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Man Saves 375 Lbs Black Bear From Drowning (With Photos and Video)
Animals  (tags: animals, rescued, GoodNews, bear, florida )

Scarlett
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- 2 days ago - treehugger.com
<p>Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist Adam Warwick just couldn't let the bear drown, so he took off his shirt and dive after it.</p>
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Polly Wants To Live - Parrot Toys Becoming More Toxic
Animals  (tags: parrots, toxic toys, warning, risks, pets )

Scarlett
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- 21 hours ago - prweb.com
Birdtricks.com one of the leading suppliers of bird training videos in America, released a report today detailing high toxicity levels in common bird toys, and they state that these toxins are killing parrots, lots of parrots.
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How Smart Is the Octopus?
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, octopus, intelligence )

Scarlett
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- 9 days ago - slate.com
"It depends on how you define intelligence....Octopuses can learn, they can process complex information in their heads, and they can behave in equally complex ways. But it would be a mistake to try to give octopuses an IQ score." Column by Carl Zimmer.
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Flea Market Halts Sale of Dogs, Cats After Taint of 'Puppy Mills'
Animals  (tags: Banning dog and cat sales, at Memphis, TN, flea market )

Kathy
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- 10 days ago - commercialappeal.com
No more puppies or kittens will be sold at the Memphis Flea Market, The Big One. Vendors were told last weekend about the new policy, which is already in place at other flea markets operated by Buffalo, N.Y.-based American Park & Swap. Birds and other
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Cookie the Cockatoo Turns 75
Animals  (tags: Cookie the cockatoo, turns 75, came to Brookfield Zoo in 1934 )

Kathy
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- 10 days ago - dailyherald.com
Ah - it's good to be the birthday bird. Brookfield Zoo's oldest resident - Cookie, a Major Mitchell's cockatoo - will celebrate his 75th birthday Saturday with more than a little fanfare.
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Ark. City Releases Shelter Dogs Into Forest
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare )

Karen
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- 10 days ago - usatoday.com
LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Unable and unwilling to keep abandoned dogs in a dilapidated shelter, the city of Helena-West Helena is taking strays to a national forest and leaving them on the side of the road.
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WATERVILLE: Police Capture Elusive Pig
Animals  (tags: Update on runaway pot bellied pig )

Kathy
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- 10 days ago - morningsentinel.mainetoday.com
A taste for French fries cost this pig its freedom. The Vietnamese pot-bellied pig that has been roaming the Waterville area this past month was captured Saturday on West River Road.
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Woman Charged in Death of Horse
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, killing, cruelty, horses, horse )

Joanna
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- 10 days ago - blog.al.com
FLOMATON -- A 41-year-old woman remained free on $50,000 bail Thursday accused of shooting a show horse insured for $100,000 before burning down a barn with the animal inside, investigators said
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Russian Village Is Not So Cool for Cats
Animals  (tags: animal sanctuary, caring for injured, disabled, animals, some locals, threatening to kill, them and the animals )

Kathy
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- 10 days ago - russiatoday.ru
For the last two years Kristina and Inna have dedicated their lives to helping injured animals overcome or at least live with their disabilities. But now their animal shelter in a remote village faces trouble as the locals are afraid of the odd-looking
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WHY PERCY IS A BOY'S BEST FRIEND
Animals  (tags: Percy, the assistance dog, helping autistic boy, good news )

Kathy
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- 10 days ago - thisisbristol.co.uk
William Johnson is a six-year-old autistic boy from Downend who cannot talk and has severe learning difficulties. His life has now been transformed by Percy, an assistance dog provided by the charity Dogs for the Disabled.
 
 
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