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Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Buyers first line of defense against bad dog breeders

by The Editorial Board August 9, 2019August 8, 2019

It’s often left up to customers to figure out if they are getting their pet from a legitimate source.

Local & State, News

Ties of love bind pups and prisoners

by Megan Gray August 4, 2019August 5, 2019

Behind the walls of the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, inmates find solace and self-respect as they train puppies from the Animal Welfare League in Kennebunk.

Local & State, News

Watch: Humorous ‘Duckasaurus’ video has serious message in South Portland

by Kelley Bouchard August 1, 2019August 2, 2019

The public service announcement is a humorous take on 1950s sci-fi monster movies, but its goal is to promote a new ban on feeding waterfowl and gulls.

Local & State, News

Watch: Portland police officer risks stench, rescues distraught skunk

by Matt Byrne July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

A Portland police officer managed to safely remove an aluminum soda can from the head of a frustrated skunk Tuesday morning without getting sprayed.

Local & State, News

Shark sighting prompts beach advisory in York

by Gillian Graham June 24, 2019June 24, 2019

A basking shark was spotted swimming off Long Sands Beach on Monday morning, town officials say.

Local & State, News

Fox that bit dog in Bowdoin Tuesday tests positive for rabies

by The Times Record May 8, 2019May 8, 2019

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.

Outdoors

Natural adoption in the animal kingdom is rare, but foster parents still exist

by Deirdre Fleming April 14, 2019April 14, 2019

Most adoptions that take place in nature are facilitated by wildlife biologists and animal rehabilitators.

Local & State

Video: Watch Bubba the cat get rescued from Skowhegan tree after 2 days, 2 snowstorms

by Amy Calder April 10, 2019April 11, 2019

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.