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To the Hounds: Fox Hunting Lives On as an Animal-Friendly Pastime

GORMAN, Calif. -- It's a pastime, participants will tell you, that's as American as apple pie: one played in the great outdoors, on real grass, with lots of running and jumping and zig zagging all over the place. And, no, it's not football or baseball, although a horsehide is tangentially involved. David McNew,...

Fox May Have Been Man's Best Friend Before Dog

Archaeologists unearthing a 16,500-year-old graveyard in Jordan say they have found a candidate for mankind's first pet: the fox. Scientists studying the site in northern Jordan found at least 11 sets of human remains buried alongside those of a red fox, along with other animals. In one grave, a person was buried with...

Mini Moos: Miniature Cattle Are Cash Cows for Breeder

Yes, good things often come in small packages. We brought you a lot of animal stories in 2010, but the year ended in a bang on a Colorado farm with the birth of a rare miniature panda cow. The calf, named Ben, arrived at the farm of Chris Jessen, but Ben's father, a 1,000-pound panda bull, was sold to Jessen by Richard...

Fox Shoots Hunter in Belarus: 3 Other Cases of Animals Shooting People

A man in Belarus was apparently outfoxed (sorry, we couldn't resist) by a wounded fox during a hunting trip. According to media reports on Thursday, the hunter, after shooting the fox, got up close to the creature and tried to finish it off with the butt of his gun. But the fox wasn't completely down for the count, and in...

Pet Stores Agree to Put Warning Labels on Certain Flea Collars

(Dec. 16) -- If your pet wears the wrong type of flea collar, itchy bites could be the least of your worries. A group of 18 retailers, including PETCO and PetSmart, has agreed to label certain flea and tick collars in their California stores as potentially dangerous to human beings, the Natural Resources Defense Council...