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A veterinarian assistant weighs a bulldog, Biff, at DTLAvets in Los Angeles. According to the latest study from the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, more than 50 percent of the nation's cats, and dogs, are overweight.

Dogs, cats caught in obesity epidemic

A veterinarian assistant weighs a bulldog, Biff, at DTLAvets in Los Angeles. According to the latest study from the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, more than 50 percent of the nation's cats, and dogs, are overweight.

June 26, 2015, 12:00am Health

Garfield is not the only fat cat around. Read story

Animals most likely to kill you

June 26, 2015, 12:00am Life

Are you afraid of sharks? You should be, what with their insatiable appetite and 15 rows of serrated teeth and the way they lurk in that murky area just offshore where you can't see the bottom and you can't move quickly and, oh God, did something just brush up against… Read story

East Vancouver: Dalton enjoys one of two new off-leash Freedom Fence areas at the Humane Society of Southwest Washington.

Humane Society opens two off-leash areas for dogs

East Vancouver: Dalton enjoys one of two new off-leash Freedom Fence areas at the Humane Society of Southwest Washington.

June 24, 2015, 12:00am Pets & Wildlife

East Vancouver — Dogs at the Humane Society of Southwest Washington will have a bit more room to run around now thanks to the completion of the "Freedom Fence," two enclosed off-leash areas outside of the building. The area was funded by donors, staff, volunteers and the community, with one… Read story

Tara, a 7-year-old adopted cat, won the 33rd Annual National Hero Dog Award on Friday in Los Angeles.

Hero Dog is a cat

Tara, a 7-year-old adopted cat, won the 33rd Annual National Hero Dog Award on Friday in Los Angeles.

June 20, 2015, 12:00am Latest News

LOS ANGELES — For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter's Hero Dog award has gone to a cat. Read story

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Zen, a pit bull, is an assistance dog for former U.S. Marine Joe Bonfiglio, here with Bonfiglio on the campus of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Zen has allowed Bonfiglio, 24, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from a five-month tour in Afghanistan, to get back to everyday activities.

Suit seeks homeowner insurance for disabled people with pit bulls

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Zen, a pit bull, is an assistance dog for former U.S. Marine Joe Bonfiglio, here with Bonfiglio on the campus of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Zen has allowed Bonfiglio, 24, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from a five-month tour in Afghanistan, to get back to everyday activities.

June 20, 2015, 12:00am Northwest

PORTLAND — People with disabilities shouldn't be turned down for homeowners insurance just because they have pit bulls for service dogs, a federal court lawsuit filed in Oregon says. Read story

Kymberly Chelf gets a chin nuzzle from Moosie while visiting her two-year-old cat Tuesday at Mt.

Cat survives 2-month journey in mattress

Kymberly Chelf gets a chin nuzzle from Moosie while visiting her two-year-old cat Tuesday at Mt.

June 20, 2015, 12:00am Life

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A family has been reunited with their cat Moosie after the 2-year-old gray tabby survived a two-month journey trapped inside a mattress when its owners moved to their new home in Alaska. Read story

A surviving lioness rests in a shadow in a zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday. Flooding triggered by torrential rains last week killed at least 19 people, destroyed houses and tore up roads. Six people remain missing.

Police in Tbilisi search for another tiger on the loose

A surviving lioness rests in a shadow in a zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday. Flooding triggered by torrential rains last week killed at least 19 people, destroyed houses and tore up roads. Six people remain missing.

June 19, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World

TBILISI, Georgia -- Police and volunteers in the Georgian capital are searching for another tiger that might have fled a zoo wrecked by severe flooding. Read story

Chiropractor Julie Kaufman works with Turbo, who suffered from paralysis, on May 5 at Holistic Animal Specialists in Marshall, Wis.

Pet owners turn to chiropractic, acupuncture

Chiropractor Julie Kaufman works with Turbo, who suffered from paralysis, on May 5 at Holistic Animal Specialists in Marshall, Wis.

June 19, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News

MARSHALL, Wis. -- Balancing on three legs — one of her hind legs was amputated because of an injury — Olive basked under the agile fingers of Julie Kaufman, reveling in her chiropractic session at Animal Holistic Care Specialists. Read story

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Rescue dogs arriving from Thailand lie in their shipping crates at Los Angeles International Airport on May 28. LIFE Animal Rescue has placed 50 dogs rescued from Thailand over the past two years.

From tiny cages to lots of love: Thai dogs find homes in U.S.

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Rescue dogs arriving from Thailand lie in their shipping crates at Los Angeles International Airport on May 28. LIFE Animal Rescue has placed 50 dogs rescued from Thailand over the past two years.

June 19, 2015, 12:00am Life

LOS ANGELES -- For the first time, they gobbled up treats, walked on grass and rolled in the dirt — things many American dogs take for granted. Read story

Mohammed Doyo, head caretaker, caresses Najin, a female northern white rhino. Just one elderly male remains.

Elderly rhino the last male of his subspecies

Mohammed Doyo, head caretaker, caresses Najin, a female northern white rhino. Just one elderly male remains.

June 19, 2015, 12:00am Life

OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY, Kenya -- It's not that Sudan didn't want a baby. Researchers had watched the 42-year-old northern white rhinoceros try to mount a female. Rangers had seen him stare across the enclosure at the ladies "admiringly," sharpening his horn as if he was preparing to win them over. Read story