Troublesome wild turkeys in Washington tourist town spared from death by adoption proposal

October 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.

September 30th, 2009 NY prosecutors suspect 'adoption Ponzi scheme'GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — New York prosecutors are investigating a possible "adoption Ponzi scheme" in which clients were defrauded out of fees for babies who didn't exist.

September 8th, 2009 Wild horse roundup captures 131 MT mustangsBILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials say they will complete a wild horse roundup along the Montana-Wyoming border within the next few days.

September 2nd, 2009 Wild horse roundup in Montana, Wyoming plannedBILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge has rejected a request to halt a roundup of about 190 wild horses in the Pryor Mountains along the Montana-Wyoming border.

August 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.

August 28th, 2009 Uruguay lawmakers OK gay adoptionMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Lawmakers in Uruguay have approved a bill allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt. Despite opposition from Uruguay's Roman Catholic Church and some of the political opposition, the 99-seat Chamber or Representatives on Thursday passed the bill 40-13, with the remaining members absent.

July 31st, 2009 Pesky burros to be removed from desert Army baseFORT IRWIN, Calif. — Bureau of Land Management officials say as many as 100 wild burros will be rounded up in the Mojave Desert next month and put up for adoption because they keep invading the Fort Irwin Army base.

July 29th, 2009 RAIPUR - Wild elephants trampled to death 10 people in the past three months in Chhattisgarh, the state assembly was informed Wednesday. Forest Minister Vikram Usendi told the house in a written reply that at least 10 people were trampled to death by wild tuskers in the state between April 1 and June 30.

July 24th, 2009 Maine court upholds IBM heir's adoption of loverPORTLAND, Maine — Maine's highest court gave a legal victory Thursday to a woman who stands to stake a claim to a share of one of America's premier business fortunes thanks to her adoption by her lesbian partner. In a unanimous decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned a 2008 lower court decision that annulled the adoption.

July 23rd, 2009 Michelle Obama, daughters tour Va.'s Luray CavernsWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha did a little sightseeing when they toured Luray Caverns, a popular tourist attraction in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The grounds of the caverns feature caves with such geological formations as stalactites and stalagmites.

May 30th, 2009 RAIPUR - Worried over the increasing incidences of man-elephant conflict, the Chhattisgarh government is planning to set up villages for wild elephants in areas hit hard by jumbo attacks, an official said Saturday. Such villages are proposed to be set up in the state's northern region where jumbo attacks have claimed the lives of dozens of people in the past two decades.

May 30th, 2009 Wild turkey crashes through window of Wis. homeMISHICOT, Wis.

April 24th, 2009 Wild elephants kill 5 villagers in IndiaGAUHATI, India — Wild elephants demolished two thatched-roof huts, killing five villagers in a pre-dawn attack Friday in India's remote northeast, an official said. The dead included a woman and her two children, Magistrate Ishfaqur Rahman said.

April 24th, 2009 Federal agency spurs people to adopt wild horsesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them.

March 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Queen of Pop Madonna has blasted critics who have slammed her second Malawian adoption bid, insisting it is "none of their business." The 50-year-old is currently in Malawi to make 4-year-old Mercy James legally hers. James' 18-year-old mother had died five days after giving birth to her.