owner Charli Yarbrough, during the annual Pet Lovers&#039; Extravaganza in Virginia Beach, Va. The American Kennel Club announced Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, that the Biewer Terrier has received full recognition, and is eligible to compete in the Toy Group, bringing the number of AKC-recognized breeds to 197.

Biewer dog breed to join many U.S. shows

FILE -- This April 29, 2017 file photo shows Aja, a Biewer Terrier, watching the DockDogs competition, from a jacket pocket of her owner Charli Yarbrough, during the annual Pet Lovers&#039; Extravaganza in Virginia Beach, Va. The American Kennel Club announced Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, that the Biewer Terrier has received full recognition, and is eligible to compete in the Toy Group, bringing the number of AKC-recognized breeds to 197.

January 8, 2021, 6:05am Life

It’s called the Biewer terrier, and it’s been busy. Read story

A resident Sarasota Bay dolphin leaping with suction-cup-mounted DTAG that records sounds and behavior for up to 24 hours. (Photo taken under NMFS Scientific Research Permit No.

For 50 years, biologist has studied bottlenose dolphins

A resident Sarasota Bay dolphin leaping with suction-cup-mounted DTAG that records sounds and behavior for up to 24 hours. (Photo taken under NMFS Scientific Research Permit No.

January 8, 2021, 6:02am Life

CHICAGO – Beginning his work in marine biology, Randy Wells thought he was a shark guy. Read story

A sea otter in Morro Bay, Calif. It’s been more than a century since sea otters were hunted to near extinction along the U.S. West Coast. The cute animals were successfully reintroduced along the Washington, British Columbia and California coasts, but an attempt to bring them back to Oregon in the early 1970s failed. Now a new nonprofit has formed to try again.

Pacific sea otter reintroduction gets nudge from Congress

A sea otter in Morro Bay, Calif. It’s been more than a century since sea otters were hunted to near extinction along the U.S. West Coast. The cute animals were successfully reintroduced along the Washington, British Columbia and California coasts, but an attempt to bring them back to Oregon in the early 1970s failed. Now a new nonprofit has formed to try again.

January 7, 2021, 9:47am Life

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed this year’s federal budget, which includes a directive to study sea otter reintroduction in the Pacific Northwest. Read story

This Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, photo released by Newburyport/West Newbury Animal Control shows a male llama that was found Monday alone in a field near Interstate 95 in Newburyport, Mass. The llama was temporarily kept at a local farm until its owner could be located.

On the llam: ‘Very chill’ llama found wandering off highway

This Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, photo released by Newburyport/West Newbury Animal Control shows a male llama that was found Monday alone in a field near Interstate 95 in Newburyport, Mass. The llama was temporarily kept at a local farm until its owner could be located.

January 6, 2021, 9:12am Life

A passerby spotted a wandering llama in a field off an interstate in Massachusetts and with the help of an animal control officer, brought it to a farm for safekeeping. Read story

L.A. activist Marc Ching and his foundation exaggerated tales of animal abuse, vets and rescuers say

January 3, 2021, 12:45pm Nation & World

Days after an abandoned puppy was found near a San Bernardino elementary school with acid burns on its face, animal activist Marc Ching posted a devastating update on his charity’s Facebook page. Read story

Laurie Speakman, &quot;The Moose Lady,&quot; spent the past eight years collecting roadkill moose for local Alaska charities.

Roadkill moose program that fed families ends

Laurie Speakman, &quot;The Moose Lady,&quot; spent the past eight years collecting roadkill moose for local Alaska charities.

January 1, 2021, 6:55am Life

It always broke Laurie Speakman’s heart to hear that another moose was struck and killed on the rural highway near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, on the western end of the Kenai Peninsula. But it also warmed her to know that several local families were about to get fed. Read story

Jenya, a sea lion that was rehabilitated to treat a severe shark bite, domoic acid poisoning and malnutrition, at the center&#039;s hospital in Sausalito, Calif. The Marine Mammal Center said Monday that it had successfully released Jenya last week at Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands. (William D.

Young sea lion recovers from shark bite, returns to ocean

Jenya, a sea lion that was rehabilitated to treat a severe shark bite, domoic acid poisoning and malnutrition, at the center&#039;s hospital in Sausalito, Calif. The Marine Mammal Center said Monday that it had successfully released Jenya last week at Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands. (William D.

January 1, 2021, 6:08am Life

A feisty young sea lion is back in the Northern California wild after five weeks of rehabilitation to treat a severe shark bite, domoic acid poisoning and malnutrition. Read story