CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The little injured dolphin they called Winter couldn't have come along at a better time for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a rustic sea life rescue center occupying the city's old sewage treatment plant. The nonprofit public aquarium was about ready to go belly-up at the end of 2005 when the baby bottlenose ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A calico cat named Willow, who disappeared from a home near the Rocky Mountains five years ago, was found Wednesday on a Manhattan street and will soon be returned to a family in which two of the three kids and one of the two dogs may remember her. How she got to ...

ROSALIE RAYBURN, Albuquerque Journal The population of free-roaming horses that wander the increasingly dry landscape around Placitas and Algodones appears to be growing, and that has horse lovers and public safety officials worried. Sandoval County Sheriff Doug Wood has fielded numerous complaints about horses straying onto public roads in residential areas in search of food and water. ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill requiring that cats and dogs released from California animal shelters be implanted with microchips to identify their owners is on its way to the governor. The state Assembly voted 45-21 last Thursday to approve the measure by Sen. Ted Lieu, a Torrance Democrat. It requires that owners of pets retrieved ...

** - This past weekend's storm on the east coast should be a reminder about planning for your pets during evacuations. The guidelines below apply to all of us. - Ed. EILEEN AJ CONNELLY, AP Personal Finance Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the rush to prepare for Hurricane Irene, it might be easy to overlook the ...