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Pets & Wildlife

Cheetah escapes, briefly, at Indianapolis Zoo

September 7, 2015, 11:54am Nation & World

A cheetah on loan from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to the Indianapolis Zoo escaped Sunday, prompting the zoo to invoke a "Code Red" requiring all guests to remain inside. Read story

&quot;Fitzy&quot; a 3 year old retriever-poodle mix gets help from pool employee Thomas Ikehara at the third annual Pooch Plunge at the Marshall Community Center.

Refreshing Paws: Marshall Pool pooch plunge

&quot;Fitzy&quot; a 3 year old retriever-poodle mix gets help from pool employee Thomas Ikehara at the third annual Pooch Plunge at the Marshall Community Center.

September 6, 2015, 9:17pm Clark County News

Some dogs dived right in. Others needed coaxing. Read story

Barks worse than bites

September 6, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News

Picture this: You're lying in bed on a sweltering summer night with the window open, and just as you begin dozing off, the neighbor's dog rips through the silence with a machine-gun-like bark that just never seems to stop. Read story

New collars monitor pets for pain, problems

September 4, 2015, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

LOS ANGELES -- You can use wearables with GPS to keep track of wandering dogs. Others help you track animals' physical activity. Now, two companies have the latest in wearable pet technology: collars that can check for a fever, monitor pulse and respiration, and even indicate if your pet is… Read story

Jacob Rubin, 14, plays with his dog Bailey at his home in Long Grove, Ill., on Friday. Rubin and his brother Jonathan signed up their dog -- Bailey D.

Boys unleash their dog for presidential run

Jacob Rubin, 14, plays with his dog Bailey at his home in Long Grove, Ill., on Friday. Rubin and his brother Jonathan signed up their dog -- Bailey D.

September 4, 2015, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

CHICAGO -- Running for president is so easy, even a dog can do it. Read story

Dizzy, a Hurricane Katrina rescue dog, was adopted 10 years ago by Baltimore Sun reporter Meredith Cohn, on August 26, 2015, in Baltimore.

Katrina rescue dog glad to be home

Dizzy, a Hurricane Katrina rescue dog, was adopted 10 years ago by Baltimore Sun reporter Meredith Cohn, on August 26, 2015, in Baltimore.

September 4, 2015, 6:00am Life

BALTIMORE -- When we picked up the 50-pound black-and-tan mixed-breed dog from the Maryland SPCA 10 years ago, we weren't sure what to expect. We hadn't met him, or even seen a picture. All we knew was that he'd spent two months in transit to Baltimore after Hurricane Katrina ravaged… Read story

An overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland is prepared to be shorn in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday. The wild, castrated merino ram named Chris, yielded 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters &oacute; and sheded almost half his body weight.

Lost Australian sheep yields 30 sweaters worth of fleece

An overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland is prepared to be shorn in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday. The wild, castrated merino ram named Chris, yielded 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters &oacute; and sheded almost half his body weight.

September 3, 2015, 10:14am Nation & World

CANBERRA, Australia -- A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 89 pounds of wool -- the equivalent of 30 sweaters -- and shedding almost half his body weight. Read story

Brandie Smith, associate director of Animal Care Sciences at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, speaks Wednesday at the zoo in Washington. The zoo announced Friday that the surviving panda cub is male and the son of the zoo's male panda Tian Tian. Mei Xiang gave birth to fraternal twins Saturday, but the smaller cub -- also a male fathered by Tian Tian -- died Wednesday.

‘It’s a boy!’ the National Zoo says of surviving giant panda cub

Brandie Smith, associate director of Animal Care Sciences at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, speaks Wednesday at the zoo in Washington. The zoo announced Friday that the surviving panda cub is male and the son of the zoo's male panda Tian Tian. Mei Xiang gave birth to fraternal twins Saturday, but the smaller cub -- also a male fathered by Tian Tian -- died Wednesday.

August 27, 2015, 5:00pm Nation & World

WASHINGTON -- Drum roll ... The twin giant panda cub is a boy - and its father is Tian Tian. Read story

Mystery solved: Polar bear Knut died of autoimmune disease

August 27, 2015, 5:00pm Nation & World

BERLIN -- Knut, a cute polar bear that became a global celebrity then mysteriously drowned at age 4 in his Berlin Zoo pen, died of a rare autoimmune disease, a scientist revealed Thursday. Read story

Oz &quot;The Clown&quot; rests in the bus before the show in Brooklyn, N.Y.

At this circus, herding cats a reality

Oz &quot;The Clown&quot; rests in the bus before the show in Brooklyn, N.Y.

August 27, 2015, 5:00pm Life

NEW YORK — Samantha Martin was anxious, and it wasn't because she was living in a bus with 14 cats, two white rats, a groundhog and a chicken named Cluck Norris. That's normal for her. Read story