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Pets & Wildlife

Something of a dog and pony show at Vancouver Barracks in a photograph taken around 1903.

Fort Vancouver history, in dog years

Something of a dog and pony show at Vancouver Barracks in a photograph taken around 1903.

May 16, 2017, 6:04am Clark County News

The past will be in fuzzy focus Saturday when Fort Vancouver approaches history in terms of what might be called dog years. Read story

Phyllis Van Boxtel says goodbye to two dogs being taken by bus with over 100 others from crowded shelters in California to pet rescuers in the Pacific Northwest, where euthanasia rates are lower and pets are in greater demand. (Patrick T.

Rescue groups move pets for adoption

Phyllis Van Boxtel says goodbye to two dogs being taken by bus with over 100 others from crowded shelters in California to pet rescuers in the Pacific Northwest, where euthanasia rates are lower and pets are in greater demand. (Patrick T.

May 14, 2017, 6:05am Nation & World

May was supposed to be dead by now. The charcoal-and-white pit bull mix had languished for more than two months at a high-kill animal shelter in east Los Angeles County, and though she’d passed one “temperament test” required for adoption, she failed a second. That essentially put her on death… Read story

Dairy farmer accused of starving cattle

May 12, 2017, 8:21pm Northwest

A dairy farmer accused in April of starving his cattle and pigs for at least six months pleaded not guilty in Whatcom County Superior Court Friday. Read story

Yellowstone National Park
A white wolf walks in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., in April 2016.
A similar rare wolf was found by hikers severely injured inside Yellowstone National Park on April 11. That wolf had been shot and had to be euthanized.

Reward doubles in killing of rare Yellowstone white wolf

Yellowstone National Park
A white wolf walks in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., in April 2016.
A similar rare wolf was found by hikers severely injured inside Yellowstone National Park on April 11. That wolf had been shot and had to be euthanized.

May 12, 2017, 8:21pm Nation & World

The reward for information leading to whoever shot a rare white wolf found inside Yellowstone National Park rose to $10,000 on Friday after a wolf advocacy group matched a $5,000 reward offered earlier by the park. Read story

This is grab taken from a World Wildlife Fund Finland live stream shows a Saimaa ringed seal resting on a rock in Lake Saimaa, Finland on May 18, 2016. Wildlife conservationists in Finland are giving endangered seals in Europe’s fourth largest lake a spot of online fame — they plan to stream encounters with some of the estimated 360 remaining seals in southeastern lake of Saimaa, in a bid to raise awareness of their plight.

Endangered Finnish seals go online to highlight plight

This is grab taken from a World Wildlife Fund Finland live stream shows a Saimaa ringed seal resting on a rock in Lake Saimaa, Finland on May 18, 2016. Wildlife conservationists in Finland are giving endangered seals in Europe’s fourth largest lake a spot of online fame — they plan to stream encounters with some of the estimated 360 remaining seals in southeastern lake of Saimaa, in a bid to raise awareness of their plight.

May 12, 2017, 1:15pm Nation & World

LAKE SAIMAA, Finland -- Wildlife conservationists in Finland are planning to give endangered seals a spot of online fame by streaming encounters with some of the few hundred remaining mammals in a bid to raise awareness of their plight. Read story

Tyson&#039;s Place Animal Rescue founder Jill Bannink-Albrecht pets a cat at a shelter in Holland, Mich. Tyson&#039;s Place focuses on pets whose owners are unable to care for them.

Michigan group helps find new homes for old pets

Tyson&#039;s Place Animal Rescue founder Jill Bannink-Albrecht pets a cat at a shelter in Holland, Mich. Tyson&#039;s Place focuses on pets whose owners are unable to care for them.

May 12, 2017, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

A 15-year-old cat. A 14-year-old dog with a mouthful of bad teeth, a wart on his head and a kidney infection. Even a 17-year-old parakeet named Bubba. Read story

Owners treat ailing animals with cannabis

May 12, 2017, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

Michael Fasman’s 12-year-old dog, Hudson, limps from pain caused by arthritis and an amputated toe, but Fasman doesn’t want to give her painkillers because “they just knock her out.” Read story

Sadie, right, a miniature donkey stands with her foal born Sunday. Sadie was rescued from a Philadelphia-area farm.

Rescued donkey delivers a surprise

Sadie, right, a miniature donkey stands with her foal born Sunday. Sadie was rescued from a Philadelphia-area farm.

May 12, 2017, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

A starving and abandoned miniature donkey rescued from a Pennsylvania farm had a little secret for animal welfare workers: She was pregnant. Read story

Kate Titus, the owner of A Loyal Companion in Tucson, Ariz. helps attach a mobility device to Half Moon.

Injured service dog gets a leg up with prosthetic

Kate Titus, the owner of A Loyal Companion in Tucson, Ariz. helps attach a mobility device to Half Moon.

May 12, 2017, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

You can barely notice the Labrador retriever’s limp as she runs outside a veterinary clinic. But Maggie has a prosthetic leg, which was fitted after a crash last November that nearly killed her. Read story

Wolf attacks give cows ‘PTSD-like’ symptoms, study finds

May 5, 2017, 9:00am Life

Cows whose herd comes under attack by wolves remember the experience and show symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder, Oregon researchers say. Read story