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NEWS ABOUT: animal rescue groups

animal rescue groups stories: 10 news summaries

 Wandering Manatee Safe in Fla. 

'Ilya' had gotten as far as CT, rescued near refinery in NJ

Oct 29, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ilya, a 10-foot, 1,100-pound manatee spotted in Connecticut waters 2 weeks ago, is safely recuperating at a Florida aquarium before being released back into the wild. Ilya was rescued 2 days ago wallowing in the warm discharge of a New Jersey oil refinery, but neither that nor his... More »

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Florida • New Jersey • Connecticut • oil refineries • animal rescue groups • marine mammals • Manatees • aquarium • Ilya the manatee

 Aussies Can't Save 
 87 Stranded Whales 

But rescuers are ultimately able to save only four

Mar 25, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue crews saved four long-finned pilot whales after a mass stranding in Western Australia’s Hamelin Bay, but scores of others died, the West Australian reports. Eighty-seven whales and dolphins beached Monday, prompting more than 250 volunteers and 100 conservation workers to spend a near-freezing night on the beach nursing... More »

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Australia • rescue • dolphin • animal rescue groups • stranded • dolphins • whales

 Think You've 
 Got it Bad? 
 Try Being a Horse 

Economy woes spur owners to abandon their steeds

Mar 1, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Humans aren't the only ones hurt by recession, as hundreds of thousands of horses could attest. While more owners are abandoning their steeds as the costs become a burden, fewer people are able to help fund horse rescue centers, reports the New York Times. The result has been some 100,... More »

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pets • recession • horse • horse neglect • animal rescue groups • economy • recession depression

Wrong-Way Manatee Heads Home to Fla.

Saved from icy Cape Cod waters, 'Dennis' sets off on truck trip

Oct 12, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Animal experts staged a dramatic rescue in Cape Cod yesterday, pulling ashore a juvenile 1,000-pound manatee and hauling it into a moving van bound for Florida, the Cape Cod Times reports. “Things went as well as we could have hoped for,” a rescuer told the Boston Globe,... More »

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Florida • Massachusetts • SeaWorld • Cape Cod • animal rescue groups • Manatees • animal

Advocates for
Pit Bulls Work
to Dispel Image

California couple uses Michael Vick's dogs to prove their point

Aug 16, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pit bull has long been considered a breed prone to violence—a generalization the Michael Vick case did nothing to help. But a California couple is working to show people that the dogs have become victims of stereotype and, more importantly, widespread abuse. And they're using some of the... More »

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Michael Vick • dogfighting • animal rescue groups • dog • pit bull

South Jersey Man Finds
Gator on Side the Road

No explantion where 4-foot, 60-to-80-pound beast in cage came from

Aug 8, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A South Jersey man spotted something unusual on his way to work yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports: a caged alligator on the side of a road. Fred Schubert decided to help out the 4-foot, 60-to-80-pound beast, loading the cage into his pickup. After calling several wildlife agencies, an official came... More »

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New Jersey • construction • wildlife • alligator • animal rescue groups • animal • reptiles

 Wily Monkeys Elude Trappers 

5 still at large after April escape from safari preserve in Florida

Jul 18, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trappers have managed to catch 10 of 15 patas monkeys that escaped from a central Florida wildlife preserve in April, the Tampa Tribune reports. But the remaining five primates continue to evade capture through a mix of guile and speed; trappers say they know where they are, but have so... More »

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Florida • monkey • animal rescue groups

OPINION

Farming Tigers for Profit Best Way to Save Species

Strategy may dull beasts, but conservation ridiculous when it's at human expense

Jun 22, 08 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though animal conservationists hail the success of India's Jim Corbett National Park in increasing populations of endangered tigers, Kirk Leech complains in Spiked that numbers continue to decline—and that expanding protected areas for tigers harms indigenous human populations. His solution: for-profit tiger farms, where selling animal parts to meet... More »

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conservation • India • farming • tigers • animal rescue groups • Jim Corbett National Park

Vick's Fighters Now Cuddlers

Fifty-plus dogs given second chance in new homes

Jan 27, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Many of the pit bulls Michael Vick illegally trained to fight have better days ahead, the AP reports. Experts have evaluated the more than 50 dogs taken from the quarterback’s property—and only one showed aggression. The rest were transported to rescue groups nationwide; 13 took an unlikely cross-country... More »

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California • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • dogfighting • SPCA • animal rescue groups • dog • pit bull

Harder Times Make for
Hungry Horses

Collapse in equine market leads to rise
in neglect of animals

Jan 8, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - When the sun was shining on the economy, millions of Americans tried to make hay by buying horses and moving into backyard breeding. As things slow down, the animals are getting harder to sell and pricier to feed, making horse neglect and abandonment a big problem, the Wall Street Journal... More »

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animal cruelty • horse • US economy • horse neglect • abandonment • animal rescue groups • slaughterhouse

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