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Witnesses can bear-ly believe the surprise visitor at Connecticut governor's estate
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Witnesses could bear-ly believe the surprise visitor that appeared at the Connecticut governor’s estate. A black bear scaled the fence Saturday as human passers-by did a double-take. “It was definitely like: ‘Is this real?’” Joanna...
Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get...
Activists risk their lives to rescue animals in areas of Lebanon hit by Israeli airstrikes
BEIRUT (AP) — Hours after an Israeli strike destroyed a three-story building in Beirut, killing at least 10 people, Maggie Sharawi received a telephone call from a person living nearby saying that the attack had killed a cat that had several kittens. While civil defense members...
Police rescue 170 animals from a home in Puerto Rico including turtles, donkeys and dogs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico said they rescued 170 animals from a home in a mountain town on Thursday and arrested their owner. Among the animals rescued were turtles, donkeys, goats, sheep, various dog breeds and even an endangered Puerto Rican parrot, police...
A $20K reward is offered after a sea lion was found with a fatal gunshot wound on a California beach
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials this week offered a $20,000 reward for information about the fatal shooting of a sea lion in Southern California over the summer. The wounded male sea lion was discovered Aug. 7 between two lifeguard stations at Bolsa Chica State...
A pack of dogs killed a man behind a house in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 59-year-old man was killed in a “horrific” attack by a pack of dogs in a back yard next to a house where two dozen of the animals were kept, police said Thursday. Officers responding to a call found eight or nine mixed-breed pit bulls attacking James...
Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish
KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap in Cambodia, Southeast Asia’s largest lake and the epicenter of the world’s...
AP PHOTOS: Artisans in India’s Assam state make colorful mud idols of Hindu gods for Durga Puja
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Kanchan Paul is deep in concentration as he paints the right eye on a clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga. He stands on a plastic stool and leans in toward the 8-foot-tall figure. It is delicate work, requiring him to remain eye-to-eye with the goddess for long periods of...
Washington state woman calls 911 after being hounded by up to 100 raccoons
Sheriff's deputies in Washington's Kitsap County frequently get calls about animals — loose livestock, problem dogs. But the 911 call they received recently from a woman being hounded by dozens of raccoons swarming her home near Poulsbo stood out. The woman reported having had to...
Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the bear that killed her cub
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras...