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LAS VEGAS -- Last year, almost 25,000 animals were put down at the four Las Vegas Valley shelters. But some dogs are getting a second chance thanks to an unlikely source -- inmates.

PETA regularly fields cruelty complaints from caring consumers who are sickened by the hellish conditions endured by turtles, frogs, eels, and other fragile exotic animals sold for human consumption at food markets across the U.S.

NAPLES -- A wolf-dog named Promise dispelled some big, bad myths about her species and helped raise $1,225 Saturday at the Shy Wolf Sanctuary Education and Experience Center Inc.'s third annual Sticky Paws ice cream social fundraiser.

The animal was found about a half mile south of Route 16. It appeared the dog was shot once in the roadway and dragged into the woods. The animal had no collar or identification but it looked as though it had worn a collar

Asian demand for bluefin tuna, sharks' fins and ivory will come under scrutiny when 175 member states of the UN wildlife trade agency meet to consider trade restrictions, according to documents seen by AFP.

The Canadian Wildlife Foundation recently donated $5,000 to Ph.D. candidate Lynne Burns, of Dalhousie University and Chair of Biology Hugh Broders of St. Mary's University. The team is researching the fall migration patterns and health of Atlantic Canada

BLM admits the current effort will eliminate half of Nevada's herd management areas. The next roundup near Winnemucca will reduce the population from more than 400 horses to a mere 23. BLM's own experts say that number is too low

Trash is no longer the destiny of "doggie-poo." A green trend is spreading across North America as municipal dog parks, zoos and entrepreneurs are turning animal waste into fertilizing products.

But at the grand old age of 20 years and eight months he has every right to enjoy his dog days at a leisurely pace.