For many vacationers on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a trip there is not complete without at least catching a glimpse of the majestic wild horses that roam the islands. As Hurricane Florence approaches, many are expressing concern about how the horses will fare during the powerful Category 4 storm. The Facebook page of the Corolla […]
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FCAS: This week's pets are mellow fellows
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Animal Shelter is featuring Bo and Rufus as its Pets of the Week. Bo is a 1- to 3-year-old male terrier mix who has a sweet and loving disposition plus an adorable head tilt. He is a mellow dog who enjoys hanging out on the couch as much as he enjoys […]
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Responsible Pet Care's Domino may be bi-lingual
PARIS — This week, Responsible Pet Care believes they have a cat that is bi-lingual — and can back that statement up with some facts. Two-year-old Domino has done some traveling. He was born in Puerto Rico and was sent to Massachusetts as part of a pet rescue. He was spotted by a Responsible Pet […]
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'Lucy' saves Oregon man from sex conviction
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The discovery of a black Labrador named Lucy led to the unraveling of a criminal case Monday against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence. Joshua Horner, a plumber from the central Oregon town of Redmond, was convicted on April 12, 2017, of sexual abuse of a […]
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Responsible Pet Care offering 'purr-fect' pets
PARIS — When Poof was just a wee kitten he was a little ball of fluff. He was in foster care at the time and the children in the family decided that Poof was the perfect name for him. Poof is now 1 year old and has grown up to be a stunning cat, according […]
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To save fish that can't swim, veterinarian made them tiny floaties
Leafy sea dragons, foot-long fish with flowy and fernlike fronds, typically lead what appears to be a very chill existence. In their native Australian waters, they float with the current, avoiding predators by looking more like stray seaweed than flesh. To fill their bellies, they suck tiny crustaceans off the ocean floor through a columnar […]
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Goats are drawn to happy people
Goats get a lot of love on the Internet. They get less in the pages of animal cognition journals. The darlings of such research tend to be primates, whales, dolphins, dogs and horses. Goats, on the other hand, “are not considered to be the smartest cookies,” said Christian Nawroth, an agricultural scientist at the Leibniz […]
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Franklin County Animal Shelter: Shy but loving pets
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Animal Shelter has announced its Pets of the Week. Dog of the Week Aphrodite is a 1- to 3-year-old, female shepherd mix. She is a shy but very sweet girl hoping to find her fur-ever home. She doesn’t seem to mind other dogs or cats. She just wants to find an […]
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Sony is relaunching its Aibo robot dog — and, it hopes, its brand
Sony was once the king of consumer electronics, the Apple of its day. It had a slew of iconic products. The Walkman. The Discman. The Trinitron Television. The brand was so synonymous with cutting-edge quality, its tagline was simply “It’s a Sony.” But over the past decade, it’s struggled to adapt to changing trends in […]
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What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals experience death
For many weeks, news of a mother orca carrying her dead infant through the icy waters of the Salish Sea captured the attention of many around the world. Keeping the infant afloat as best she could, the orca, named Tahlequah, also known as J35 by scientists, persisted for 17 days, before finally dropping the dead […]