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Service dog Honor lies by the casket of Wade Baker at Wells Funeral Home in Waynesville, N.C., on Aug. 22.

Honor and Duty: After veteran is felled by PTSD, his service dog Honor now aids the family

Service dog Honor lies by the casket of Wade Baker at Wells Funeral Home in Waynesville, N.C., on Aug. 22.

November 8, 2015, 6:20am Health

Part of the Labrador retriever’s training was to sense when the demons of war had invaded Wade Baker’s dreams. Read story

Vancouver resident Avery Kennedy gets kisses Wednesday from her new pit bull, Cutty, whom she adopted Oct. 27 after the dog spent three years at a Washougal animal shelter.

Cutty finally comes home

Vancouver resident Avery Kennedy gets kisses Wednesday from her new pit bull, Cutty, whom she adopted Oct. 27 after the dog spent three years at a Washougal animal shelter.

November 6, 2015, 5:49pm Clark County News

For too long, Cutty knew the pain of being unwanted. Read story

Pet cat in Washington state tests positive for rabies

November 6, 2015, 10:31am Life

Rabies has been found in a cat in Washington state for the first time since 2002. Read story

Studies: Pets help boost mental health

November 6, 2015, 5:59am Pets & Wildlife

Humans are the complete social being. Such as many animals, humans live in our own packs and strive to form a connection with other living things. Read story

Meg McNabb, with her dogs, Ruby, front, and Missy, has been doing pet home euthanasia&#039;s for two years in Portland.

More pet owners choosing in-home euthanasia over clinic

Meg McNabb, with her dogs, Ruby, front, and Missy, has been doing pet home euthanasia&#039;s for two years in Portland.

November 6, 2015, 5:59am Life

When Dr. Meg McNabb, a veterinarian, arrived at our front door, I knew where I would find Echo, our dying tabby cat: upstairs in her favorite bedroom, beneath the chaise lounge. I climbed the stairs first while McNabb and my wife waited downstairs. Read story

John Eckhart, a retired assistant chief at the Portland Police Bureau, previously worked as a K-9 officer and started the agency&#039;s narcotics detection program. Eckhart trained Piper, a 2-year-old black Lab, who was sworn in Wednesday as a drug detection dog for the Clark-Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force.

Drug task force greets 1st detection dog since ’01

John Eckhart, a retired assistant chief at the Portland Police Bureau, previously worked as a K-9 officer and started the agency&#039;s narcotics detection program. Eckhart trained Piper, a 2-year-old black Lab, who was sworn in Wednesday as a drug detection dog for the Clark-Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force.

November 4, 2015, 5:22pm Clark County News

For the first time in 14 years, the Clark-Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force has its own drug detection dog. Read story

Marci Koski, a certified cat behaviorist, smiles at one of her cats at her home in Vancouver. Koski said her primary goal is to keep cats out of shelters.

Working in Clark County: Marci Koski, cat behaviorist

Marci Koski, a certified cat behaviorist, smiles at one of her cats at her home in Vancouver. Koski said her primary goal is to keep cats out of shelters.

November 2, 2015, 6:02am Business

Please don't call Marci Koski a "cat whisperer." She says she doesn't have any special talents that any cat owner cannot learn. She simply passes them along. "I love seeing how the relationships between cats and their people can be improved, or even completely rescued," she says. "My mission is… Read story

Phyllis Goddes of Langhorne, Pa., holds up two balls she&#039;s purchasing for her bichon fris?-shih tzu mix, Zoey Joy, at a Petco store in Feasterville, Pa.

Businesses fetching bucks from pet owners

Phyllis Goddes of Langhorne, Pa., holds up two balls she&#039;s purchasing for her bichon fris?-shih tzu mix, Zoey Joy, at a Petco store in Feasterville, Pa.

November 1, 2015, 6:00am Business

PHILADELPHIA -- How could she say no? Read story

This photo provided by Gwinnett County Police Department shows one of two French bulldog puppies recovered by the Metro Atlanta police. Police say they&#039;ve recovered the two puppies stolen from the owner when she met with a person she thought was a prospective buyer. Investigators say they identified Ronald Junior Camenish, 18, as the suspect. Officers got a search warrant and found the puppies unharmed in his basement and returned them to their owner, police said.

Atlanta-area police recover stolen French bulldog puppies

This photo provided by Gwinnett County Police Department shows one of two French bulldog puppies recovered by the Metro Atlanta police. Police say they&#039;ve recovered the two puppies stolen from the owner when she met with a person she thought was a prospective buyer. Investigators say they identified Ronald Junior Camenish, 18, as the suspect. Officers got a search warrant and found the puppies unharmed in his basement and returned them to their owner, police said.

October 30, 2015, 11:39am Life

Metro Atlanta police say they've recovered two French bulldog puppies stolen from the owner when she met with a person she thought was a prospective buyer. Read story

Harapan, a Sumatran rhino, roams his enclosure Thursday on his last day of viewing at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Cincinnati. A zoo official said that the 8-year-old male began the air, land and sea journey back to its ancestral southeast Asian homeland Friday afternoon. The trip is expected to take some 50 hours before the rhino reaches an Indonesian sanctuary.

Sumatran rhino begins U.S.-Asia trip to ancestral home

Harapan, a Sumatran rhino, roams his enclosure Thursday on his last day of viewing at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Cincinnati. A zoo official said that the 8-year-old male began the air, land and sea journey back to its ancestral southeast Asian homeland Friday afternoon. The trip is expected to take some 50 hours before the rhino reaches an Indonesian sanctuary.

October 30, 2015, 11:38am Life

The last Sumatran rhino in the Western Hemisphere began a journey Friday from Ohio to its ancestral southeast Asian homeland on a mission to help preserve the critically endangered species. Read story