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Crew finally remove smelly bull carcass near river »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 1 week ago in News

RUMFORD, Maine (AP) — A public works crew retrieved the bloated carcass of a bull that had floated down the Androscoggin River and over a waterfall ...

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Wombat Pictures and Animal Facts »

Posted by: GrizzlieOrk 3 months ago in Science & Technology

Wombats are marsupials from Australia. They resemble small bears in appearance, with a thick and heavy body. They live in burrows and are rapid, powerful ...

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Sightings show cougars expanding into central US »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News

CALEDONIA, Wis. (AP) — Anna Lashley can't forget her surprise when she looked out her kitchen window three years ago just south of Milwaukee and ...

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Alaska school punishes students for taunting moose »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News

PALMER, Alaska (AP) — Eighth-graders at an Alaskan school have been disciplined for taunting and frightening a moose so severely it suffered a fatal injury.

School ...

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California man booked in horse decapitation »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News

ANZA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Southern California man after determining that a dead horse on his property had been struck repeatedly in the ...

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Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to overturn a ...

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No more monkey business: Vasectomies for primates »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News

SAO PAULO (AP) — The monkey business is about to end for some Brazilian primates.

Health officials in the central city of Goiania plan to perform ...

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Brothers: Chimp victim responding to commands »

Posted by: ap 8 months ago in News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two brothers of a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee say she can talk and respond to commands.

Stephen and Michael ...

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Derby hopeful Old Fashioned retired due to injury »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — One-time Kentucky Derby favorite Old Fashioned has been retired from racing after knee surgery.

The 3-year-old colt owned by Rick Porter's ...

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Mont. man found guilty in rare cattle-theft case »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News

WOLF POINT, Mont. (AP) — A northeastern Montana man was convicted of stealing 39 head of cattle in what appears to be the state's biggest ...

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Maine lobster trap rope finds new use as doormats »

Posted by: ap 8 months ago in News

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — Rope once used to connect lobster traps on the ocean floor soon will grace the entryways of people's houses.

At a ...

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Huge chimp shot dead after mauling woman in Conn. »

Posted by: evanoffgaryj 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News

A 200-pound domesticated chimpanzee who once starred in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola was shot dead by police after a violent rampage that ...

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Elephant tramples Dutch tourist to death in India »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 4 weeks ago in News

GAUHATI, India (AP) — A wild elephant trampled to death a 60-year-old Dutch tourist who was on a safari at a national park in northeastern India ...

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Family moves to seal photos of Conn. chimp victim »

Posted by: ap 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee asked a judge Monday to seal photos of the victim and her medical ...

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Cartoonists treading lightly when drawing Obama »

Posted by: ap 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz was in front of a classroom full of black and Latino kids, drawing presidents. He sketched Bush, then Clinton. Next came his ...

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