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Current Poll

Lee Richardson Zoo has met the fundraising goal for Cat Canyon. Do you think the new exhibit will bring visitors from other towns to our local zoo?

  • Yes (100%, 4 Votes)
  • No (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 4

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Polls Archive

Changes Allows Mini-Horses as Service Animals

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most people who require a service animal to assist with a disability use dogs, but new federal guidelines also permit use of an animal that might come as a surprise: miniature horses. Horse experts, disability advocates and breeders say not many people use miniature horses, but the new Americans with Disabilities [...]

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New Law: Mini-Horses, Dogs as Service Animals

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dani Moore uses a rat perched on her shoulder as a service animal to alert her to spasms from a disabling condition. Daniel Greene’s service animal is a snake wrapped around his neck to help him predict epileptic seizures. But these creatures and many others are no longer acceptable as service [...]

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Dog Spends Hours on Roof

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — He sits there every day, sometimes for hours, up there on the roof, posed in a perfect sitting position, observing the neighborhood like it’s his kingdom. Maybe it is. After all, how many roof-sitting dogs do you see? His name is Dubi, which means “my bear” in Hebrew, according to his [...]

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A Look at the Alternative

This year marks the 250th anniversary of veterinary medicine, as the world’s first veterinary school opened in Lyon, France in 1764. However, veterinary medicine has been around since people and animals have coexisted, and there are many ancient techniques in veterinary medicine that have been used for thousands of years.  Those ancient techniques are reaching [...]

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iPhone App Designed to Help Travelers

KAREN SCHWARTZ For The Associated Press Whether you take your dog on the road or leave it behind when you travel, some iPhone apps will paw-sitively make your life easier. For dogs that get hot under the collar if they can’t go with you, PawTrotter is a $2.99 app that includes more than 130,000 pet-friendly [...]

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