Suspicious that the information is being misused by hunters and others, a Facebook birding group asks members to stop posting locations of rare species.
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New app is like Tinder … for pets
GetPet’s creator says they got the idea after seeing a stray dog on the street through a window.
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Local rescue pup playing in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl
Flora also scores a permanent home with a Portland couple.
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Frostbite proves fatal as rare hawk rescued from Maine snowstorm is euthanized
The great black hawk, native to Central and South America, could not be saved from frostbite damage to its feet and legs.
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Condition of great black hawk rescued during storm deteriorates
The raptor native to Central and South America is likely to lose at least two toes on each foot, according the rehabilitation center where it is being treated.
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Rescued hawk in ‘very serious’ condition with extensive frostbite damage
The rare great black hawk that drew crowds to a Portland park before it was rescued from a snowstorm this month has shown ‘significant deterioration’ at a rehabilitation center.
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Rare hawk rescued in snowstorm is recovering, but will lose toe to frostbite
The bird was found Sunday in the snow under a cluster of trees in Deering Oaks.
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Rare raptor’s health improving after its rescue from snowstorm
A great black hawk found in the snow in Deering Oaks is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center thanks to a Portland woman and volunteer drivers who relayed the bird through Sunday’s storm.
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Researchers come face-to-face with huge great white shark
It is unclear if the shark is the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded.
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The unlikely tenants of a studio apartment in Silicon Valley: Two cats
The inseparable pair are living there for $1,500 a month, a good deal in the Bay Area’s super-tight housing market.