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Pets & Wildlife

Horse therapy program heals trauma

November 17, 2023, 5:46am Northwest

Jennifer Hammond got hooked on horses after a trail ride five years ago. Read story

Humane societies probe animal transfer

November 17, 2023, 5:44am Pets & Wildlife

Roughly 250 small animals that were transferred from California to Arizona may have ended up being fed to reptiles, according to two humane societies. Read story

Dog survives 10 weeks on mountain

November 17, 2023, 5:42am Pets & Wildlife

A tiny Jack Russell terrier survived in the Colorado mountains for more than 10 weeks after her owner died of hypothermia, despite losing half her body weight, a rescuer said. Read story

This image provided by Dana Holby shows her Jack Russell terrier Finney on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Pagosa Springs, Colo. The faithful dog survived after spending more than 10 weeks by the side of her owner, Rich Moore, who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains. Finney has regained most of the weight she lost during her ordeal and is back on the hiking trails.

Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner’s death is regaining weight, back on hiking trails

This image provided by Dana Holby shows her Jack Russell terrier Finney on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Pagosa Springs, Colo. The faithful dog survived after spending more than 10 weeks by the side of her owner, Rich Moore, who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains. Finney has regained most of the weight she lost during her ordeal and is back on the hiking trails.

November 16, 2023, 4:29pm Life

A faithful dog who survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained most of the weight she lost during her ordeal and is back on the trails, the family said Thursday. Read story

FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Early Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, three large white crates containing giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji were loaded by forklifts onto waiting trucks for the trip ro Chengdu, China.

Take heart, it looks like China could send new pandas to the U.S.

FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Early Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, three large white crates containing giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji were loaded by forklifts onto waiting trucks for the trip ro Chengdu, China.

November 16, 2023, 1:15pm Life

Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.” Read story

A dog is recovering after he was shot in the head and left to die in a roadside ditch in Washington. Now he’s going home with one of his rescuers.

Cowlitz County PUD worker plans to adopt the dog he found shot, left for dead on PUD road

A dog is recovering after he was shot in the head and left to die in a roadside ditch in Washington. Now he’s going home with one of his rescuers.

November 15, 2023, 7:55am Life

A dog found shot and his muzzle duct taped shut will soon have a new home with the man who rescued him from the side of the road. Read story

Falconer Rebecca Rosen works with one of her Harris&rsquo;s hawks at Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa, California, where falcons and hawks are used to scare away grape-eating birds, Friday, May 26, 2023.

How one Napa vineyard might have saved millions of dollars by using birds as pest control

Falconer Rebecca Rosen works with one of her Harris&rsquo;s hawks at Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa, California, where falcons and hawks are used to scare away grape-eating birds, Friday, May 26, 2023.

November 13, 2023, 6:00am Business

On a damp and gray Friday at Bouchaine Vineyards, Rebecca Rosen looked up, noticed the handful of ravens circling above her and lobbed an insult. Read story

All hail Chainsaw: the big guy with the jagged dorsal fin who, together with his fellow Bigg’s killer whales, has already racked up a record number of sightings of the orcas for 2023.

A population of orcas is being spotted around Puget Sound, in higher numbers year after yearvideo icon

All hail Chainsaw: the big guy with the jagged dorsal fin who, together with his fellow Bigg’s killer whales, has already racked up a record number of sightings of the orcas for 2023.

November 10, 2023, 1:31pm Latest News

All hail Chainsaw: the big guy with the jagged dorsal fin who, together with his fellow Bigg’s killer whales, has already racked up a record number of sightings of the orcas for 2023. Read story

Japanese yellow Joro spider sits its web.

Experts say huge spiders on East Coast here to stay

Japanese yellow Joro spider sits its web.

November 10, 2023, 6:49am Life

Since their arrival in Georgia nearly 10 years ago, the yellow-banded Joro spiders and their huge webs have set up camp in the southeastern U.S., experts say. Read story

San Diego firefighter Chad Arberg, who is a member of the Urban Search &amp; Rescue California Task Force along with search dog Cory, look on Oct. 16 as San Diego Fire-Rescue Department&rsquo;s Copter 3 takes off during a training exercise in Sycamore Canyon Open Space Preserve in California. (K.C.

Rescue dog trains for copter mission

San Diego firefighter Chad Arberg, who is a member of the Urban Search &amp; Rescue California Task Force along with search dog Cory, look on Oct. 16 as San Diego Fire-Rescue Department&rsquo;s Copter 3 takes off during a training exercise in Sycamore Canyon Open Space Preserve in California. (K.C.

November 10, 2023, 6:48am Life

It was noisy, with the chopper blades creating their own wind, as a search-and-rescue dog named Cory and his handler were lifted by a hoist into a hovering helicopter. The pup didn’t let any of it faze him. Read story