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Tucson Zoo tiger euthanized after kidney disease progresses
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Malayan tiger at a zoo in Tucson was euthanized Thursday for advanced kidney disease, officials said. The 19-year-old tiger named Sita was the only tiger at Reid Park Zoo, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Sita developed kidney disease at the age of 7 before arriving in Tucson in...
Iran declines to disclose cause of mysterious nuke site fire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An online video and messages purportedly claiming responsibility for a fire that analysts say damaged a centrifuge assembly plant at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear site deepened the mystery Friday around the incident — even as Tehran insisted it knew the cause...
Kentucky woman finds rattlesnake under wheelchair seat
MURRAY, Ky (AP) — A woman travelling in a motorized wheelchair near a Kentucky Walmart discovered a rattlesnake under her seat on Sunday, the Murray Ledger & Times reported. Officer Chris Garland said the woman “just happened to look down and saw the head right under her. She was still on the...
Tips for keeping bears away from compost amid food scrap ban
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — With Vermont's new food scrap ban in effect, the state is offering tips for backyard composters to avoid attracting bears. Starting July 1, most food scraps are now banned from the trash and landfill in Vermont. Vermonters need to collect their food scraps and either compost them in...
Old junkyard becomes home to pollinator habitat in Indiana
DRESSER, Ind. (AP) — Butterflies, bees, birds, bats and small mammals have found a home in a former auto junkyard along the Wabash River in western Indiana. A pollinator habitat has sprung up at the site of the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area due to a $20,000 grant from Duke Energy and the efforts of the...
Shrimp: Louisiana inshore shrimp season closing on Monday
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will close its spring inshore shrimping season Monday evening because biologists are finding more juvenile white shrimp in inshore waters. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says all remaining inshore waters between the Mississippi and Texas state lines...
Botswana investigates 'mysterious deaths' of 275 elephants
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses — 275 — found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks said it is mobilizing human personnel and...
Mizzou to test dog bone cancer therapy on human brain cancer
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Veterinary researchers at Mizzou have had such success with a new immunotherapy approach for bone cancer treatment in dogs, the results have now helped secure FDA approval to test the method on human brain cancer patients. In collaboration with the biotech company ELIAS Animal Health,...
US sets deadline for wolverines protection decision
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to decide by the end of August whether climate change and other threats are pushing the rare wolverine closer to extinction in the mountains of the West. Government attorneys and conservation groups that had sued to force a decision filed court...
Mission man accused of beating man to death with metal bat
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Mission man is accused of beating a man to death with a metal bat. Nathan Blue Bird Sr., 37. is charged in federal court with second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. He has pleaded not guilty, the Rapid City Journal reported. Blue Bird is accused...
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