By:
JAY LINDSAY
01/28/12 10:30 AM
Whether they got lost, sick or swam astray chasing food, 77 dolphins that beached on Cape Cod in recent weeks have died, the second time in three months New England has seen a mass of marine mammal deaths.
Now, scientists are trying to figure out why.
They're also researching whether there's any connection to a die-off this fall of 162 harbor seals, whose carcasses were found between northern Massachusetts and Maine.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 3:01 AM
Animal advocates are warning Arizona dog owners about an often fatal disease that's on the rise this year.
The Arizona Humane Society has issued a health alert about distemper.
Distemper is a highly contagious disease that is shed in secretions of infected animals and spread by breathing.
The virus infects the lymph nodes and spreads to the blood and cell line of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and center nervous systems.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 9:58 PM
Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot.
KING-TV reports (http://is.gd/s1aYqA ) that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths.
The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River.
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ALLEN G. BREED
01/27/12 12:20 PM
Because Cyrano weighs more than 20 pounds, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question. So the tubby tabby's owners turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get him back into mice-catching trim.
On Thursday, the 10-year-old cat from Upperville, Va., received what doctors believe is the first feline total knee replacement in the U.S.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 7:02 AM
A state appeals court has upheld a fine against an Oakland pet food chain, saying fleas are pests so a flea-prevention product the company sold should have been labeled a pesticide.
State pesticide regulators fined Pet Food Express almost $213,000 for selling the product in 2002 and 2003 without branding them as a pesticide.
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By:
SCOTT SONNER
01/27/12 2:19 AM
A federal judge in Nevada who handed horse protection advocates a rare victory last fall has rejected their latest request to block government roundups of free-roaming mustangs in the West, saying they'll have to go to Congress if they think the animals are being treated inhumanely and need more protection.
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By:
DANICA COTO
01/26/12 3:17 PM
The U.S. government is imposing limits on the number of fish that commercial and recreational fishermen can catch in the waters it controls in the Caribbean, saying previous types of restrictions haven't protected dwindling populations of dozens of species.
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By:
JOHN FLESHER
01/26/12 1:01 PM
John Koski is itching to pick up his rifle after losing dozens of cows to hungry wolves on his farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula — and it appears he'll soon get his chance.
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By:
The Associated Press
01/26/12 11:33 AM
The nation's oceans chief has turned down a request made first by U.S. Sen. John Kerry for a new assessment of the health of Gulf of Maine cod.
New data indicate cod is badly overfished, and fishermen now face ruinous cuts in their catch of up to 90 percent from 2010 levels. The data have drawn skepticism from fishermen because they show a reversal from numbers in a major 2008 study that indicated the cod was healthy and getting stronger.
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By:
THANYARAT DOKSONE
01/26/12 4:59 AM
A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.
Wildlife officials told The Associated Press that they were alerted to the practice after finding two elephants slaughtered last month in a national park in western Thailand.
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