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Three pet tech devices, from left: the Narrative Clip, a wearable camera; Voyce, a device that tracks a pet's activity level; and Tagg, a pet-tracking device.

Wearable tech goes to the dogs

Three pet tech devices, from left: the Narrative Clip, a wearable camera; Voyce, a device that tracks a pet's activity level; and Tagg, a pet-tracking device.

March 13, 2015, 12:00am Life

With the cognoscenti breathlessly occupied with the launch of the Apple Watch, we thought we'd check in with another distinguished group of users just drooling for the latest wearable technology: dogs. Read story

Snake origins pushed back 67 million years

March 13, 2015, 12:00am Life

According to research published recently in Nature Communications, we may need to slither back the clock on snake evolution. Read story

Nicole Parrish, a volunteer at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society, uses the WoofTrax app while walking Cutty, a dog at the shelter, Wednesday morning in Washougal.

Paws for a Cause: App raises money for shelters

Nicole Parrish, a volunteer at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society, uses the WoofTrax app while walking Cutty, a dog at the shelter, Wednesday morning in Washougal.

March 12, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News

Nicole Parrish has been a volunteer dog walker at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society for nearly three years. For the past few months, Parrish's walks have not only exercised the dogs but also raised money for the no-kill shelter in Washougal. Read story

Dennis, a dachshund, rests on the ground in Columbus, Ohio.

Dieting dachshund in Ohio goes from obese to svelte

Dennis, a dachshund, rests on the ground in Columbus, Ohio.

March 11, 2015, 12:00am Health

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Once a wanton wiener dog, Dennis went on a diet and is now a happy shadow of his former self after losing more than 75 percent of his body weight. Read story

An elephant called Chishuru is rewarded by David, left, on the target mat for having completely a successful scent trial as colleague Sugar sits on top, in Bela-Bela, north of Pretoria, South Africa.

Bomb-sniffing elephants? Not so nutty, US Army says

An elephant called Chishuru is rewarded by David, left, on the target mat for having completely a successful scent trial as colleague Sugar sits on top, in Bela-Bela, north of Pretoria, South Africa.

March 11, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World

JOHANNESBURG -- Armed with a sharp sense of smell, dogs have a long history of detecting explosives for their human handlers. Trained rats sniff out land mines from old African wars. In Croatia, researchers have tried to train bees to identify TNT. Read story

Candace Lucas poses for photos with her pet ferret Tink.

NYC ban on keeping ferrets as pets stays, health board rules

Candace Lucas poses for photos with her pet ferret Tink.

March 10, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World

NEW YORK -- Ferrets won't get a legal foothold in New York City. Read story

Asian elephant Chai eats grass at the Woodland Park Zoo after the zoo announced that its two elephants will go on long-term loan to the Oklahoma City Zoo on Feb.

Lawsuit challenges ownership of Seattle zoo elephants

Asian elephant Chai eats grass at the Woodland Park Zoo after the zoo announced that its two elephants will go on long-term loan to the Oklahoma City Zoo on Feb.

March 10, 2015, 12:00am Northwest

SEATTLE -- Activists are suing to challenge the Woodland Park Zoo's ownership of two Seattle elephants that are to be moved to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Read story

Photos courtesy Oakdene.Be/Associated Press
Irish Red Setter Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died Friday, shortly after returning home to Belgium from the world-famous Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England. His owners say he was poisoned.

Irish Setter dies of poisoning after show

Photos courtesy Oakdene.Be/Associated Press
Irish Red Setter Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died Friday, shortly after returning home to Belgium from the world-famous Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England. His owners say he was poisoned.

March 10, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World

LONDON -- Tasty cubes of beef would tempt any dog, let alone one sitting patiently on the stand during public viewing at Crufts, Britain's premier dog show. But instead of a treat, one owner says a deadly surprise was sewn into the meat: slug killer. Read story

The sled dogs of rookie musher Alan Eischens, from Wasilla, Alaska, storm down 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, at the start of the 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Saturday.

Mushers embark on trek across Alaska as Iditarod begins

The sled dogs of rookie musher Alan Eischens, from Wasilla, Alaska, storm down 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, at the start of the 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Saturday.

March 9, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is underway. Read story

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Llama and Mama in Brush Prairie

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March 7, 2015, 12:00am Life

A day-old llama gets his first impressions of the world Friday at the Rock'n R Llamas farm in Brush Prairie. Read story