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Animal recaptured without harm, local outlet reports, and is safe with handlers after escaping Jordan World CircusAn elephant escaped from the circus and ambled through the streets of Butte, Montana, before being recaptured without harm, local news reported.NBC Montana showed a video of the enormous pachyderm walking across a busy multi-lane street in front of stopped cars and gawping drivers. A later picture showed...

The Piper PA-32, a single engine plane, crashed off the coast across from Trump’s LA golf club in Ranchos Palos VerdesA pilot and his dog survived a plane crash off the California coast, swimming to shore where they were met by authorities responding to the incident.A 911 call came in on Sunday afternoon at 5.22pm about a plane crashing into the ocean off the...

Residents call for felony charges after Cody Roberts reportedly taped animal’s mouth shut, took photos and killed it behind barA Wyoming hunter who reportedly ran over a gray wolf with a snowmobile, taped the creature’s mouth shut, took a picture with it inside a local bar and then shot it to death behind the tavern has ignited calls for stiffer penalties in such an...

Frantic giraffes, barking gibbons, randy tortoises … previous solar eclipses have revealed varied responses to sudden onset of darknessNot every scientist’s attention will be focused on the skies during Monday’s solar eclipse. Animal behaviorists at several zoos across its pathway will be watching creatures great and small for their reactions to the sudden, unexpected darkness.The research is an extension of their observations from 2017’s...

Dog that had gone missing was discovered in Michigan clean and well-fed: ‘Whoever had her took good care of her’Nearly nine months after his disappearance, a dog that had gone missing in California was discovered more than 2,000 miles away in Michigan.A resident in Harper Woods, a Detroit suburb, contacted police in late March to report a stray dog in her neighborhood. Police collected...

Activists say plan to remove 200 felines near Old San Juan fortress within six months is not enough time and worry cats will be killedA non-profit organization said Thursday that it sued the US National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the US territory.The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four...

Victim’s younger brother was badly wounded by animal before officials euthanized it in Georgetown area of El Dorado countyA mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and badly wounded his younger brother before officials euthanized the animal Saturday afternoon in a remote wooded area of northern California, according to authorities.It was the state’s first fatal mountain lion attack on a person in about 20 years,...

Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to landAfter achieving worldwide fame through numerous hit films and TV shows, leading to a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, Kermit the Frog has another accolade: a 270m-year-old fossil named after him.Scientists have discovered a species of an ancient amphibian ancestor, which they...

John Feikema and Christopher Arnet, who prosecutors say used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros, face prison sentencesTwo men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in southern California’s Mojave desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said.The men wore tactical gear including night vision goggles as they targeted the...

Arthur Schubarth, 80, pleads guilty to trafficking in ‘audacious’ and unlawful scheme to cross-breed sheep for lucrative saleA Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the US to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves in Texas, according to court documents and federal prosecutors.Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80, of Vaughn, Montana, pleaded...

Lieutenant governor ‘pardons’ animal and Republican local politician adopts it after it’s saved in New OrleansA piglet that was rescued after being tossed like a football near a Mardi Gras event in New Orleans was “pardoned” on Wednesday and has found a permanent home with a Louisiana lawmaker.The weeks-old pig – dubbed Earl “Piglet” Long, a play on the name of the 45th governor...

Passenger returning from the DRC said luggage contained dried fish, but inspection revealed four dead monkeysA US customs and border protection dog has caused a stir at Boston’s often bustling airport after sniffing out something unusual in luggage from a traveler returning from Africa: mummified monkeys.The passenger returning from a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported that the luggage contained dried...

A truck and trailer en route to Fort Wayne for a Shriner’s event caught fire, prompting a rescue by local law enforcementA truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early on Saturday on a north-eastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue of the animals, which roamed along the freeway, some munching on grass.The tractor-trailer caught fire at...

Conditions at Ciudad Juárez zoo on US-Mexico border not suitable so container takes Benito to conservation park 1,000 miles away A giraffe named Benito has started a 50-hour road trip to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juárez to find warmth – and maybe a mate – in his new home 2,000km (1,200 miles) to the south.A...

Quick-thinking state police officer enlists pet canine to carry rescue equipment to man who fell through iceA man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used the stranded man’s dog to get rescue equipment to him and pull the man to safety.Bystanders called 911 on Thursday after the 65-year-old Traverse City man fell...