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Monday
Dec042006

Grab bag of recent animal news stories

DateMonday, December 4, 2006 at 05:03PM

orphans.jpgHuman and canine orphans help each other:

New Straits Times (Malaysia) - Strays get new 'leash' of life with orphans: Everyone is a winner. A group of orphans learns a lesson about love and responsibility, while a pack of strays turns from street dogs into sweet dogs

Destructive feral hog populations are “self-inflicted wounds”:

The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) - Hogs go wild in Texas: Animals invade developed area

A German shepherd-timberwolf mix digs a 20-ft. tunnel and carries here people through it.

Buffalo News (New York) - Shana tunnels way to heroism: Canine rescued elderly couple trapped in surprise October snowstorm

A reporter tries to find out why a local magazine is promoting the purchase of made-up breeds of dogs when the local animal shelter takes in 32,000 animals a year.

Miami New Times (Florida) - Creating Monsters; A luxury mag promotes mongrels for millionaires for millions

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