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Pets & Wildlife

FILE - Monarch butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.

Beloved monarch butterflies now listed as endangered

FILE - Monarch butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.

July 21, 2022, 8:47am Latest News

The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. Read story

A girl plays with a dog in a pet shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Shellshocked family pets started roaming around Ukraine's capital with nowhere to go in the opening stages of Russia's war. Volunteers opened a shelter to take them in and try to find them new homes or at least some human companionship.

Shelter in Ukraine’s capital takes in animals haunted by war

A girl plays with a dog in a pet shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Shellshocked family pets started roaming around Ukraine's capital with nowhere to go in the opening stages of Russia's war. Volunteers opened a shelter to take them in and try to find them new homes or at least some human companionship.

July 20, 2022, 2:30pm Nation & World

Shell-shocked family pets started roaming around Ukraine’s capital with nowhere to go in the opening stages of Russia’s war. Read story

Officials: Starvation threat not over for Florida manatees

July 20, 2022, 9:57am Nation & World

Fewer manatee deaths have been recorded so far this year in Florida compared to the record-setting numbers in 2021, but wildlife officials cautioned Wednesday that chronic starvation remains a dire and ongoing threat to the marine mammals. Read story

These 3 dogs from Washington are heroes

July 18, 2022, 10:37am Northwest

You could understand why Jon Izant, driving back to his home on Queen Anne Hill, shed a couple of tears. Read story

Lola the tiger gets X-rayed before her exam and dental procedure by a veterinarian team at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Rescued Oklahoma tigers get care in California and new home

Lola the tiger gets X-rayed before her exam and dental procedure by a veterinarian team at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2022.

July 15, 2022, 2:33pm Nation & World

Two neglected tigers rescued from a long-shuttered roadside tourist attraction in Oklahoma are beginning new lives more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away at California’s Oakland Zoo after receiving much-needed medical treatment. Read story

Mariah Wetherby, 4, and Tyler Wetherby, of Pitman, N.J., feed a giraffe at the new giraffe feeding encounter at the Philadelphia Zoo.

Zoo visitors feed giraffes in new exhibit

Mariah Wetherby, 4, and Tyler Wetherby, of Pitman, N.J., feed a giraffe at the new giraffe feeding encounter at the Philadelphia Zoo.

July 15, 2022, 6:57am Pets & Wildlife

PHILADELPHIA ± Sunday was a great day for the Shore, but Erica Lapid, a resident of Somers Point, did the reverse pleasure commute. Read story

A French bulldog competes at the Westminster Kennel Club show in 2015 in New York.

French bulldogs offer thieves quick cash, big problems

A French bulldog competes at the Westminster Kennel Club show in 2015 in New York.

July 15, 2022, 6:57am Pets & Wildlife

In five minutes, Sailor’s life changed as she knew it. She was snatched from her Marathon home and fed hot dogs by thieves who thought they secured a payday. Read story

2 men from Congo plead guilty to shipping ivory, rhino horns

July 14, 2022, 7:39am Latest News

Two foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo have pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle for acting as middle men in a smuggling ring that brought illegal ivory, rhinoceros horn and pangolin scales into the U.S. Read story

Kittens Janet, left, and Chidi, both 11 weeks, enjoy some downtime at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington on Tuesday morning. "At the end of the day the victims are the pets, and you don't know if they're going to survive or not," said Michelle Simeone, director of the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society.

Clark County animal shelters struggle as adoptions fall, more owners seek to re-home pets

Kittens Janet, left, and Chidi, both 11 weeks, enjoy some downtime at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington on Tuesday morning. "At the end of the day the victims are the pets, and you don't know if they're going to survive or not," said Michelle Simeone, director of the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society.

July 14, 2022, 6:01am Clark County News

Local animal shelters are filling up as adoptions decrease. Read story

Dogs compete in the 15th annual Firecracker Wiener Nationals on July 4 in Rockaway Beach, Ore.

Wiener dogs stretch little legs in Oregon race

Dogs compete in the 15th annual Firecracker Wiener Nationals on July 4 in Rockaway Beach, Ore.

July 13, 2022, 6:55pm Life

A record number of dachshunds competed in the 15th annual Firecracker Wiener Nationals in Rockaway Beach, Ore., on July 4. Read story