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Izzy - Before and After
Animals  (tags: izzy, locked up in garage, starved, sufering, rescued new home, new weight, surivor )

Simone
- 2 hours ago - all-creatures.org
Imagine trying to survive at half your healthy body weight. While a healthy female Great Dane usually weighs 100 to 130 pounds, Izzy, a beautiful white Great Dane, weighed in at only 53 pounds when her owner was reported to a local humane society
BLM's Conundrum- What to Do With 2,700 Captured Wild Horses
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, wildanimals, wild horses )

Carrol
- 20 hours ago - examiner.com
They can't euthanize them, they can't put into long term holding. What will the BLM do with the wild horses they capture from the Calico Complex?
Feds Face New Criticism Over NV Wild-Horse Roundup
Animals  (tags: wild horses, private land, federal, administration, land managers, horse welfare )

Simone
- 52 minutes ago - sfgate.com
Wild-horse advocates are criticizing federal land managers' plans to begin a major mustang roundup in Nevada on private land, saying it's a deliberate attempt to prevent them from monitoring it.
Two More Wild Horse Foals Are Killed in Most Recent BLM Roundup
Animals  (tags: recent BLM roundup, wild horses, injured, foals killed, secrecy, public lands, outrage )

Simone
- 2 hours ago - thecloudfoundation.wordpress.com
Two wild horses foals died, one that broke its leg during the helicopter roundup and another that was found dead in the temporary corrals where the horses had been held overnight. The Wild Horse and Burro specialist at the BLM Lakeview field office
Two Elephants Shot Dead in Karnataka National Park
Animals  (tags: shocking tragedy, karnataka national park two elephants sh, investigation, poachers, ivory trade )

Simone
- 8 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
It's a grim year-end for Karnataka's wildlife: Two adult elephants were shot dead on Saturday in the Kaglipura range of Bannerghatta
The BLM Slaughter Conspiracy
Animals  (tags: BLM, evidence, wild horses, horse slaughter, capture, public lands, exterimation, greed, cattle ranchers )

Simone
- 52 minutes ago - madeleinepickens.com
"Pure propaganda" was Bureau of Land Management (BLM) spokesperson Tom Gorey's reaction in a recent AP interview when asked about the growing accusations that his agency is in the process of virtually exterminating the very herds of wild horses and burro
Northern Virginia Law Firm Covers Expenses for 132 Shelter Dogs
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, dogs, GoodNews, pets )

Charlene
- 19 hours ago - news8.net
Man's best friend is getting a helping hand this Christmas after a Fairfax, VA law firm decided to cover the expenses for 132 dogs."We have a whole firm of dog lovers here," said law firm partner Al Burin.
Babylon Search
Animals  (tags: )

June
- 18 hours ago - bsearch.babylon.com
The crimson crested woodpecker made repeated attempts to drive the snake out of the tree and was bitten by the snake five times. On each occasion the snake, thought to be an olive whipsnake, held the much smaller bird in its mouth and then let it fall
Spiders Decorate Webs With Ornaments
Animals  (tags: spiders, christmas )

Liisa
- 16 hours ago - news.discovery.com
Ribbons, shimmery fluff, silk tufts and hints of red and green might sound like Christmas tree ornaments, but these decorative touches have all been spotted in the webs of orb-weaving spiders, according to a new study.
Island Foxes Beginning to Feel Right at Home
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, GoodNews, endangered, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 13 hours ago - noozhawk.com
More than 1,700 island foxes are now cavorting on San Miguel, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands, up from under 100 just a few years ago. It has been a remarkable comeback for the endangered species and one of the fastest recoveries in the history of the
 
 
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