Interior Department proposes preserves in Midwest and East to save thousands of wild horsesOctober 7th, 2009 Interior proposes preserves to protect wild horsesWASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to create wild horse preserves in the Midwest and East to protect wild horses and burros that now roam the West. Salazar says his plan will restore the health of America's wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.
Interior plan: Create preserves in Midwest and East to save thousands of wild horses in WestOctober 7th, 2009 Salazar wants to move West's wild horses eastWASHINGTON — Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the plan would not require killing any wild horses.
Investigators probing old Calif. kidnappings say bones found on Garrido property likely animalOctober 1st, 2009 Police: Bones on Garrido property likely animalHAYWARD, Calif. — Northern California investigators probing two old kidnapping cases say some of the bone fragments found on the property of a man charged in a separate abduction are likely from animals.
Police end Garrido property search, find nothing related to 2 child abductions in late 1980sSeptember 22nd, 2009 Authorities end search on Garrido propertyANTIOCH, Calif. — Authorities investigating two child abductions are ending a weeklong search on the property where a Northern California couple allegedly held a girl captive for 18 years.
Police again search property of California man charged with kidnapping girl in 1991September 15th, 2009 Police again search home in Calif. kidnap caseANTIOCH, Calif.
First hunter to report Idaho wolf kill gets harassing phone callsSeptember 3rd, 2009 Idaho hunter bad-mouthed after wolf killLEWISTON, Idaho — The first hunter to report a wolf kill in Idaho says he's been flooded with nasty messages. Robert Millage of Kamiah said he's been called a wolf murderer, a fat redneck and other names in about 50 phone calls and hundreds of e-mails.
Animal preserve run by 'The Birds' star Tippi Hedren threatened by California wildfireSeptember 1st, 2009 Tippi Hedren's animal preserve threatened by fireLOS ANGELES — Thick black smoke hovers overhead as dozens of lions, tigers and other large cats roam actress Tippi Hedren's animal sanctuary, seemingly unfazed by a wildfire raging only a mile away. Fire officials ordered Hedren, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic "The Birds," to evacuate the Shambala Preserve days ago.
Feds urge carrot-toting tourists in old Ariz. gold mining town to stop plumping up the burrosAugust 31st, 2009 Carrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obeseFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — There is an epidemic in an old gold mining town in western Arizona: The wild burros that roam the town's single street are overweight, with rolls of fat on their necks and big, full bellies.
House votes to protect wild horses from slaughter, give them more acres to roam out WestJuly 17th, 2009 Room to roam: House votes to rescue wild horsesWASHINGTON — Galloping to the aid of the nation's wild horses and burros, the House voted Friday to rescue them from the possibility of a government-sponsored slaughter and give them millions more acres to roam. But the effort may get penned up in the Senate.
New Hampshire tax evader denies booby-trapping property to harm federal agentsJuly 7th, 2009 NH tax evader denies booby-trapping propertyCONCORD, N.H. — A convicted tax evader has denied at his trial that he booby-trapped his New Hampshire property to kill federal agents.
Conn. lawmakers say they won't ban wild animals as pets, want to protect farmMay 30th, 2009 Conn. lawmakers won't take up wild animal banHARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut General Assembly won't take up a bill this session banning a long list of wild and potentially dangerous animals as pets.
38 animals killed in fire at Calif. wildlife refuge; electrical problem cited as likely causeApril 24th, 2009 38 animals die in fire at Calif. wildlife refugePASO ROBLES, Calif.
PETA criticises legalisation of bullfights in GoaApril 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has criticised the legalising bullfighting in Goa. In its petition to Goa Speaker Pratapsing Rane and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, PETA has said that the amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act 'contravenes the very purpose and object of the PCA, which is to prevent the infliction of pain and suffering on animals'.
Trespasser on Britney's property arrestedApril 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A woman was arrested on Thursday for trespassing on pop diva Britney Spears' property in Calabasas. Private security noticed 26-year-old Miranda Tozier-Robbins peeping inside the windows of the singer's house.
You can now adopt your favourite animal in Punjab zoosFebruary 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Zoo animals could hope for a better future in Punjab with the government Friday announcing a scheme to facilitate their adoption, the state's Forests and Wildlife Minister Tikshan Sud said Friday. He said that the 'Animal Adoption scheme' was being initiated, keeping in view the increasing demand from animal lovers for animal adoption and also to meet rising maintenance costs of animals in zoos.
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