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Pets & Wildlife

Overlake Medical Center patient Kathy Barnes talks with Karen Keenan and her therapy dog, Viansa, a 6-year-old yellow lab, in her hospital room in Bellevue.

Therapy dogs ease tension for patients, families

Overlake Medical Center patient Kathy Barnes talks with Karen Keenan and her therapy dog, Viansa, a 6-year-old yellow lab, in her hospital room in Bellevue.

June 30, 2017, 6:05am Northwest

During a recent afternoon shift change on the oncology floor at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, the usual suspects crowded the hallway: nurses, aides, visitors, patients in wheelchairs towing IV poles. Read story

DOGPAW to hold membership drive

June 30, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

Clark County -- Dog Owners Group for Park Access in Washington, a group that helps maintain and manage the off-leash dog parks in Clark County, is looking to help sustain the parks with a summer membership drive. Read story

Officer shoots dog at Rainbow Family festival in Oregon

June 29, 2017, 9:55am Northwest

A U.S. Forest Service officer shot and killed a pit bull at the Rainbow Family gathering in Eastern Oregon. Read story

Mill Creek Pub donated $1,000 to DOGPAW to move the nonprofit more than halfway toward its goal of raising $100,000 so it can continue to maintain and operate dog parks around Clark County.

Mill Creek Pub donates money to help county’s dog parks

Mill Creek Pub donated $1,000 to DOGPAW to move the nonprofit more than halfway toward its goal of raising $100,000 so it can continue to maintain and operate dog parks around Clark County.

June 28, 2017, 5:59am Community

Mill Creek Pub raised $1,000 for DOGPAW at its Cash Back Day. DOGPAW, which manages off-leash parks throughout the county, is struggling financially to remain afloat. Read story

On Monday, Vancouver City Council voted to advance an ordinance that would prohibit residents from keeping more than five adult cats, five adult hens or five adults rabbits on their property.

Vancouver City Council weighs limits on rabbits, hens, cats

On Monday, Vancouver City Council voted to advance an ordinance that would prohibit residents from keeping more than five adult cats, five adult hens or five adults rabbits on their property.

June 27, 2017, 5:23pm Clark County News

Residents of Vancouver may soon be limited in how many cats, hens or rabbits they can keep on their property. Read story

Kelly Stone, left, comforts her 13-year-old Labrador retriever mix, Abby, as animal chiropractor Amanda Kremer, right, adjusts Abby’s hips at East Padden Animal Hospital in Vancouver.

Working in Clark County: Amanda Kremer, animal chiropractor

Kelly Stone, left, comforts her 13-year-old Labrador retriever mix, Abby, as animal chiropractor Amanda Kremer, right, adjusts Abby’s hips at East Padden Animal Hospital in Vancouver.

June 26, 2017, 6:00am Business

Amanda Kremer credits a veterinarian for whom she was working during her pre-vet education for telling her about animal chiropractic. Kremer, to her relief, discovered a way to help animals in a more natural and preventive way, without having to do surgeries or prescribe medications. Many people are not aware… Read story

Martha, a Neapolitan Mastiff, from Sebastopol, Calif., waits for the start of the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday in Petaluma, Calif.

Neapolitan Mastiff flops her way to World’s Ugliest Dog Contest crown

Martha, a Neapolitan Mastiff, from Sebastopol, Calif., waits for the start of the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday in Petaluma, Calif.

June 24, 2017, 9:04pm Life

Martha is big, ugly, lazy and gassy. And a world champion. Read story

Dog collars lead to gripping hobby

June 23, 2017, 6:04am Life

Sandra Smith has been making things her entire life. So when she couldn’t find a collar that suited Scout, her 55-pound pit bull mix, she used her sewing machine to make one. Read story

Animals have their ways to beat the heat

June 23, 2017, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

Summers can be beastly. Between the heat and humidity, it’s hard to keep from wilting like a flower. Of course, given how inventive humans are, we can beat the heat with air conditioning, an afternoon at the pool or a double scoop of rocky road ice cream. Read story

Yuval Neria and Prudence Fisher, of Columbia University, are studying the effect of horses on veterans with PTSD.

Horses helping veterans with PTSD

Yuval Neria and Prudence Fisher, of Columbia University, are studying the effect of horses on veterans with PTSD.

June 23, 2017, 5:28am Health

If a horse lets you pick its foot up off the ground, that’s a big deal. The action destabilizes the horse, so allowing someone to hold its foot means the horse believes the person means no harm. Read story