Animals
Stronger to the core
Just like you, your dog needs to exercise its abs
Date: 05/30/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Senators seek to name bison 'national mammal'
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Western lawmakers want to elevate the Plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly beasts America’s “national mammal.”
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
How he got the shot
Photographer tells the story behind stunning cougar photos
Date: 05/25/2012 | Sirens
Search ends for tiger reportedly on the loose in Puyallup
PUYALLUP -- A search for a Bengal tiger reportedly on the loose in east Pierce County, Wash., has stirred up nothing but a lot of traffic.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest
Port Angeles School Board to ban classroom pets
PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School Board is banning classroom pets because of concerns that dogs, rabbits, snakes and baby chicks threaten student health and safety.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest
Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
WASHINGTON -- Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say.Man-made climate is threatening the existence of many species, such as the giant polar bear. But in the case of the small drab British butterfly, it took a species in trouble and made it thrive.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
D.C. zoo to hand-raise cubs after rare cheetah birth
WASHINGTON -- Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last month at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Pets up for adoption
Meet animals at the Everett shelter (gallery -- 24 new photos)
Date: 05/22/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 dairies
FRESNO, Calif. — Quarantines were lifted on two Central California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators found no link between the illness and food the diseased bovine might have consumed, federal officials said Friday.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Nation & World
Bremerton raises city hen limit; 5 now OK
BREMERTON -- Now that it has embraced chickens in the city, the Bremerton City Council is fine-tuning its poultry policy.In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the group approved Councilman Roy Runyon's motion to raise the upper limit on hens from four to five.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Surprised horse takes a long swim in ocean
CARPINTERIA, Calif. -- Maybe he should be named Bob.An Arabian horse named William got spooked during a California beachside photo shoot Tuesday and swam a mile out to sea before rescuers got to him and helped him back to shore.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Nation & World
Let's work together to help your dog live healthier
Does your spirit soar when watching your dog run, run, run at the dog park, or when they chase birds at the ocean, or do full-body shakes when you say the magic word … W-A-L-K? Are you someone who appreciates the short -lived sweet scent of “puppy breath” or loves watching your...
Date: 05/16/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Navy: Sonar, blasts may hurt more sea life
HONOLULU -- The U.S. Navy says its training and testing using sonar and explosives could potentially hurt more dolphins and whales in Hawaii and California waters than previously thought.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Nation & World
Zoo orangutans use iPads to communicate
MIAMI — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Nation & World
Lost dog found after 5 years
Marysville family never expected to see their pet again
Date: 05/09/2012 | Local News
Researchers: Ocean garbage gyre impacting sea life
SAN DIEGO -- An increase in plastic debris floating in a zone between Hawaii and California is changing the environment of at least one marine critter, scientists reported.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Nation & World
Puyallup to consider electronic dog leash law
PUYALLUP -- The Puyallup City Council has agreed to consider whether electronic dog collars that deliver a shock should be included in the city's leash law.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Judge dismisses suit to free orca from captivity
SEATTLE -- A federal judge in Tacoma has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at freeing the killer whale Lolita from captivity at Miami Seaquarium.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Pets up for adoption
Animals available at the Everett shelter (gallery)
Date: 05/07/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Crab fishermen save entangled gray whale
SAN FRANCISCO -- Crab fishermen working off the Northern California coast have managed to free a gray whale that was tangled in a large fishing line and that had disappeared after a previous rescue attempt, federal wildlife officials said.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Nation & World
Little survivors
Everett shelter has puppies ready for homes after rough start
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
Down Under horse sense
Equine expert shares in Monroe, Stanwood next week
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
Farm rebuilds after fire
After 6 horses perished in a barn blaze, owner looks to future
Date: 05/02/2012 | Local News
Rescuers hope dolphin finds way back to sea
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- A wayward dolphin that has spent two days in a narrow wetlands channel along the coast was on its way out to the ocean Saturday when it suddenly turned tail and swam back.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Nation & World
Wandering University of Colorado bear returned to wild (video)
BOULDER, Colo. — A 200-pound black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus and caused a stir before falling 15-feet from a tree has returned to the wild, officials said Friday.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Nation & World
Senator takes aim at birds near airport
NEW YORK -- The problem of birds living near some of the nation's busiest airports is coming under renewed scrutiny after two emergency landings in a week and more than three years after the famous ditching of a jetliner in the Hudson River.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Nation & World
Alaska moose relocation program gets $1.5 million
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A nonprofit group is receiving an additional $1.5 million in state funding for a program that plans to use the money to move moose away from cities.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Northwest
WSU raising infant horned owls
PULLMAN -- Veterinarians at Washington State University are raising nine tiny great horned owls after their nests were destroyed.Baby horned owls are rarely seen by the public because adult owls aggressively protect them, making it difficult to get near a nest.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Northwest
Discovery of mad cow disease was stroke of luck
HANFORD, Calif. — A non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Nation & World
Golf ball, debris found in dead whale's stomach
SEATTLE -- A gray whale found dead in Puget Sound had been feeding on shrimp and also had some debris, including a golf ball, in its stomach, but scientists don’t know what killed the animal.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Puppy, kitten season means shelter needs donations
It's puppy and kitten season and that means a lot of furry critters will end up at the Everett Animal Shelter needing extra care before adoption. The Animal Shelter is accepting "pet nursery" items such as puppy and kitten milk replacement formula (powder), potty training pads and heating pads...
Date: 04/24/2012 | Inside Everett
Rock wall popular with climbers, falcons
NORTH BEND -- Biologists are asking climbers to temporarily avoid a popular rock wall east of North Bend, Wash., because it has also proved popular with peregrine falcons who built a nest there.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
Pets who need homes
Animals up for adoption at the Everett shelter (gallery)
Date: 04/23/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Chihuahuas need homes
The rescued dogs have been nursed back to health
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
Former state man told to pay $25K in cat's death
OLYMPIA -- An arbitrator has ordered a former Lacey man to pay his ex-wife $25,000 in the death of her cat.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Spill causes die-off of salmon in Nooksack River
FERNDALE -- State and tribal environmental officials are seeking information about a spill that caused a small die-off of young salmon in the Nooksack River.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Peru investigates deaths of hundreds of dolphins
LIMA, Peru — Scientists and Peruvian officials are investigating a mass die-off of hundreds of dolphins along the South American country's coast.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Nation & World
County ends contract with Lynnwood PAWS shelter
EVERETT -- If you're wondering what to do with that stray dog or cat you wanted to help, you'll soon have only one place to take it if you live in unincorporated Snohomish County.That would be the Everett Animal Shelter.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Local News
Elderly polar bear euthanized at Point Defiance zoo
TACOMA -- Officials at Point Defiance zoo say an elderly polar bear has been euthanized after suffering sudden major paralysis of his right side.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Agency says eastern Steller sea lions recovering
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Steller sea lions from Alaska's Panhandle to California's Channel Islands have reached recovery targets and should be removed from the endangered species list, according to the federal agency that oversees them.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Flock to Coupeville’s chicken coop tour
WHIDBEY ISLAND -- Fowl fans are invited to flock to Whidbey Island on Saturday for the third annual coop tour.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Local News
Biologists count penguins from space
LOS ANGELES -- Using space technology to sniff out a telltale trail of penguin poop strewn about the edges of Antarctica, scientists have completed the first-ever census of an animal population taken with satellite imagery.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Nation & World
Zoo looking for boy who spotted penguin egg
SEATTLE -- Woodland Park Zoo is seeking a boy who helped rescue a rejected Humbolt penguin egg while visiting the zoo April 3.The boy is described as 7 or 8 years old with blonde, curly hair. He was wearing white T-shirt on the day of visit.
Date: 04/14/2012 | Local News
Cause of orca's death still a mystery
SEATTLE -- Two months after a 3-year-old endangered orca washed ashore bloodied and bruised in Washington state, the cause of her death remains a mystery.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
FDA works to limit antibiotics in livestock
LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it will ask livestock producers, drug companies and veterinarians to curb the use of antibiotics to promote growth in food-producing animals -- a widespread practice that has been shown to create drug resistance in...
Date: 04/12/2012 | Nation & World
Firefighters rescue ducklings from storm drain
KENT -- Firefighters in Kent rescued 13 ducklings that fell into a storm drain.Kent Fire spokesman Don Barberie says a passer-by stopped at the department's Easthill fire station Tuesday to report the ducklings' plight.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Northwest
New penguin chicks at Woodland Park Zoo
The first Humboldt penguin chicks of the season have hatched at the Woodland Park Zoo. The first egg hatched on April 3. When the parents rejected the second egg, it was moved to foster parents and hatched a few days later. Four more eggs are expected to hatch...
Date: 04/11/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
LOS ANGELES -- The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Some Alaska polar bears losing their fur
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Research scientists working for the U.S. Geological Survey report that some Alaska polar bears are losing their fur.
Date: 04/07/2012 | Nation & World
Squirrels rescued from SUV engine compartment
TUALATIN, Ore. -- When Tanya Wood took her SUV to a mechanic's shop, the chewed-up wiring was easy to explain -- three baby squirrels were snuggled in a nest in the engine compartment.
Date: 04/07/2012 | Northwest
JBLM unit in Afghanistan adopts turtle mascot
TACOMA -- A unit from a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker Brigade on a year-long deployment in Afghanistan has adopted a turtle as a mascot.The turtle was found in the desert this week by Sgt. Dison Ittue, who carried it back to Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul Province.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Northwest
Idaho gov. signs animal cruelty measure
BOISE, Idaho -- Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter gave his approval this week to a new law that puts felony animal cruelty penalties on the books in Idaho for the first time.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Northwest
Warm, fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
LOS ANGELES — The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Nation & World
Ribbon seal update
Where the recent visitor to Everett is hanging out now
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
Six-legged Swiss calf uncowed by disability
GENEVA — A six-legged calf has defied the odds by thriving despite a vet's prediction at birth that it wouldn't survive.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Nation & World
Woman who petted moose says it was a goal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Petting a moose had been something of a goal for Chantelle Hernandez, she said, since she moved to Anchorage last September to join her husband, who's in the Air Force here.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Northwest
Body found; believed to be missing Moses Lake man
EPHRATA -- The Grant County sheriff says deputies have found a body in Potholes Reservoir. Sheriff Tom Jones said the body is likely that of a 64-year-old Moses Lake man who disappeared Dec. 23.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Northwest
Bee advocates want Oregon city to allow hives
ASHLAND, Ore. -- To bee or not to bee?Honey bee advocates in Ashland, Ore., the home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, want the City Council to consider whether 'tis nobler to risk the stings of backyard honey bees by allowing more hives in the city limits.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Northwest
Pets who need homes
Animals up for adoption at the Everett shelter (gallery)
Date: 03/26/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Soldiers' dog home in Everett
Many aided in shepherd's journey from Afghanistan
Date: 03/22/2012 | Local News
Tribe: Bald eagle hunting permit a victory for tradition
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Nation & World
Cormorants off the hook in fall chinook study
LEWISTON, Idaho -- A study has found that cormorants on the lower Snake River aren't eating enough protected fall chinook to harm salmon populations.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
Director James Cameron plans plunge into Mariana Trench
WASHINGTON -- Earth's lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. It's a mission to the deepest part of the ocean, so deep that the pressure is the equivalent of three SUVs sitting on your toe.And it's being launched by the rich and famous.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Idaho House panel OKs Senate animal cruelty bill
BOISE, Idaho -- A House committee has approved a measure that would saddle repeat animal cruelty offenders in Idaho with a felony conviction.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Northwest
Dallas Seavey wins Iditarod race
NOME, Alaska — Dallas Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Tuesday, becoming the youngest musher to win the nearly 1,000 mile race across Alaska.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Groups call for new trapper rules
MEDFORD, Ore. -- Conservation and animal protection groups are calling for new restrictions on trappers, including a requirement to keep traps and snares more than 100 feet from trails on public land.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Northwest
Burmeister first to leave Unalakleet checkpoint in Iditarod
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Aaron Burmeister was the first musher to leave Unalakleet Sunday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Dallas Seavey was right behind him, leaving Unalakleet six minutes later. Aliy Zirkle also has left the first checkpoint on Alaska’s western coast.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Northwest
Zirkle retakes lead in Iditarod sled dog race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Aliy Zirkle was once held up as being the Iditarod's best chance for becoming the sled dog race's first female champion in two decades, and the 41-year-old musher's time may finally have come.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Northwest
State creates website to report wolf sightings
YAKIMA -- People who think they've seen a wolf, heard one howl or found other evidence of wolves in Washington have a new place to share their story: a website to document wolf activity and help state wildlife officials manage the species.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Northwest
Zoo gives aging gorilla a bunny companion
ERIE, Pa. — An elderly gorilla that lives at a Pennsylvania zoo has a new companion: a bunny named Panda.The Erie Zoo's gorilla, Samantha, has been without a full-time friend since the death of Rudy, a male gorilla, in 2005.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Nation & World
Gorillas very close to humans, DNA study finds
LOS ANGELES — Take a trip to the zoo and you can see gorillas are a lot like us. But a new DNA study says we're even more similar than scientists thought.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Nation & World
Mush: 40th Iditarod begins in Alaska
WILLOW, Alaska -- The quest for 66 mushers to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started Sunday with the competition's official start in Willow.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Northwest
At 31, WSU hawk may be the oldest in the world
PULLMAN -- A 31-year-old red tail hawk living in Washington State University's raptor club may be the oldest of his kind.KXLY TV reported that Charlie the hawk's handlers celebrated his birthday Friday. They calculate that at 31, Charlie has lived the equivalent of about 234 human years.
Date: 03/03/2012 | Northwest
Ranchers seek bounty hunters to cut wolf numbers
HELENA, Mont. -- Southwestern Montana livestock owners fed up with rising wolf numbers say the state's efforts to reduce the predator population have fallen short and they want to give bounty hunters a shot.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Camera in India catches rare snow leopards
SRINAGAR, India -- Conservationists have caught a pair of rare and reclusive snow leopards on camera wandering a remote, mountain region once ravaged by conflict between India and Pakistan.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Nation & World
Dinosaurs had fleas too -- giant ones, fossils show
WASHINGTON -- In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly an inch long.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Nation & World
Lynnwood council votes to allow residents to keep up to 5 chicken hens
LYNNWOOD -- The path is set for people to be able to coop up to five chickens on single-family properties in Lynnwood.The City Council scratched into the topic, passing an ordinance allowing chickens, 5-2 at Monday's meeting.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Local News
A more humane option
Group is catching, fixing and releasing feral cats
Date: 03/01/2012 | Local News
75 animals found emaciated in Spokane County
SPOKANE -- Spokane County animal protection officers have seized more than 75 starving animals in a rural property near Elk.The search on Friday also found a number of dead animals. Some had decayed to bones.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
40 bighorn sheep from Canada are released in Nebraska
HINTON, Alberta -- Forty bighorn sheep are settling into their new home in Nebraska, about two weeks after they were captured in the Canadian Rockies and moved 1,300 miles to the United States.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Nation & World
Learn about Puget Sound orcas from an expert
Combine a talent for acting with expertise on killer whales and you've got Jeff Hogan.Hogan is a biologist, photographer and trained actor, and he'll be presenting a program on killer whales March 10 at McCollum Park.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Life
Seattle zoo euthanizes elderly tiger
SEATTLE -- A Seattle zoo says it has euthanized a 19-year-old male Sumatran tiger whose health had been declining because of age-related kidney failure and liver disease.Woodland Park Zoo said the tiger named Rakata died Friday.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Poachers slaughter elephants in Cameroon
JOHANNESBURG -- Poachers have slaughtered at least 200 elephants in the past five weeks in a patch of Africa where they are more dangerously endangered than anywhere else on Earth, wildlife activists said.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Nation & World
Can you give a pet a home?
Updated gallery: Animals seeking adoption in Everett
Date: 02/15/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Pekingese wins Westminster
See more photos from the crowd-pleasing dog show (gallery)
Date: 02/14/2012 | Nation & World
Local therapy dog competes at Westminster
Bill, a Leonberger dog owned by the Taft family of the Arlington area, competed Thursday in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Fur & Feathers
Dead orca found at Long Beach
LONG BEACH -- A dead killer whale washed ashore over the weekend near Long Beach.The 12-foot female orca was found Saturday about a mile north of the Cranberry Beach approach.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Survey shows growth in Olympic Mountain goat population
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A survey shows a 40 percent jump since 2004 in the number of mountain goats in Washington's Olympic Mountains.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Pawscar awards honor this year's best animal actors
LOS ANGELES -- The Oscars aren't until Feb. 26, but winners of the Pawscars are already celebrating.The American Humane Association, which advocates for animals on film and TV sets, announced the top animals last week being honored with Pawscar awards.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Life
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