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Photographs taken in the grounds of a former stately home, apparently showing a pheasant with two heads, could be an elaborate hoax, it is claimed.

The US must protect endangered wildlife from global warming and other threats within its own borders and not rely on other countries like Canada,to do the job,according to 10 conservation organizations that announced today its intention to file a legal>>

More than 1,000 cattle at risk of contracting bovine tuberculosis are being slaughtered in Fresno County, where the contagious lung disease has been found at three dairies.Federal officials have quarantined more than 12,000 cattle there

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department says the reserve located in the states of Mexico and Michoacan was declared a natural heritage site by the U.N.'s World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City.

For 12 hours Sunday, Judith Beall, 33, and her niece Vanessa Beall, 16, sat at the corner of Redlands Boulevard and Alabama Street to protest the practice of leaving a dog perpetually chained.

So Liesza Vera, 33, chained herself to Lakeside Autobody in Lakeview for eight hours Sunday and five hours Monday to protest neglected, chained-up dogs. "It put into perspective how lonely and frustrating it is for these dogs," she said.

Timothy Verret sat with a chained collar around his neck in front of the Capitol this weekend, accompanied by his three-legged dog.

Callahan and Cattie are spending 24 hours chained to the houses as part of Chain Off 2008, a national effort to draw attention to what organizers consider the cruelty of chaining dogs outside.

Adam Moran chained himself to a tree because he says "dogs deserve better." He's part of the Dogs Deserve Better non-profit group. He's doing it in protest and two raise awareness of the inhumanity of keeping dogs chained up.

Several residents in the Southern Tier are in the doghouse this evening. It's all part of the Dog's Deserve Better annual "Chain Off."

On this day celebrating independence, 39-year-old Bryan Wilson will chain himself to a doghouse in a Sanford park and spend eight hours tethered in the hot sun.

You've heard the saying before: "You don't know what someone else is going through until you've spent a day in their shoes." Well, in a sense, that's what some Lowcountry animal rights activists did Tuesday by chaining themselves to dog houses.

by Matthew McDermott, Brooklyn, NY on 07. 7.08 According to new research published in the conservation journal Oryx, due to rapid declines in population because of habitat loss the orangutan could be the first of the great apes to become extinct.

Local animal activists put themselves in the doghouse on Saturday, literally.

Members of a group called Dogs Deserve Better have chained themselves to trees outside the Capitol building to raise awareness about the problem of leaving dogs chained for long periods of time.

Written by: Justine DePalma Published on July 8, 2008 In the state of Michigan, most county governments operate an animal shelter. Tax dollars are the source of funding for county animal shelters, so the citizens have a stake in what happens at

By Randoph E. Schmid July 8, 2008 WASHINGTON -- If the presidential election were up to pet owners, John McCain could have a blue ribbon in his future. From George Washington's foxhounds Drunkard and Tipsy to George W. Bush's terriers Barney and

by Joey Wahler July 8, 2008 COLTS NECK, N.J. - A Navy working dog is the recipient of a rare honor for his contribution to the War On Terror, after overcoming the many obstacles that combat dogs face in Afghanistan.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 PAMPLONA, Spain -- The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said.

Visitors to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium got a glimpse of one of its newest additions today; the Amur tiger cub made one of his first public appearances since he was born on Mother's Day.the cub formed an unlikely friendship with her Labrador

TROY POLICE SAY THEY'VE BEEN FLOODED WITH CALLS ABOUT A HORRIFIC CASE OF ANIMAL MUTILATION...AND ARE TRACKING DOWN SEVERAL LEADS. THAT...AS THE REWARD FUND IN THE CASE HAS GROWN TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. POLICE SAY SOMEONE TORTURED A CAT WHILE STILL Al

The WWF vehicle was travelling with 11 people in the Nord-Kivu sector of the vast territory - famed for sheltering more than half the world's 700 remaining wild mountain gorillas - when it was ambushed by armed men...

But they haven't been able to place enough horses to their satisfaction, and last month the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced that euthanasia may be necessary to keep the population down. There are currently around 30,000 horses in holding...

NN's Anderson Cooper travels to an African jungle and reports on the endangered mountain gorilla species, as they have been subject to slaughter and oppression at the hands of humans.