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Pets & Wildlife

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Male sage grouses fight for the attention of female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. On Thursday, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced new measures to help conserve habitat in 10 states for the imperiled ground-dwelling bird.

Lawsuits targeting oil, gas lease sales cite imperiled bird

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Male sage grouses fight for the attention of female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. On Thursday, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced new measures to help conserve habitat in 10 states for the imperiled ground-dwelling bird.

April 30, 2018, 9:32am Northwest

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A pair of lawsuits filed Monday target the Trump administration's sale of oil and gas leases on huge swaths of Western public lands that contain crucial habitat for an imperiled bird. Read story

Wild horses that were captured from U.S. rangeland stand May 25, 2017, in a holding pen at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Center in Palomino Valley, about 20 miles north of Reno, Nev.

BLM plan: Adopt a horse, get $1,000

Wild horses that were captured from U.S. rangeland stand May 25, 2017, in a holding pen at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Center in Palomino Valley, about 20 miles north of Reno, Nev.

April 27, 2018, 5:24pm Northwest

U.S. land managers are proposing offering $1,000 to anyone willing to adopt wild horses gathered from public lands to alleviate a backlog of mustangs in government corrals and shrink what they say are badly overpopulated herds across the West. Read story

The great egret has white feathers, an orange bill and black legs.

Graceful herons, egrets are slow, stealthy hunters

The great egret has white feathers, an orange bill and black legs.

April 27, 2018, 5:48am Life

Imagine standing in shallow water — without moving — for long periods of time. Your toes spread out, firmly planted in squishy mud, your eyes focused on finding a tasty fish or frog. Read story

Dr. Sathya Chinnadurai, senior staff veterinarian for the Chicago Zoological Society, monitors Layla a 7½-year-old eastern black rhinoceros, as she receives a CT scan inside the zoo’s pachyderm house in Brookfield, Ill., on April 23. The images from the scan provided diagnostic results that will help determine the best course of action in treating an obstruction in Layla’s nasal passageway.

A rhinoceros at a suburban Chicago zoo has undergone CT scan

Dr. Sathya Chinnadurai, senior staff veterinarian for the Chicago Zoological Society, monitors Layla a 7½-year-old eastern black rhinoceros, as she receives a CT scan inside the zoo’s pachyderm house in Brookfield, Ill., on April 23. The images from the scan provided diagnostic results that will help determine the best course of action in treating an obstruction in Layla’s nasal passageway.

April 27, 2018, 5:45am Life

A rhinoceros at a suburban Chicago zoo has undergone what’s believed to be the first CT scan performed on the species. It was no easy task. Read story

Similarities skin deep in dog clones

April 27, 2018, 5:42am Life

A Variety magazine interview with Barbra Streisand drew attention for one curious revelation: Two of Streisand’s Coton de Tulear dogs are clones of the entertainer’s dog Samantha, who died last year at age 14. Read story

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo announced it has added a new giraffe named Betty Lou.

10-year-old giraffe finds new home at Fresno zoo

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo announced it has added a new giraffe named Betty Lou.

April 22, 2018, 6:05am Life

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo announced it has added a new giraffe named Betty Lou. Read story

Prosecutor Jeff Pavletic, pauses to pet Browser, a 1 year-old English labrador, while walking among rows of legal files inside the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office at the Lake County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Waukegan. Browser is a dog trained to sniff out electronics is particularly useful during raids on homes where electronic devices are easy to hide. According to Browser’s handler, Carol Gudbrandsen, Browser has found several tiny electronic devices missed by law enforcement. This includes devices hidden in slippers, trash cans and jewelry boxes, according to Gudbrandsen.

Dogs that can sniff out electronic devices enlisted in the fight against child porn

Prosecutor Jeff Pavletic, pauses to pet Browser, a 1 year-old English labrador, while walking among rows of legal files inside the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office at the Lake County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Waukegan. Browser is a dog trained to sniff out electronics is particularly useful during raids on homes where electronic devices are easy to hide. According to Browser’s handler, Carol Gudbrandsen, Browser has found several tiny electronic devices missed by law enforcement. This includes devices hidden in slippers, trash cans and jewelry boxes, according to Gudbrandsen.

April 20, 2018, 10:25am Latest News

Browser is a black Labrador who frolics in the presence of other dogs and loves nothing more than to hang out with his handler’s grandkids. But he’s also a shrewd detective who has been put to work on some of the most disturbing cases a law enforcement agency can handle. Read story

Thomas, a 26-year-old cat, found a foster home where he can “live like a king.” Laura Cassiday

26-year-old cat finds purr-fect match

Thomas, a 26-year-old cat, found a foster home where he can “live like a king.” Laura Cassiday

April 20, 2018, 6:06am Life

Laura Cassiday, was searching on Facebook recently, looking at the different animal rescue pages, when she saw Baltimore County Animal Services’ plea for a cat named Thomas. Read story

Pet-adoption rate up in King County

April 20, 2018, 6:00am Life

Raining cats and dogs? Not at King County’s animal shelters, where unique partnerships have boosted adoption rates of pets by more than 20 percent in just one year. Read story

More colleges are saying yes to dogs and cats in dorms

April 20, 2018, 6:00am Life

Most dorm residents at Southeast Missouri State University will show up this fall with bedding, a laptop, a backpack and other typical accessories. A few dozen others will tote something furrier — their pets. Read story