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From Frenchies to rescue cats, New York's trauma center for animals takes the most complex cases

Mar. 17, 2024 09:42 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Waddling in with lime-green booties on his front paws, Harrison, a beloved seven-year-old French bulldog, is a familiar sight at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York City. “Between myself and surgery, the neurology team, the internal medicine team,...

A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned

Mar. 16, 2024 02:24 AM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mice accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change, and they are eating seabirds and causing major harm in a special nature reserve with “unique biodiversity.” Now...

Authorities seize ailing alligator kept illegally in New York home's swimming pool

Mar. 15, 2024 20:25 PM EDT

HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said. Environmental conservation police officers seized the 750-pound (340-kilogram), 11-foot-long (3.4-meter-long) alligator on Wednesday from a...

Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike

Mar. 15, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement...

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

Mar. 14, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) test of endurance across the frozen wilderness. This year...

Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves

Mar. 13, 2024 21:28 PM EDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves in Texas, according to court documents and federal prosecutors. Arthur...

Rats are high on marijuana evidence at an infested police building, New Orleans chief says

Mar. 13, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rats have gotten into confiscated pot at New Orleans' aging police headquarters, munching the evidence as the building is taken over by mold and cockroaches, said the city's police chief. “The rats eating our marijuana, they're all high,” Police...

Seavey now has the most Iditarod wins, but Alaska's historic race is marred by 3 sled dog deaths

Mar. 13, 2024 01:20 AM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's annual Iditarod dog sled race ended with a victory for the ages: One of the biggest names in the sport came from behind after a moose attack to win the grueling, dayslong contest for an unprecedented sixth time. But Dallas Seavey's record-setting...

Dallas Seavey wins 6th Iditarod championship, most ever in the world’s most famous sled dog race

Mar. 12, 2024 23:28 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dallas Seavey's path to an Iditarod championship was like none he's faced before, including killing a moose and overcoming a time penalty that had him in 10th place at one point to win a record-breaking sixth championship in the world’s most famous sled dog race. ...

Wild horses facing removal in a North Dakota national park just got another strong ally: Congress

Mar. 12, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape. A National Park Service decision is expected...