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Pets & Wildlife

A delivery of browse is unloaded at the St. Louis Zoo. St.

A new job for the power company: Feeding giraffes

A delivery of browse is unloaded at the St. Louis Zoo. St.

December 8, 2017, 6:02am Life

Some humans consider mulberry trees little more than oversize weeds, but Stella the giraffe loves them. Her long, gray tongue snakes around the leaves and plucks them from their branches with elegant efficiency. Read story

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, a stray dog, called by protesters Loukanikos (Sausage), barks to a motorcyclist policeman as high school students block the avenue outside the Greek Parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens. A film by Australia’s Mary Zournazi, “Dogs of Democracy,” highlights the life and times Loukanikos. He became a symbol of the anti-austerity protests in Greece after showing up to stand alongside the humans on the front lines.

Film festival goes to the cats, and then dogs

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, a stray dog, called by protesters Loukanikos (Sausage), barks to a motorcyclist policeman as high school students block the avenue outside the Greek Parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens. A film by Australia’s Mary Zournazi, “Dogs of Democracy,” highlights the life and times Loukanikos. He became a symbol of the anti-austerity protests in Greece after showing up to stand alongside the humans on the front lines.

December 8, 2017, 6:02am Entertainment

The creator of a film festival celebrating dogs has taken a surprising step: cats. Read story

Mule deer wander a restored area at Spring Creek Mine in Montana.

Plan to capture deer with helicopters and nets postponed

Mule deer wander a restored area at Spring Creek Mine in Montana.

December 7, 2017, 11:50am Northwest

A project to use helicopters and nets to catch mule deer in Washington state has been postponed. Read story

Laura Maffei, from Portland, works with Alaskan Malamute Onna at the Clark County Kennel Club Performance Event Weekend.

Show gives dogs chance to make paw-some performance

Laura Maffei, from Portland, works with Alaskan Malamute Onna at the Clark County Kennel Club Performance Event Weekend.

December 3, 2017, 10:05pm Clark County News

Eager Rottweiler Libby, at owner Perry Yinger’s request, trotted toward the edge of the obedience trial arena, then stopped short to look back at her handler. Read story

Pot belly pigs and rabbits die in barn fire near Bellingham

December 1, 2017, 10:12am Northwest

Authorities say two pot belly pigs and four rabbits died in a barn fire northeast of Bellingham. Read story

This Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, photo provided by NBC shows a Portuguese Water Dog named Noah at The National Dog Show Presented by Purina in Philadelphia. Noah won the Working Group. The show aired Thursday, Nov. 23, on NBC.

National Dog Show winner looks like a little Chewbacca

This Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, photo provided by NBC shows a Portuguese Water Dog named Noah at The National Dog Show Presented by Purina in Philadelphia. Noah won the Working Group. The show aired Thursday, Nov. 23, on NBC.

December 1, 2017, 6:05am Life

Among the many winners on Thanksgiving Day: Newton, the Brussels Griffon. Read story

For $50,000, a Texas company will clone your beloved pooch

December 1, 2017, 6:05am Life

You love your dog. But would you spend $50,000 to clone it? If the answer is yes, then a Texas company is standing by and ready to help. Read story

Atlantic puffins congregate near their burrows on Eastern Egg Rock, a small island off the coast of Maine. The Audubon Society said 2017 was a great year for puffins.

Beaked baby boomers: Record year for puffin chicks in Maine

Atlantic puffins congregate near their burrows on Eastern Egg Rock, a small island off the coast of Maine. The Audubon Society said 2017 was a great year for puffins.

December 1, 2017, 6:04am Life

Puffins face existential challenges, but the little birds found a new role in Maine this summer: baby boomers. Read story

Katie Brigger’s service dog, Zola, picks up a pencil on November 13, 2017, at the HUB-Robeson Center in State College, Pa.

Student’s service dog takes evenings off after putting in full day

Katie Brigger’s service dog, Zola, picks up a pencil on November 13, 2017, at the HUB-Robeson Center in State College, Pa.

December 1, 2017, 6:01am Life

If you attempt to pet Zola the Labrador — and you will— prepare to be kindly but firmly rebuffed. Read story

This Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, photo provided by the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium shows Kathy Suthard, the zoo’s lead carnivore keeper, caring for a male Amur tiger cub at the zoo in Pittsburgh. The cub is one of two rare, endangered Amur tiger cubs, one male and one female, born at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium on Sept. 25, 2017, and later separated from their 10-year-old mother Tierney, after zookeepers and veterinary staff monitoring the cubs via an infrared camera noticed the mother wasn’t showing interest in her cubs and was neglecting them. (Paul A.

Zoo keepers raise twin tiger cubs

This Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, photo provided by the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium shows Kathy Suthard, the zoo’s lead carnivore keeper, caring for a male Amur tiger cub at the zoo in Pittsburgh. The cub is one of two rare, endangered Amur tiger cubs, one male and one female, born at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium on Sept. 25, 2017, and later separated from their 10-year-old mother Tierney, after zookeepers and veterinary staff monitoring the cubs via an infrared camera noticed the mother wasn’t showing interest in her cubs and was neglecting them. (Paul A.

December 1, 2017, 6:00am Life

Two rare tiger cubs whose mother didn’t bond with them are being hand-raised at a Pittsburgh zoo. Read story