A Portland police officer managed to safely remove an aluminum soda can from the head of a frustrated skunk Tuesday morning without getting sprayed.
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Shark sighting prompts beach advisory in York
A basking shark was spotted swimming off Long Sands Beach on Monday morning, town officials say.
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Fox that bit dog in Bowdoin Tuesday tests positive for rabies
A woman and two dogs were bitten earlier Tuesday at a home in Bowdoinham, possibly by the same gray fox, the town’s animal control officer said.
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Natural adoption in the animal kingdom is rare, but foster parents still exist
Most adoptions that take place in nature are facilitated by wildlife biologists and animal rehabilitators.
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Video: Watch Bubba the cat get rescued from Skowhegan tree after 2 days, 2 snowstorms
The 11-month-old cat climbed up a 30-foot-tall cedar tree Monday in Skowhegan and wouldn’t come down, despite the urgings of his owner, Christine Conte.
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What’s that noise coming from the basement? Oh, it’s just a large horse
A Minnesota resident is greeted with a sturdy surprise.
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Year of the whippet at Westminster?
Whiskey the whippet will give it a shot to be America’s top dog at Westminster.
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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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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.
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What makes chickens happy? Nobody is quite sure
Canadian researchers launch a new study to measure the welfare of poultry.