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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ... for Dogs and Cats
Offbeat  (tags: animals, pets, Christmas, gifts, protection )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
An Associated Press-Petside.com poll shows 52% of pet owners plan to buy their animals a holiday gift -- up from 43% last year.
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Dog Adoption Marks Mainstream Culture
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, adoptions, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 5 hours ago - animalwelfare.change.org
Dogs stories have always been popular, but lately there have been more that are focused around animal shelters and adoption. Characters in books and movies get their dogs from shelters or off the streets, and TV is filled with animals being adopted,
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Caring Collaboration
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, Pasado's )

Cher
- 5 hours ago - pasadosafehaven.org
As a non-profit agency, creative collaboration is often the best way for us to provide care for our animals. We were delighted to recently host some veterinary students from Pima Medical Institute. These students were ready to apply their scholastic
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Reader Photo of the Day: Kelly the Dog Begs for Treats With Her Own Plate
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, pets, behaviours, protection )

Cher
- 5 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
We love submitter laura2525's photo of her dog, Kelly, an unabashed beggar (but so cute while doing it that we're sure her owner doesn't mind). "My dog will pick up paper plates and carry them around until someone puts a treat on them for her," explains
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Trespassing Hunters Kill People, Violate Rights, and Still Get Protection
Offbeat  (tags: environment, humans, hunters, protection )

Cher
- 6 hours ago - animalrights.change.org
Well, isn't this just lovely. Men out looking for bears to kill in northern Pennsylvania trespassed on another gun owner's land on Tuesday, and sometime after the latter man confronted the hunters, there was a shoot-out. The 63-year-old landowner
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#2 Beijing (Peking), China: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour
Offbeat  (tags: environment, bicycle city, photos )

Cher
- 6 hours ago - ecoworldly.com
As CBS News reports, there are actually more than 9 million bicycles in Beijing and they are really a sight to see: "It's one of the most beautiful sights in China's capital: flocks of bicycle riders all moving in tandem through the city's wide boulevard
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Rescuing Within the Law
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, rescue, environment, protection, laws )

Cher
- 6 hours ago - animalwelfare.change.org
The key is to be prepared. Check out the Sunbear Squad for great tips on how to spot abuse and neglect in your neighborhood, how to organize a neighborhood watch, and tools to help you always know who to call. They also have information on how to help
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Man Makes Friends With Mike The Tiger - Video
Offbeat  (tags: mike, tiger, friends, bonding, tiger whispere, youtube hit )

Simone
- 8 hours ago - katc.com
He's called the "Tiger Man" or the "Tiger Whisperer" whatever you call him, he's now a You Tube sensation. In fact people come to see him as much as they do the tiger.
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Tiger Day's Team Earns Its Stripes
Offbeat  (tags: tiger day, zoo, ceremony, tiger conservation, rewarded )

Simone
- 8 hours ago - cambridge-news.co.uk
A ZOO has scooped a top prize for its tiger conservation work. The success of Shepreth Wildlife Park's 'Tiger Day' was recognised at a ceremony hosted by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA).
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Siberian Tigers Coming to DeSoto County
Offbeat  (tags: siberian tigers, serval, wild animals, caged, desoto county, bizarre )

Simone
- 8 hours ago - sunnewspapers.net
Siberian Tigers will soon be at home in DeSoto County. The County Commission Tuesday unanimously approved a development plan for cages and fencing in compliance with Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to house three Siberian Tigers and an African Serva
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Big Cat Interns Help Out, Grow
Offbeat  (tags: animals, big cats, interns, wildlife refuge, environment, protection )

Cher
- 9 hours ago - adg.nwanews.com
Much to the surprise of intern Ashley Bulla, three months of 50-hour weeks scooping tiger dung and handling raw meat taught her something: self-reliance.
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Animal Attendants Are a Special Breed
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, attendants, animaladvocates, environment, protection )

Cher
- 9 hours ago - nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com
A couple arrives at the Oromocto SPCA to pick up a dog they are adopting, an eight-month-old husky/lab mix.
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White Opossum - Probably Leucistic
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, leucistic, oppossum, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 9 hours ago - wildlifeextra.com
This weeks leucistic animal is an opossum, sent in by reader Cliff Ball, from Janesville in Wisconsin, USA. The white opossum is part of a family of at least three young ones and one older female (the mother) that all travel together frequently.
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The ExtInked Project: Weird, Wonderful and Unique - Just Like Those Endangered Species
Offbeat  (tags: animals, extinct, tattoos, humans, environment, protection )

Cher
- 9 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
The Ultimate Holding Company plans to tattoo one hundred volunteers with images of endangered species. Somehow, I'm involved
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Enter Cutest Dog Photo Contest and Get Your Pup's Face on Hallmark Cards
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, contest, Hallmark, photos, pets )

Cher
- 10 hours ago - examiner.com
Is your dog so cute he belongs on the front of a Hallmark card? Enter Hallmark Hall of Fame's cutest dog photo contest for a chance to win 250 personalized Hallmark cards featuring your dog's photo!
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