DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — In front of her, as Melanie Fisher sat back on her heels on her living room floor, was a slotted, rectangular tray, an array of colored beads semiscattered on the floor between her and the tray. "The color, the size, that varies depending on what I'm doing," she said, aligning the beads ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Whatever happened to CC, the world's first cloned cat? It seems like only yesterday CC's baby pictures were being flashed around the world as Texas A&M University researchers presented their scientific triumph to the media. Almost 10 years later CC, aka Copy Cat, is still in the College Station area. She has a mate, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gary Silverglat could tell some great stories about himself. The guy went through several million dollars taking care of stray dogs, and he once lowered his daughter from a bridge over the Missouri River so she could grab a kitten. Then there’s Willie the Cat Man of Leavenworth. Silverglat and his wife ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Park district volunteer Ernie Gilpin and his dog Flame, a 6-year-old Australian Kelpie haze geese recently in the Deschutes River at Drake Park. This month, an Australian Kelpie named Flame might just become one of the luckiest dogs in Bend. Together with owner Ernie Gilpin, Flame will help take on the daunting task ...

Sometimes, you may find yourself in the position of needing to leave your animals for a few days. If you cannot find a sitter to care for your pets in your home, you may want to consider boarding them at a kennel. And since there are more than 9,000 boarding kennels in the United States ...