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Black Bear Killed After Escaping Its Home
Animals  (tags: ohio, wildlife, wild animals, black bear, habitat, humans, killed, sadness, pets )

Jacquelin
- 1634 days ago - dispatch.com
MARENGO, Ohio -- Mike Crabtree had just stepped onto the back porch of his cousin's mobile home to smoke a cigarette Sunday night when he saw the animal's black legs. In the darkness, he thought it was a stray dog. Then he turned on the light. Seein
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HB 568 Ohio Pit Bull Ban Sign Petition!!
Animals  (tags: dogs, pit bulls, ban, Ohio, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1815 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Ohio House Bill 568, introduced by Representative Tyrone Yates of Cincinnati, seeks to prohibit the ownership, keeping, or harboring of a dog that "belongs to a breed that is commonly known as a pit bull dog." Furthermore, if this bill is passed and
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SUNSHINE SCHEDULED TO DIE TOMORROW - OHIO. PLZ NOTE/HELP
Animals  (tags: homeless, shelter, URGENT, tomorrow, rescue, adopt, foster, Ohio, euthanized, please, help, save, need, family, love, home, animals, pets, killing, investigation, extinction, dogs, dog, endangered, death, AnimalWelfare )

Sheila
- 1959 days ago - care2.com
The pound just got a big cruelty case, & there will be no room 4 the ones that were waiting 4 a miracle. There must be someone that would want this pretty girl. She is a golden retriever/yellow lab mix, 1-2 yrs old, 35-40 pounds. Her time is up tomorrow!!
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Second Sumatran Tiger Dies at Akron Zoo
Animals  (tags: ohio, zoolife, wildlife, wild animals, big cats, sumatran tiger, death, endangered, extinction, protection, humans )

Jacquelin
- 1625 days ago - ohio.com
second of the Akron Zoo's Sumatran tigers died Wednesday, less than a month after a female tiger was euthanized because of chronic renal disease. Binjai, one of the oldest Sumatran tigers in the United States, was euthanized after lab results indicate
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Stop Ohio From Banning Pit Bulls Statewide! Sign Petition!!
Animals  (tags: pit bulls, animals, Ohio, ban, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1818 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Ask these lawmakers to solve Ohio's dog issues through effective dangerous dog ordinances, funding low cost and free spay/neuter clinics, banning tethering of dogs, and stregthening Ohio's antiquated animal cruelty laws.
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Take Action Ohio: Make Cockfighting a Felony!
Animals  (tags: Ohio, cockfighting, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, habitat, pets )

Cher
- 1863 days ago - community.hsus.org
Cockfighting is a felony in 37 states, but still a misdemeanor in Ohio. Please make a brief, polite phone call to your state representative to urge support for H.B. 415.
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No More Pitbulls in Ohio??
Animals  (tags: pit bulls, dogs, legislation, Ohio, illegal, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1824 days ago - petloverstips.com
Possibly, if Ohio State Representative Tyrone Yates gets his way. Yates has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to even own a pitbull type breed of dog in the state. And if the legislation, H.B. 568, passes, Ohio pitbull owners would have
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Ohio to Get Tough on Aminal Abuse!
Animals  (tags: animals, Ohio, abuse, laws, AnimalWelfare, protection, pets, wildlife, environment )

Cher
- 1860 days ago - petloverstips.com
Day after day I write about the horror stories, the neglects and abuses that man inflicts on animals and our canine companions. Sometime I think that people are just getting worse and things will never get better. Judges sentence animal abusers with
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New Monkey Makes Its Debut at the Toledo Zoo
Animals  (tags: ohio, zoolife, wildlife, wild animals, primates, monkeys, debute, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1693 days ago - toledoblade.com
There's a new member of the Toledo Zoo's primate forest exhibit. The baby monkey, a male Francois' langur, was born earlier this month and is now on exhibit at the zoo with his mom, Ashes, and dad, Dong Puong. The baby is orange in color, quite a co
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2 Endangered Bobcats Found on Ohio Roads
Animals  (tags: ohio, wildlife, wild animals, bobcats, roadkill, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1621 days ago - ohio.com
ATHENS: State wildlife authorities say two endangered bobcats have been found as roadkill alongside separate highways in eastern Ohio's Belmont County. Spokeswoman Susie Vance with the Ohio Division of Wildlife says it's a sign that the state's bobcat
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Stranded Horse Returns To Safety
Animals  (tags: ohio, animals, horse, stranded, cliff, rescued, AnimalWelfare )

Jacquelin
- 1869 days ago - wpxi.com
POWHATAN POINT, Ohio -- A horse stranded on a cliff on Friday across the Pennsylvania border in Ohio, is back at the top of cliff and is safe. Animal rescue crews gathered near Powhatan Point Friday, working to save a horse stuck on a cliff, on a hills
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Animals Rescued From Farm Were Mistreated, Deputies Say
Animals  (tags: ohio, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, animalsuffering, sadness, neglect, suffering, protection )

Jacquelin
- 2029 days ago - dispatch.com
CLARKSBURG, Ohio -- More than 50 animals removed from a Ross County farm were receiving care from a veterinarian yesterday in an attempt to nurse them back to health. Authorities anticipate filing animal-cruelty charges in the case, said Don Hayburn, c
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Toledo Zoo Hails Rare Birth of 'Tiny Treasure'
Animals  (tags: ohio, zoolife, amphibians, salamander, hatched, endangered )

Jacquelin
- 1914 days ago - toledoblade.com
The Toledo Zoo's newest addition is no more than a half inch long, doesn't have lungs, secretes a sticky substance when threatened - and was dubbed a "little tiny treasure" by a curator. Zoo officials announced yesterday that they successfully bred a N
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