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dogs for adoption near me :: Article Creator A 2-year-old Pup Came Into The Shelter With Her Sister. Now It's Her Turn To Find A Home Your browser is not supportedpalmbeachpost.Com palmbeachpost.Com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use. Unfortunately, your browser is not supported. Please download one of these browsers for the best experience on palmbeachpost.Com Dogs And Cats Ready For Adoption At LaGrange Animal Shelter Published 10:15 am Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Due to a recent influx of animals coming into the shelter, the LaGrange Animal Shelter is experiencing an urgent need for adoptions. Nearly two dozen animals, 12 dogs and 11 cats, are fully vetted and ready for adoption. The adoption fee for a dog is $18.50 and the adoption fee for a cat is $16.00. If families are struggling and ...

Animals in the United States

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mini golden retriever :: Article Creator Owners Thought They Bought A Mini Doodle, Not Expecting What Happened Next A woman believed she was buying a mini doodle, but he did not stop growing, leaving the internet in stitches. TikToker Jord (@jord.In.Az) shared footage of her partner attempting to measure the height of their not-so-mini doodle with a tape measure, which garnered 96,700 likes and 1.1 million views on TikTok. "When you thought you bought a mini doodle …" she wrote as the text overlaying the video. "He just kept growing and growing, big boy," she captioned the video. In the footage, Waffle, the doodle, stands on his hind legs like a human and puts his paws into the man's hands to support himself against the wall while he gets measured. A miniature version of the popular goldendoodle, the mini goldendoodle, is a popular hybrid of a miniature Poodle and a Golden Retriever, according to dogacademy.Org. ...

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minke whale :: Article Creator Party Political Whales – The Ongoing Senseless Slaughter Of Whales By Iceland, Japan And Norway Almost four decades after the 1986 global moratorium on commercial whaling put an end to the mass slaughter of whales, opposition to commercial whaling around the world is stronger than ever. Yet as we mark World Whale Day 2025, Japan, Norway and Iceland – three of the world's wealthiest nations that otherwise generally abide by multilateral environmental agreements – persist in defying the global ban. Why do these prosperous nations, with no real economic or subsistence need for whaling, continue this practice? The answer lies in political symbolism, nationalist posturing and the stubborn protection of dying industries rather than any genuine demand for whale meat or interest in preserving culture and tradition, however outdated it might be. Japan Japan's first commercial hunt after leaving the IWC in 201...

All In The Family: Maine Mother & Son Charged in Massive Drug Bust

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radiated tortoise :: Article Creator Thousands Of Endangered Tortoises Are Rescued In Madagascar After Their Sanctuary Is Flooded This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar during flooding due to Cyclone Dikeledi. Credit: AP CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone. The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center had been confiscated from illegal wildlife traffickers but faced a new and unexpected ordeal when Cyclone Dikeledi hit the southern part of the Indian Ocean island in mid-January. Flood waters a meter ...

These pets are banned in Pennsylvania

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snakes in the city :: Article Creator 2025 New York City Lunar New Year Parade Celebrates Year Of The Snake In Chinatown CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Happy Year of the Snake from ABC 7 New York! The rain didn't stop community members, families and friends from gathering for the 27th annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown on Sunday afternoon. WABC-TV is a proud sponsor of the NYC Lunar Year Parade and Festival, and streamed the parade live on abc7NY.Com, our mobile and connected TV apps, and on YouTube. You can-rewatch the 2025 Lunar New Year Parade here: The parade marched through the main streets of Chinatown, ending on Broome Street near Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Festival booths were set up along Bayard Street between Mott Street and Mulberry Street for event attendees. Viewers watched a colorful celebration featuring floats, bands and performers representing different communities and cultures. RELATED: Who celebrates Lunar Ne...

Animals in the United States

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dog bath tub :: Article Creator Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dog Found Alive In Plastic Storage Crate A woman in Florida has been charged after her landlord's cleaning crew found a dog barely alive in a plastic bin inside of a bathtub when she was being evicted. The case started in March 2024 when Dr. Anita Damodaran's landlord hired three people to clean the apartment she had vacated. The cleaners said they found the dog, named Betty, inside the plastic bin. The dog's hair was matted and she was extremely malnourished, officials with the Hinsdale Humane Society near Chicago said. The animal rescue said Betty was only able to breathe through a small hole in the bin's lid, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The cleaners took the dog to an animal hospital for treatment. "She had impact sores all over, urine burns, her fur was extremely matted, and she was probably surviving on her own feces," John Garrido, from ...

Best in the biz: The very best of Bill Flick

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rough skinned newt poison :: Article Creator Crater Lake Newt Advances Toward Endangered Species Protections For Immediate Release, October 10, 2024 Contact: Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, (971) 717-6425, cstewartfusek@biologicaldiversity.Org Crater Lake Newt Advances Toward Endangered Species Protections Oregon Amphibian Imperiled by Crayfish, Climate Change PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a legal petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that the Crater Lake newt (also known as the Mazama newt) may qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The newts live only in Oregon's Crater Lake and their populations have crashed in recent years due to the expansion of introduced signal crayfish and warming lake temperatures from climate change. "Without endangered species protections this cute little newt will soon blink out of existence," said ...