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Offbeat News tagged with rescue

Misery for Commuters as Two-Month Operation to Rescue Slow Worms Causes Massive Traffic Delays
Offbeat  (tags: environment, rescue, slow worms, protection )

Cher
- 9 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
For motorists stuck in the tailback, the irony is unlikely to raise a smile. But the reason for their misery on this busy urban dual carriageway is a painstaking operation by council staff in the grass verges. . . to rescue slow worms.
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The Tiniest Rescues and the Building of Compassion
Offbeat  (tags: insects, rescue, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 29 days ago - animalrights.change.org
I have a habit of not only rescuing the insects and arachnids I encounter but also, if there's a camera handy, obsessively photographing them (one of many reasons that getting a good camera and learning how to use it is high on my to-do-when-I-have-money
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The Burros and a Mermaid
Offbeat  (tags: burro, little pig, flooding, rescue, animals )

Simone
- 34 days ago - hsus.org
After a month of rain in the town of Murchison, Texas, a two-hour drive from the lowlands of Shreveport, La., the ground had reached saturation point. The earth simply couldn't absorb another drop. So when another 3.5 inches of rain fell over the week
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Lost British Backpacker Says He Was 'Total Idiot'
Offbeat  (tags: hiking, dangers, nature, rescue )

Michelle
- 131 days ago - google.com
A British teenager who was found dehydrated and freezing after 12 wintry days lost in Australia's wilderness said he wrote farewell notes to his family and expected to die of starvation.
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Dog In Danger Of Being Put Down Rescued
Offbeat  (tags: dog, rescue, from pound, surgery, ears )

Kathy
- 201 days ago - wlwt.com
A group of local pet lovers stepped in to make sure a beloved family dog isn't put to sleep. Amy and Brandon Hardin said that after he disappeared last Monday, their dog Max was found by Campbell County Animal Control agents.
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Marines in Iraq Fall for Heehaw Honey of a Mascot
Offbeat  (tags: Smoke, the donkey, Marine Corps, Iraq, rescue, unusual, goodnews )

Kathy
- 314 days ago - omaha.com
His name is Smoke, he likes hay and long walks in the desert, and he'll soon be married to the Marine Corps if an Omaha Marine stationed in Iraq gets his way.
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Neighbors Try To Rescue Stranded Macaw
Offbeat  (tags: pet macaw, loose, stranded in tree, trying to, rescue )

Kathy
- 356 days ago - www2.tbo.com
Residents of a Tampa neighborhood are flocking together to try and rescue a macaw that has flown the coop. Tania Regidor says she heard loud squawks around 6 a.m. today and saw the gold and blue bird named Chiquita in a tree
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Bronto Comes to Rescue of Baby Magpie Trapped in Tree
Offbeat  (tags: fire fighters, rescue, baby magpie, caught in nylon, in tree )

Kathy
- 389 days ago - canberratimes.com.au
It wasn't a cat up a tree but a baby magpie that needed the help of the ACT Fire Brigade yesterday. The young bird had one of its legs caught in nylon and was dangling from a gum tree in Mildura Street in Fyshwick about 11.30am, both it and its parents
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Fishermen Catch a DOG a Mile Out in North Sea
Offbeat  (tags: good news, dog, fisherman, North Sea, rescue, AnimalWelfare, GoodNews, humans, rescued, pets, bizarre, humor, odd, unusual )

Gwen
- 399 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Two fishermen were left reeling in surprise when they caught a DOG a mile out at sea.
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Video: Putin Saves TV Crew From Siberian Tiger
Offbeat  (tags: animals, protection, humans, unusual, rescue, wildlife, tiger )

Tom
- 450 days ago - reuters.com
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin saved a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger by shooting it with a tranquilizer gun. Putin, sensitive to a growing environmental movement in Russia, is involved in programs to save the Amur Tigers.
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Australian Rescues Wife From Crocodile
Offbeat  (tags: rescue, crocodile, austrailia, Crocodile_Hunter )

Sc
- 603 days ago - whec.com
DARWIN, Australia - A man rescued his wife from the jaws of a crocodile in remote northern Australia by jumping on its back, police said Thursday. The woman, 36, suffered leg and hand injuries in the attack late Wednesday in an Outback creek where the
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DARING DOG RESCUE - VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: rescue, dog, ice, water )

Sc
- 610 days ago - rochesterhomepage.net
A dog is safe and back with its family after falling into Eastman Lake. Tracey the golden retriever was on a walk with her owners when she went out onto the lake and fell through the ice. She was trapped 50-feet from the shore. Her owner called 9-1-1 and
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Firefighters Pull Foal From Septic Tank
Offbeat  (tags: foal, horse, septic tank, rescue )

Sc
- 619 days ago - whec.com
CITRA, Fla. - Nearly a dozen central Florida firefighters pulled a 2-month-old foal from some deep doo-doo after the little horse fell into a septic tank. Rescuers spent more than an hour Tuesday using hoses and ropes to save the animal who escaped
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8-Year-Old Girl Raises Money For Dog's Operation
Offbeat  (tags: dog, eoperation, rescue, raise money )

Sc
- 620 days ago - itchmo.com
It was love at first sight. When Katherine Hawkins, an eight-year-old girl from Atlanta, first saw Rocky's picture on the Internet, she just fell in love with this golden retriever who was looking for a new home. But Rocky needed surgery because he
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Warning: Would You Save This Kitten From a Deadly Python? :
Offbeat  (tags: kitten, rescue, python )

Sc
- 622 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Ruth Butterworth was raising the kitten in the Australian city of Brisbane. The python puncher said she was trying to save the kitten, which she's named Tuffy, from the same fate as its mother. Its mother, Coco, had been squeezed to death just days
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