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Frog Art Contest Grand Prize Winner
Offbeat  (tags: animals, goodnews, off-beat, interesting, pictures, frogs )

Tierney
- 15 hours ago - savethefrogs.com
Congratulations to 19 year old Kaitlyn Hunter from West Vancouver, British Columbia, for her Grand Prize winning artwork entitled "An Optimistic Thought". Kaitlyn's art is featured on a brand new 100% organic cotton t-shirt available exclusively in the S
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Dog Ownership Better Than a Gym Membership? A New Survey Says Yes
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, pets, exercise, environment, protection )

Cher
- 22 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Any dog owner can attest to the staggering number of benefits our four-legged friends bestow on us. Add to that list the health benefits associated with exercise.
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Your Morning Adorable: Young Sykes' Monkey Explores at Germany's Hannover Adventure Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, monkeys, environment, protection )

Cher
- 22 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Whoopie, a young Sykes' monkey, was born in early November at Germany's Hannover Adventure Zoo. Although she's only a few weeks old, zoo staff report that she's already asserting her independence from mother Maggie, exploring her enclosure on her own
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Malaga Fiesta De Galgos - 6th December - Please Go, Support the Dogs
Offbeat  (tags: animals, galgos, fiesta des galgos, environment, protection )

Cher
- 22 hours ago - galgonews.com
Just a reminder for anyone who can get to Malaga on Sunday, Charl is holding her 3rd Fiesta des Galgos and wants as many people as possible to join in the day, preferably with their dogs too. Please support her, she is an amazing young woman who does so
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Boise Votes for Snow Leopards!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, snow leopards, grant, conservation, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 22 hours ago - blog.snowleopard.org
We are pleased to announce that the Snow Leopard Trust was selected to receive a grant from the Zoo Boise Conservation Fund. The source of the funds was the community, and the public had the chance to decide which projects would receive funding.
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Mommy, a 700-Pound Black Bear, and Me
Offbeat  (tags: animals, bears, kids, environment, protection )

Cher
- 22 hours ago - blog.peta.org
This picture was taken at a circus during intermission by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector who was responding to a complaint that PETA had filed against the traveling bear act. The USDA cited the bear exhibitor for unsafe handling, but
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The Canary in the Coal Mine
Offbeat  (tags: canary, testing, toxcity testing, animals, chemicals, cruelty )

Simone
- 1 day ago - animalwelfare.change.org
There are more than 80,000 chemicals on the market -- in everything from cleaning supplies to toys to furniture and flooring -- and only about 200 have undergone toxicity testing. As if all those unknowns weren't reason enough for concern, a number of
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Komodo Dragons and Other Giant Lizards All Evolved in Australia
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Cher
- 1 day ago - wildlifeextra.com
The world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is vulnerable to extinction and yet little is known about its natural history. New research by a team of palaeontologists and archaeologists from Australia, Malaysia and
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Leucistic Cory's Shearwater Chick on the Madeira Archipelago
Offbeat  (tags: animals, leucistic, birds, protection, environment )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wildlifeextra.com
Ricardo Rocha sent us some pictures of a young leucistic Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea borealis) photographed during fieldwork of the project "Atlantic ocean-wide changes in sea surface temperature and trends on Cory's shearwater foraging
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Earth Picture Galleries
Offbeat  (tags: animals, protection, environment, wildlife, monkey festival )

Cher
- 1 day ago - telegraph.co.uk
The annual Monkey Buffet Festival at Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi Province, Thailand
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Are Seahorses Becoming Extinct?
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seahorses, extinction, habitat, environment )

Cher
- 1 day ago - animalblawg.wordpress.com
Today, there are so many threats to the various ecosystems and the animals that live in them that it has become hard to keep track of them all. One animal that seems to receive little attention is the seahorse, even as many believe the seahorse to be a
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Michael Vick Says He Wants Another Dog, Denies Having Electrocuted Pit Bulls at Bad Newz Kennels
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, Vick, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 1 day ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
At a speaking engagement at a Boys and Girls Club in Newark, N.J., NFL star and convicted dogfighter Michael Vick said he wished he could have a dog again "more than anything in the world."
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Adopt-a-Pet: Lela the Calico Cat
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, adoptions, pets, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Lela (ID# A1077716), a female domestic shorthair cat, found herself at the crowded South Los Angeles animal shelter when her owner decided to give her up due to a pregnancy. Now she's in need of a new home and a fresh start
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Reader Photo of the Day: Fox's Big Stretch
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, photos, stretching, pets, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
We love the emotion and energy in submitter kevin.dini's photo of his rescue dog, Fox, enjoying a big stretch first thing in the morning. (We're tempted to offer Fox a nice cup of coffee, but we'll refrain since coffee is dangerous for dogs.)
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Ways to Help Animals Through the Winter
Offbeat  (tags: animals, warmth, comfort, weather, winter months )

Simone
- 1 day ago - animalwelfare.change.org
If you live in a cold weather region, like I do, then you know there will be days ahead that take the wonderland out of winter. We humans have the luxury of turning up the heat and pulling on our puffy coats and mittens, but how do other species manage?
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