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  • Students put animals in school ceilings for senior prank

    Sat, Jun 05, 2010 3:37 PM by Associated Press

    The boys face charges including burglary, criminal mischief, conspiracy and possibly animal cruelty.

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  • Cow escapes slaughterhouse, gets a second chance at life

    Sat, Jun 05, 2010 12:02 PM by Agence France-Presse

    The cow will be put out to pasture with plenty of food until its old age.

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  • Gulf oil spill: Animals can't escape the muck

    Gulf oil spill: Animals can't escape the muck

    Sat, Jun 05, 2010 9:23 AM by Laura Moss

    Thousands of barrels of oil continue to gush into the Gulf each day, threatening the lives of 400 species.

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  • Gulf birds frozen in oil: Images of a desperate summer

    Sat, Jun 05, 2010 3:46 AM by Seth Borenstein, AP

    Oiled birds can die from being too cold or too hot, because the crude oil interferes with the natural oils that make them waterproof.

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  • Squirrels adopt orphaned relatives ... sometimes

    Fri, Jun 04, 2010 12:08 PM by Jeffrey Davis

    Red squirrels may not be territorial loners. Research shows they may adopt nearby orphaned relatives under special circumstances.

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  • Birds released from oily grave, never to see the ocean again

    Fri, Jun 04, 2010 11:06 AM by Agence France-Presse

    A cattle egret and a least bittern were released 10 days after being found and treated in a coastal rescue center.

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  • Pamela Anderson appeals to Putin over Canadian seals

    Fri, Jun 04, 2010 6:36 AM by Agence France-Presse

    "Since you've already banned the slaughter of baby seals in Russia, I'm writing to ask that you also ban seal-pelt imports from my native Canada," she wrote.

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  • Cricket sex video reveals the insects' wild mating behavior

    Fri, Jun 04, 2010 1:09 AM by Agence France-Presse

    Pairs mate up to 40 times, while females also slip out for quick liaisons with other males before returning to their regular mates.

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  • World's ugliest dog dies at 17

    Thu, Jun 03, 2010 5:59 PM by Agence France-Presse

    Miss Ellie won Animal Planet's World's Ugliest Dog award last year and helped raise money for the Humane Society.

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  • Uglier fish have better sperm

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 8:28 PM by Bryan Nelson

    Being born an ugly male guppy may seem like a rotten stake in life, until you take a look at their superior sperm.

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  • Ohio woman finds groundhog hiding under car hood

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 3:33 PM by Associated Press

    Rebecca Martin found the animal while investigating a thumping sound coming from her car.

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  • Animals die, drown on Zimbabwe's Starvation Island

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 12:09 PM by Angus Shaw, AP

    Rising lake waters have submerged grazing land for hundreds of animals.

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  • French baby eels flown to Finland to replenish Baltic stock

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 12:04 PM by AFP

    The Finnish stock is heavily dependent on eels imported for repopulation.

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  • 'Drunk' parrots litter Australian town, remain a mystery

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 4:45 AM by Agence France-Presse

    The lorikeets are showing signs of drunkenness by losing coordination and passing out, and then cowering in cages as they recover from "hangovers."

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  • Obese kookaburra sent to birdy bootcamp

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 10:20 PM by Reuters

    The kookaburra gained weight when residents at a Sydney park began feeding her sausages at barbecues.

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