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2 Guinness World Records-holding cats missing after fire

November 13, 2017, 9:45am Life

Two Guinness World Records-holding cats are missing after a fire gutted their owners’ suburban Detroit home. Read story

It took two days and a visit to an emergency veterinarian before Fen fully recovered from her cannabis poisoning.

Cannabis poisoning sends pooch to hospital

It took two days and a visit to an emergency veterinarian before Fen fully recovered from her cannabis poisoning.

November 13, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

Of all the things Andy Healy worried could poison her dogs, cannabis wasn’t on the radar. Read story

In this April 7, 2017 photo Dany a Harris’s hawk keeps an eye out for any pesky birds during a day of work at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles. Known as “The Hawk Pros.” husband-and-wife falconers Alyssa and Mike Bordonaro and their birds of prey are hired guns, brought in to scare away seagulls, pigeons and other “pest birds” that create nuisances and leave behind messes. The Bordonaros have about a dozen clients, from a recycling center in the agricultural city of Oxnard to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and downtown Los Angeles’ U.S. Bank Tower, the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

Trained hawks scare off smaller birds, draw stares in L.A.

In this April 7, 2017 photo Dany a Harris’s hawk keeps an eye out for any pesky birds during a day of work at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles. Known as “The Hawk Pros.” husband-and-wife falconers Alyssa and Mike Bordonaro and their birds of prey are hired guns, brought in to scare away seagulls, pigeons and other “pest birds” that create nuisances and leave behind messes. The Bordonaros have about a dozen clients, from a recycling center in the agricultural city of Oxnard to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and downtown Los Angeles’ U.S. Bank Tower, the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

November 10, 2017, 9:28am Life

A hawk named Riley soars between high-rises in downtown Los Angeles. Smaller birds take notice. And take flight. Read story

Faroese sheep were strapped with cameras in a bid to get Google’s attention. Mission accomplished.

Sheep with cameras hoof it onto Google Street

Faroese sheep were strapped with cameras in a bid to get Google’s attention. Mission accomplished.

November 10, 2017, 6:05am Life

The Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago that juts out of the cold seas between Norway and Iceland, doesn’t even appear on some world maps. But as of last week, the verdant slopes, rocky hiking trails and few roads of the 18 islands are on Google Street View — and a… Read story

An Iowa man known as Mr. Peacock is taking in Miami peacocks that are driving residents crazy.

How to solve Miami’s peacock problem? Send them to a loving home in Iowa

An Iowa man known as Mr. Peacock is taking in Miami peacocks that are driving residents crazy.

November 10, 2017, 6:05am Life

The solution to Miami’s polarizing peacock problem could be a man known as Mr. Peacock who has generously offered to adopt the unwanted birds at his four-acre farm in Iowa corn country. Read story

Volunteer Joan Ellis shares a moment with Venice, 2, center, who is available for adoption, at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society cat shelter in Washougal late Tuesday morning. Also pictured relaxing in the cat shelter is Torr, 3, left, who is hoping for a forever family as well.

Kittens, cats wait for forever families

Volunteer Joan Ellis shares a moment with Venice, 2, center, who is available for adoption, at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society cat shelter in Washougal late Tuesday morning. Also pictured relaxing in the cat shelter is Torr, 3, left, who is hoping for a forever family as well.

November 8, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life

The West Columbia Gorge Humane Society cat shelter in Washougal currently has a selection of kittens for adoption as well as more than 30 cats. Read story

Chi Chi was reticent to interact at first, but that changed in a matter of months. Now, Chi Chi’s owners said, she is constantly wagging her tail. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Bob Fugate.

Therapy dog is a quadruple amputee

Chi Chi was reticent to interact at first, but that changed in a matter of months. Now, Chi Chi’s owners said, she is constantly wagging her tail. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Bob Fugate.

November 3, 2017, 6:05am Life

Chi Chi, a three-year-old golden retriever, is energetic and loving. She likes squeaky toys and carrots and cuddles with her owners, Elizabeth Howell, her husband and their daughter. Read story

Slash, a chocolate Lab, is a diabetes detection dog.

Lab’s nose knows when diabetic emergency lurking

Slash, a chocolate Lab, is a diabetes detection dog.

November 3, 2017, 6:00am Life

Slash the chocolate Lab jumped into Kate Rondelli’s bed in the middle of the night Tuesday, licking her face to wake her up. Read story

Nyan htoo before his surgery; the medical team believes Nyan htoo had a condition called elephantiasis. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of the University of Edinburgh.

Young bear saved twice

Nyan htoo before his surgery; the medical team believes Nyan htoo had a condition called elephantiasis. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of the University of Edinburgh.

November 3, 2017, 6:00am Life

Nyan htoo’s life had already been saved once. Read story

This undated photo released by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme shows a Tapanuli orangutan with its baby in Batang Toru Ecosystem in Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Scientists are claiming an isolated and tiny population of orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra with frizzier hair and smaller heads are a new species of great ape. It's believed that there are no more than 800 of the primates that researchers named Pongo tapanuliensis, making it the most endangered great ape species.

Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great ape

This undated photo released by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme shows a Tapanuli orangutan with its baby in Batang Toru Ecosystem in Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Scientists are claiming an isolated and tiny population of orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra with frizzier hair and smaller heads are a new species of great ape. It's believed that there are no more than 800 of the primates that researchers named Pongo tapanuliensis, making it the most endangered great ape species.

November 2, 2017, 9:52am Life

A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say. Read story