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Congress Measure Against Wolves Seen as Precedent

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The White House is poised to accept a budget bill that includes an unprecedented end-run around Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in five Western states - the first time Congress has targeted a species protected under the 37-year-old law. Lawmakers describe the provision in the spending...

Judge Blocks Deal on Protections for Wolves

BOISE, Idaho - A federal judge has denied a proposed settlement agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 10 conservation groups that would have lifted endangered species protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula on Saturday rejected the agreement that could...

Entlebucher Mountain Dog: Meet the New American Kennel Club Breed [VIDEOS]

The name might not be as snappy as "golden doodle," but there's a new dog in town: the Entlebucher mountain dog. The American Kennel Club announced this week that it is welcoming the Entlebucher into its exclusive membership. The Entlebucher originated in Switzerland, where it worked as cattle herder in the Alps....

Monster Cat-Killer Fox Caught in England

LONDON -- A supersized fox has been caught and killed in southeast England, raising fears that the red-furred critters could be getting bigger and bolder as they gorge themselves on urban leftovers. The colossal canine weighed in at 26.5 pounds and measured 4 feet from the end of its nose to the tip of its tail -- twice...

Skimboarding Dogs Needed for Parade Float

(Nov. 7) -- A pet food company needs skimboarding dogs to appear on what it hopes will be the world's heaviest parade float -- but it's not just skimming Craigslist. In fact, it wants the casting call to be as big as its proposed parade float. On Monday, Natural Balance Pet Foods -- a pet food company co-owned by former...

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06/03/12 Wolf hunting to be debated Source: Oconto County Reporter - Oconto WI Wisconsin residents will have the chance to give their opinions on the upcoming wolf hunting and trapping season's emergency rules at four meetings the next two weeks.
05/31/12 'Dogs In The City': Her Dog Attacks Others, But She... Source: The Huffington Post CBS is hoping that dog lovers will want to tune in to see " Dogs in the City " (Wed., 8 p.m. ET on CBS).
05/29/12 Why Do Dogs Eat Grass? Source: Paw Nation I commonly get this question in my clinical practice , for which there are multiple answers.
05/22/12 Why Popular Pet's Origins Are So Hard To Trace Source: The Huffington Post Humans' close relationship to dogs has so far obscured their history so much that it's not yet possible to use genetic data to tease out the details of their domestication, new research indicates.
05/17/12 Tom Kiernan: National Park Unit Should Remain a... Source: The Huffington Post By the end of the 1920s, the gray wolf had been eradicated from the greater Yellowstone ecosystem of northwestern Wyoming and southwestern Montana.