Animals

Maximum Security (right) and Country House (center) at the finish line of the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs last month in Louisville, Ky.

National

Should Racehorses Be Medicated?

1:59pm June 05, 2019

by Tom Goldman

Thoroughbred deaths have renewed calls for reform in the horse racing industry. Industry watchers and members of Congress say it's time to address how racehorses are medicated with a bevy of drugs.

Griselda, a domestic longhair already declawed when she was surrendered by her owner for adoption, plays inside her enclosure at the Animal Haven pet shelter in New York on Tuesday. The New York Legislature has passed a bill that would make the state the

National

New York Is One Step Closer To Becoming First State To Ban Cat Declawing

7:40pm June 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Both houses of the state egislature voted on Tuesday — Animal Advocacy Day in the state capital — to make it illegal to perform the controversial procedure.

World News

Larry The Cat Takes A Nap, Extends President Trump's Visit To 10 Downing Street

4:20pm June 04, 2019

Downing Street has an official cat — Larry. He is the United Kingdom's "chief mouser" and was a brief security issue for Trump's team on his recent London visit.

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Alligator Breaks Into Florida Woman's Kitchen

5:48am June 03, 2019

The 11-foot alligator smashed through a window into her condo in Clearwater. She barricaded herself in a bedroom. It took two trappers and 10 cops to get the reptile to leave.

A dead whale at the mouth of the Placer River, at the eastern end of the Turnagain Arm, near Anchorage, Alaska. The deaths of at least 60 whales along the Pacific Coast this year have scientists concerned and looking for answers.

National

Why Are Gray Whales Dying? Researchers Cut Through The Blubber For Answers

5:10pm June 01, 2019

by Nat Herz

More than 60 dead gray whales have washed up on Pacific coasts this year, the most in two decades. Researchers are trying to determine whether their food source is a problem, or climate change.

Fire Department In Britain Spent Hours Trying To Rescue A Cat

7:00am May 31, 2019

A cat named Hatty climbed onto a railroad bridge, and the BBC reports firefighters on ladders could not reach the animal. After the failed rescue, the cat eventually climbed down herself.

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Conservancy Holds Contest To Name Wild Bottlenose Dolphins

5:00am May 24, 2019

Dolphins are making their way through the Potomac River off the coast of Washington, D.C., and scientists are looking to the public for names to give the migrating mammals.

Elephants eat foliage at Botswana's Mashatu game reserve in 2010.

Botswana Lifts Its Ban On Elephant Hunting

7:35pm May 23, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Fewer than 400 licenses will be granted annually, the government of Botswana said Thursday. Conservationists are decrying the decision as horrific and unethical.

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Wildlife Tourism And Other Dangers Facing Our Most Coveted Species

1:32pm May 21, 2019

What's behind those cute selfies with wild animals?

Mama Duck Always Celebrates Spring At New York Hospital

7:04am May 21, 2019

Every year at a Rochester hospital, the mother duck chooses one of the enclosed courtyards to lay her eggs. And when it's time to go, she leads a parade of ducklings down the hall and out the door.

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