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Pets & Wildlife

Fugitive fowl finally nabbed in Pittsburgh, headed to rescue

November 21, 2016, 9:09am Life

A noisy rooster’s piercing calls will no longer plague Pittsburgh. Read story

Bird keeper Sarawut Wongsombat uses a crane costume to feed eight-day-old sarus crane chick at the Korat Zoo hatchling center, in Nakhorn Ratchasima, Thailand.

Rare cranes making a comeback

Bird keeper Sarawut Wongsombat uses a crane costume to feed eight-day-old sarus crane chick at the Korat Zoo hatchling center, in Nakhorn Ratchasima, Thailand.

November 18, 2016, 6:04am Life

A fuzzy-headed baby sarus crane hatched on a rural farm this fall offers a glimmer of hope for wildlife conservationists, organic farming advocates and a nation grieving after the death of their beloved king. That’s because this chubby chick named Rice is the first of its auspicious species to survive… Read story

All-Alaskan Racing Pigs head into the home stretch at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, Calif., on July 27, 2016. A new study finds that, like humans, pigs can be optimists or pessimists.

Positive porcines see glass as half full

All-Alaskan Racing Pigs head into the home stretch at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, Calif., on July 27, 2016. A new study finds that, like humans, pigs can be optimists or pessimists.

November 18, 2016, 6:00am Life

You can’t keep a positive pig down. A new study finds that, like humans, pigs can be optimists or pessimists, and that the pessimists are more strongly affected by their current environments. Read story

Ian Dustan prepares to go for a dog-sled ride.

Sled dogs surprise ailing 10-year-old

Ian Dustan prepares to go for a dog-sled ride.

November 18, 2016, 6:00am Life

Ian Dustan is a lot like any other 10-year-old kid. Read story

Harambe, a western lowland gorilla, was fatally shot May 28 at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to protect a 3-year-old boy who had entered its exhibit. When the 400-pound gorilla grabbed the 3-year-old boy, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn&#039;t police but a specially trained zoo staffer on one of the many dangerous-animal emergency squads at animal parks around the country.

Ohio zoo’s gorilla barrier wasn’t in compliance

Harambe, a western lowland gorilla, was fatally shot May 28 at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to protect a 3-year-old boy who had entered its exhibit. When the 400-pound gorilla grabbed the 3-year-old boy, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn&#039;t police but a specially trained zoo staffer on one of the many dangerous-animal emergency squads at animal parks around the country.

November 17, 2016, 10:19am Life

A federal inspection has concluded that the Cincinnati Zoo's barrier to keep the public and gorillas separate wasn't in compliance with standards for housing primates the day a 3-year-old boy slipped into the gorilla exhibit and a gorilla named Harambe was fatally shot. Read story

Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center celebrates 20 years

November 16, 2016, 12:56pm Northwest

The hundreds of bald eagles that descend each winter along the upper Skagit River to feast on spawning salmon can sometimes surprise those who come out to see them. Read story

In this image from video, three cows are stranded on an island of grass in a paddock that had been ripped apart in Monday&#039;s earthquake near Kaikoura, New Zealand.

Farmer saves cows stranded by quake

In this image from video, three cows are stranded on an island of grass in a paddock that had been ripped apart in Monday&#039;s earthquake near Kaikoura, New Zealand.

November 15, 2016, 8:58pm Nation & World

Three New Zealand cows were saved Tuesday from an eerie island of grass where they had been stranded after an earthquake obliterated their pasture. Read story

Fla. panther forges way toward recovery

November 14, 2016, 9:05pm Nation & World

Efforts to save the Florida panther may have broken through a longtime barrier: a female cat appears to have forged the Caloosahatchee River to stake out new territory to the north. Read story

Brenda Wilson, training officer for Evergreen Search Dogs, and her Tibetan mastif, Dusty, demonstrate how to search for human remains Saturday at a training exercise in Battle Ground.

Search and rescue volunteers train alongside working dogs

Brenda Wilson, training officer for Evergreen Search Dogs, and her Tibetan mastif, Dusty, demonstrate how to search for human remains Saturday at a training exercise in Battle Ground.

November 12, 2016, 8:00pm Clark County News

BATTLE GROUND -- Tibetan mastiff Dusty, showing off his skills at finding human remains, pawed a patch of dirt Saturday afternoon at Camp Hope. Paydirt. Read story

A dog has his ear examined by a veterinarian. Americans are spending more on health care for their pets.

Americans spend big on pet health care

A dog has his ear examined by a veterinarian. Americans are spending more on health care for their pets.

November 11, 2016, 6:05am Life

they’re just like us! Or, at least, we Americans try mighty hard to make them so. Read story