Monday, August 29th, 2011 at
1:30 pm
** – 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 [...]
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Friday, August 26th, 2011 at
10:13 am

SLIPOFF HOLLOW, Ala. (AP) — Sometimes a wrong turn is all it takes to end up in the right place. That’s how it happened for Carl and Katrina Hubbard when they got lost in 2007 looking for a property in the foothills of the Appalachians in northeast Alabama. Instead they found what they now call [...]
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at
10:01 am
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society and The Espanola Valley Humane Society housed more than 260 pets during the evacuation of Los Alamos because of the Las Conchas fire. Although nearly all of the animals have returned to their owners, the effort came at a high cost. “We [...]
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at
9:58 am

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Please, please, please can I have a bunny? The answer is probably yes — at least for a few days — if you’re asking Everett’s Animal Farm. All summer long the city’s petting farm at Forest Park allows people to take home a domestic rabbit for three nights. It’s an opportunity [...]
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Friday, August 19th, 2011 at
9:55 am

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Watch out Mr. Hare, this tortoise has a wheel. A 12-year-old African tortoise that recently had its front left leg amputated due to injury is now moving just fine, thanks to a swiveling wheel attached to his shell by doctors at Washington State University’s veterinary hospital. The 23-pound tortoise, named Gamera [...]
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