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While there are many off-leash areas in public outdoor areas, experts recommend keeping your pup leashed, especially on trails, on beaches and in heavily populated areas.

Tips to keep pets safe while traveling this summer

While there are many off-leash areas in public outdoor areas, experts recommend keeping your pup leashed, especially on trails, on beaches and in heavily populated areas.

June 30, 2023, 6:05am Life

As summer approaches, you might have plans of traveling with your furry friends. Read story

FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Caregivers at a South Florida ocean park are taking steps to prepare Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, for a possible return to her home waters in Washington's Puget Sound. The park's owner and a nonprofit announced a plan in March 2023 to possibly move the 57-year-old orca to a natural sea pen.

Members of Congress urge relocation of last captive orca taken from Puget Sound

FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Caregivers at a South Florida ocean park are taking steps to prepare Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, for a possible return to her home waters in Washington's Puget Sound. The park's owner and a nonprofit announced a plan in March 2023 to possibly move the 57-year-old orca to a natural sea pen.

June 29, 2023, 5:53pm Life

Three members of Congress called on federal agencies Thursday to relocate captive orca Tokitae, also known as Lolita or Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, because of the dangers posed by the Atlantic hurricane season. Read story

A southern resident killer whale breaches in Haro Strait just off San Juan Island's west side with Mount Baker in the background in June 2018.

Scientists find worrisome lesions on endangered southern resident orcas

A southern resident killer whale breaches in Haro Strait just off San Juan Island's west side with Mount Baker in the background in June 2018.

June 29, 2023, 7:25am Latest News

Amid human made barriers to finding adequate food, hearing or communicating with each other, the endangered southern resident orcas may have seen an increase in the prevalence of skin disease, according to a new study. Read story

A resolution passed by the Vancouver City Council opposes the sale of dogs at retail pet stores — which only applies to one business in the city.

Vancouver City Council opposes foie gras, fur sales, sale of dogs at retail stores

A resolution passed by the Vancouver City Council opposes the sale of dogs at retail pet stores — which only applies to one business in the city.

June 29, 2023, 6:06am Business

For months, a group of Vancouver residents wearing black shirts that state “Ban Force Feeding” have attended city council meetings, public hearings and community forums in hopes of prompting the city to take action against businesses that propagate animal cruelty. Read story

The Salish Sea provides habitat for a variety of marine species, including sharks.

Avoid sharks in Washington waters

The Salish Sea provides habitat for a variety of marine species, including sharks.

June 24, 2023, 5:41am Life

When you think of sharks, your first thought probably isn’t of the Washington Coast and the greater Salish Sea that continues on to Canada. But the Evergreen State’s waters consistently host a dozen species of sharks, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Read story

Leia the pudu fawn with her mother at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

Seattle zoo welcomes tiny pudu deer

Leia the pudu fawn with her mother at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

June 23, 2023, 3:59pm Life

She’s tiny. She’s adorable. She’s from a galaxy far, far away. Read story

Mount Rainier White-Tailed Ptarmigan or Lagopus leucura rainierensis. (Courtesy of U.S.

Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving Washington bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change

Mount Rainier White-Tailed Ptarmigan or Lagopus leucura rainierensis. (Courtesy of U.S.

June 23, 2023, 10:42am Latest News

As climate change warms Washington's mountain ranges, environmentalists are suing the federal government to protect one snow-loving bird of the Cascades. Read story

This photo taken Jan. 24, 2023, shows a pack of wolves after they killed a moose at Michigan's Isle Royale National Park.  Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

Wolves recover, thrive at Isle Royal National Park

This photo taken Jan. 24, 2023, shows a pack of wolves after they killed a moose at Michigan's Isle Royale National Park.  Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

June 23, 2023, 6:35am Life

Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday. Read story

After escaping a Lenexa, Kan., backyard on Aug. 5, 2022, Fredericka, a Russian tortoise named after Fred Flintstone, was found by a 7-year-boy on May 20 and returned to owner Jan Langton.

Pet tortoise lost for 9 months found, returned

After escaping a Lenexa, Kan., backyard on Aug. 5, 2022, Fredericka, a Russian tortoise named after Fred Flintstone, was found by a 7-year-boy on May 20 and returned to owner Jan Langton.

June 23, 2023, 6:30am Life

Like most people whose pets have gone missing, Jan Langton took to social media when her beloved tortoise escaped from her backyard in Lenexa, Kan. Read story

The African lion Kamau, who was a star attraction at California's Sacramento Zoo, has died at age 16, officials said.

Kamau, African lion at Sacramento Zoo, dies at 16

The African lion Kamau, who was a star attraction at California's Sacramento Zoo, has died at age 16, officials said.

June 23, 2023, 6:29am Life

Kamau, the African lion who was a star attraction at California’s Sacramento Zoo, has died at age 16, officials said. Read story