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Animals News tagged with Utah

Protesting for Minks in Utah
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, mink, fur farms, Utah, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 14 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Morgan, Utah, is home to 15 active mink fur farms -- which makes it more entrenched in the abhorrent practice than any other U.S. community. And on Saturday, November 28, animal rights activists hope to make it the site of a major protest too:
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Utah Impedes Fur Farm Protest
Animals  (tags: animals, fur farms, Utah, AnimalWelfare, suffering, killing, environment, protection )

Cher
- 35 days ago - diggingthroughthedirt.blogspot.com
An animal-rights group in Utah is suing the state's Department of Transportation after it denied the organization a permit to protest
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Abert's Squirrel - Sciurus Aberti - NatureWorks
Animals  (tags: habitat, wildlife, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, wildanimals, squirrels, Abert, ear tassels )

Raffi
- 81 days ago - nhptv.org
Abert's squirrel is also know as the tassel-eared squirrel. It has long tufts or tassels of fur on its ears. Its fur is gray on the sides, reddish on the back and white on the belly.It has a bushy tail with white fur on the underside.In the summer,
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Bear Market: Biologists Want to Know How Many Bears Live in Utah
Animals  (tags: animals, bears, Utah, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 130 days ago - sltrib.com
The female black bear was larger than wildlife officers expected. Her size, coupled with her healthy fat reserves, meant the drugs the sow was given weren't enough to tranquilize her.
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Prairie Dogs Can Be Removed From Golf Course
Animals  (tags: animals, trapped, prairie dogs, removed, Utah, golf course, tribal lands )

Cher
- 216 days ago - deseretnews.com
Two environmental groups say they plan to appeal to the 10th Circuit a federal court ruling this week that allows Utah prairie dogs to be trapped and removed from a Cedar City golf course and tribal lands belonging to the Paiutes.
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Animal Control Officers Looking For Horse Killer
Animals  (tags: horse, killed, $1000 reward offered, Utah )

Betty
- 274 days ago - abc4.com
Darlene DeLeon says she was on her job driving near I-80 and 6800 west when she saw a man kill a horse. DeLeon drives a sweeper truck. She says, "The man needs to be prosecuted. He just stood there, he didn't care."
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Utah, a Popular Way Station for Bald Eagles
Animals  (tags: bald eagles, Utah, birds, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 299 days ago - sltrib.com
Every now and then during those frigid February mornings, June Ryburn wonders why she stands in a frozen marsh scanning the horizon for signs of flight. Yet for the past 18 years, Ryburn has rarely missed a chance to volunteer for Utah's annual
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10-Year-Old Monkey at Utah Zoo Gets Artificial Lenses
Animals  (tags: utah, zoolife, wildanimals, wildlife, howler monkey, eli, catarac surgeryAnimalWelfare )

Jacquelin
- 575 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
MURRAY, Utah -- Doctors performed eye surgery on Eli, a 10-year-old monkey. He can't follow an eye chart, of course. But Eli's caretakers believe he can see better for the first time in years. Doctors removed cataracts from Eli's eyes Monday and replac
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Wolf Issues Not So Simple In Utah
Animals  (tags: wolves, Utah, protection, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered )

Cher
- 603 days ago - deseretnews.com
If a marauding wolf comes into Utah and stays in that little corner of the state, it would be classified as "delisted". But if it moves outside the area, then it would still be considered a member of the endangered club.
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Wolf Pack Sighted in Utah for the First Time in Almost 80 Years - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: wolf pack, journeyed, sighted, utah, first time in 80 years, endangered, wild animals )

Simone
- 613 days ago - ksl.com
For the first time in almost 80 years, there's a confirmed sighting of a wolf pack in Utah. Five wolves were spotted running in a remote corner of the state. In recent years, lone wolves have been trapped in Utah twice, but this is the first
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House Passes Animal Torture Bill; Next Stop Is Gov's Desk
Animals  (tags: utah, AnimalCruelty, law, AnimalWelfare, animals, cats, dogs, protection, GoodNews )

John
- 632 days ago - origin.sltrib.com
Cats and dogs in Utah are one pawstep closer to protection from torture under the possibility of felony charges. The Utah House approved Senate Bill 197 on Tuesday, 62-6. The bill would make torturing a domesticated cat or dog a third-degree felony,
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Cops Chase Down Loose Moose In Utah
Animals  (tags: moose, Utah, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 648 days ago - wcsh6.com
Animals in Utah's mountains are having a tough time finding food, forcing many to head into the valleys where there's less snow. A young moose was the latest to wander into one Salt Lake City neighborhood. It was the second time the young moose showed up,
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Two Dogs Shot in Two Days as Cruelty Bill Remains Unpassed
Animals  (tags: dogs, shot, killed, Utah, cruelty bill, under consideration, unpassed )

Betty
- 655 days ago - kutv.com
Two dogs were shot to death in Utah over the span of 2 days - as lawmakers consider a bill that would up the punishment for perpetrators of animal cruelty. Currently, the Utah Legislature is considering a bill that would make it a felony to commit....
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River Otters May Swim in More Utah Waters
Animals  (tags: otters, animals, AnimalWelfare, releasing into the wild, Utah, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, habitat )

Cher
- 711 days ago - myfoxutah.com
Sightings of river otters have been scarce throughout Utah since they were first documented in 1826. That may change under a state plan to bring the aquatic mammals with a taste for fish to a river near you.
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Utah Governor Calls Special Session to Consider Henry's Law, a Bill That Would Make Animal Torture a Felony
Animals  (tags: animal laws, felony, animal torture, animal cruelty, protection, protecting animals, animal welfare, utah )

Simone
- 830 days ago - network.bestfriends.org
It's time to call Utah legislators again in support of S.B. 190. Governor Jon Huntsman has called a special session of the Utah legislation. And, S.B. 190 is on the agenda. In a highly unusual move, the Governor will ask the legislature to
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