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Pets & Wildlife

Lee Whittier pets her show dog, 18-month-old Tibetan terrier Oliver, at her home in Vancouver on Feb. 3. Whittier will judge at the 141st annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.

Vancouver’s Lee Whittier will judge toy breeds at the Westminster Dog Show

Lee Whittier pets her show dog, 18-month-old Tibetan terrier Oliver, at her home in Vancouver on Feb. 3. Whittier will judge at the 141st annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.

February 12, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

The most common question Lee Whittier gets while she’s jetting around the country with her lovable, shaggy Tibetan terrier Oliver is: “How did you get started in dog shows?” Read story

Wild elephants stand amid grass as Indian villagers try to chase them away from their Misamari village on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India.

Elephant habitats shrink in India as encroachments increase

Wild elephants stand amid grass as Indian villagers try to chase them away from their Misamari village on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India.

February 10, 2017, 3:04pm Nation & World

Wildlife activists say human encroachment in the forests of northeast India have forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals. Read story

Wildlife biologists Rob Kaler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sarah Schoen of the U.S. Geological Survey examine body parts of a common murre during a necropsy in Anchorage, Alaska.

Warm ocean water triggered vast seabird die-off, experts say

Wildlife biologists Rob Kaler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sarah Schoen of the U.S. Geological Survey examine body parts of a common murre during a necropsy in Anchorage, Alaska.

February 10, 2017, 1:04pm Northwest

A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to Alaska, researchers have pinned the cause to unusually warm ocean temperatures that affected the tiny fish they eat. Read story

Patsy works with her service dog, Andromeda.

Felines going to the dog show, though not for the competition

February 10, 2017, 6:05am Life

For fans of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, the headlines might have been alarming. “The Westminster dog show is adding cats this year,” Newsweek informed the world last month. “Cats crash Westminster dog show,” readers of the Denver Post learned. Read story

Zoo apes compare potential mates via online photographs

February 10, 2017, 5:11am Life

How does a primate find a date when they’re confined to an urban jungle? Read story

A rusty patched bumblebee in Minnesota.

Trump administration delays listing bumblebee as endangered

A rusty patched bumblebee in Minnesota.

February 9, 2017, 9:58am Life

The Trump administration on Thursday delayed what would be the first endangered designation for a bee species in the continental U.S., one day before it was to take effect. Read story

Packy, an Asian elephant, is sprayed with water at the Oregon Zoo March 27, 2012, in Portland. Packy at 54 is the oldest male of his species in North America. The zoo says Packy, born in 1962, became the first elephant to be born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years. (Randy L.

Oregon Zoo mourns Packy the elephant

Packy, an Asian elephant, is sprayed with water at the Oregon Zoo March 27, 2012, in Portland. Packy at 54 is the oldest male of his species in North America. The zoo says Packy, born in 1962, became the first elephant to be born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years. (Randy L.

February 9, 2017, 9:36am Editor's Choice

Portland lost one of its most beloved residents Thursday, as the Oregon Zoo announced it euthanized Packy, the 54-year-old elephant who captivated locals in the lead-up to his 1962 birth and in the decades since. Read story

A bison from Yellowstone National Park being held for shipment to slaughter near Gardiner, Mont.

Bison sent to slaughter over Montana tribes’ objections

A bison from Yellowstone National Park being held for shipment to slaughter near Gardiner, Mont.

February 8, 2017, 4:52pm Nation & World

Yellowstone National Park has started shipping hundreds of wild bison to slaughter for disease control as a quarantine facility that could help spare many of the animals sits empty because of a political dispute. Read story

Someone bid $100,000 for a Cheeto that looks like Harambe

February 7, 2017, 10:39am Nation & World

Someone bid nearly $100,000 on eBay for a Cheeto that bears a resemblance to slain gorilla Harambe. Read story