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Offbeat News tagged with investigation

Loan Wolf? Prizewinning Photographer Faces Fakery Claims
Offbeat  (tags: wildife photographer, won award, investigation, jumping wolf picture, fakery, allegations )

Simone
- 6 days ago - guardian.co.uk
t was billed as the moment when a wildlife photographer's remarkable patience was rewarded; an image which won him £10,000 and the year's most prestigious award. But José Luis Rodriguez is now facing allegations that his startling close-up image of
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Feds Probe Cherokee Bear Attack
Offbeat  (tags: cherokee bear pits, investigation, manager hurt, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 16 days ago - citizen-times.com
Federal inspectors will look into a bear attack at a zoo that left the manager with serious injuries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which regulates captive animals under the federal Animal Welfare Act, will send inspectors unannounced to the Chief
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'Tiger' Kills Boy in Kathmandu
Offbeat  (tags: tigers, controvery, leopards, investigation, young boy, killed, village )

Simone
- 20 days ago - thaindian.com
A five-year-old boy was killed by "tigers" in the capital city Kathmandu, police said Monday. Vishal Lama, son of Badri Singh Lama, was killed in Chhaimale, a forested area in Kathmandu Saturday. The boy, who lived in Devichaur in neighbouring
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Beheading Chickens Is OK, But Beheading Cats Is "Over the Top"
Offbeat  (tags: beheading animals, cruelty, victims, controversy, investigation )

Simone
- 38 days ago - animalrights.change.org
One dog, one cat, three chickens -- all were found beheaded in Philadelphia late last week. The AP's brief account of the discovery mentioned only the dog and cat in its intro, the chickens coming up only a few sentences later as having been found "along
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Problems at Arlington National Cemetery Investigated
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, bizarre, investigation, two in grave, government )

Lone
- 43 days ago - cnn.com
Washington (CNN) -- Army Secretary John McHugh ordered a new investigation into poor record keeping and other problems at Arlington National Cemetery even as a separate investigation ended without an absolute answer to who is buried in a grave marked
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In N'Out Maru CUTE VIDEO!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, investigation, bizarre, funny, off-beat, performance, interesting )

Suzybell
- 47 days ago - buzzfeed.com
Celebrity Buzz Box Cat gets his first music video. The only thing that could improve this would be the involvement of a Double-Double.
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Mountain Lion Photo An Internet Hoax
Offbeat  (tags: mountain lion photograph, internet hoax, investigation )

Simone
- 59 days ago - ksallink.com
There is a photograph currently circulating on the Internet of a mountain lion supposedly dragging a whitetail buck in Kansas. The "Wichita Eagle" reports the photo is part of a wide-ranging online hoax. Officials with the Cougar Network and the
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UK Police Spying Began With Animal Rights Activists Then Expanded to Other Groups
Offbeat  (tags: english police, investigation, spying, animal right activists, groups )

Simone
- 59 days ago - greenisthenewred.com
There has been a slew of incredible, and disturbing, reporting by the UK Guardian recently on how police have rebranded activism as "domestic extremism" and "domestic terrorism." Environmental activists, antiwar activists, animal rights activists and
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Animal Advocates Shot at During Protest
Offbeat  (tags: animal advocates, protesting, puppy mills, shot at, investigation, sniper )

Simone
- 72 days ago - smdp.com
Members of an animal rights group were the victims of sniper fire during a protest here Saturday and are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the shooter.
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Car Mows Down Rare Cat in Bandipur Forest
Offbeat  (tags: car, mowed down rusty spotted cat, investigation, bandipur forest )

Simone
- 74 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A rusty-spotted cat (world's smallest wild cat) was mowed down by a speeding car in Bandipur Tiger Reserve recently. Naturalist Rakesh Gupta saw the car with a Kerala registration number kill the cat but couldn't note down its number.
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Long Dead Grouse Gets the Last Laugh
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, crime, cruelty, environment, ethics, GoodNews, habitat, humans, investigation, killed, killing, law, protection, society, wildanimals, wildlife, americans, animals, bizarre, envir )

Wolfweeps
- 74 days ago - alaskadispatch.com
An easy shot at dinner turned out to be costly for 33-year-old Rockmon Davisson of Sterling, according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers, who caught Davisson ground-sluicing a grouse on the Kenai Peninsula Monday. Two problems for Davisson: One, the grouse in
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Hedgehogs in Decline 'Because Badgers Are Eating Them'
Offbeat  (tags: hedgehogs, disappearing, investigation, badgers, eating them )

Simone
- 95 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Researchers believe that hedgehog numbers are falling because the booming badger population is eating them when food becomes scarce. The decline is also being explained by the fact that badgers, whose numbers have increased in recent years since
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More Child Porn Charges Filed Against Man Who Blamed His Cat -
Offbeat  (tags: child porn, cat, computer, downloading, arrest, investigation )

Raffi
- 99 days ago - sun-sentinel.com
Authorities have filed another 90 charges of possession of child pornography against a Martin County man who blamed the crime on his cat. According to a sheriff's report, Jensen Beach resident Keith Griffin told investigators that pornographic images
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The Not-So-Happy Meal: What's Really in Fast Food?-OH!Gross!
Offbeat  (tags: food, culture, society, safety, ethics, protection, risks, safety, investigation )

Suzybell
- 113 days ago - current.com
The real story behind every perfectly round patty and golden fry is something the fast food industry would prefer you not know. From the processing plants where cow manure gets ground into meat to the chemistry labs that create fast food flavors such as
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Dog Eats Cop Car's Tyres
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, investigation, pets, unusual, odd, off-beat, funny, food, police )

Suzybell
- 115 days ago - metro.co.uk
Some dogs chase cars. One in a North Carolina town decided to try to eat one. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says a pit bull managed to deflate all four tyres of a deputy's cruiser near Hope Mills on Sunday.Police spokeswoman Debbie Tanna says th
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