Tag: Wildlife health
Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed
THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the...
Feds seize 68 big cats from ‘Tiger King Park’ in Oklahoma
THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal authorities have seized 68 big cats from an animal park in Oklahoma featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King.”
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Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months
PORTLAND, Maine — Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a power line in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it...
DNR: Dead swans at NW Indiana lake died from parasitic worms
HAMMOND, Ind. — Wild swans found dead last winter along a lake that straddles the Indiana-Illinois border succumbed to infections caused by parasitic worms,...
Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water...
Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive
DURHAM, N.H. — When the pandemic struck last year, oyster farmer Chris Bertis soon realized the restaurants that bought his oysters had mostly closed....
Cubs place Arrieta on 10-day IL with abrasion on right thumb
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs placed former NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday because of an...
Tigers’ Boyd leaves in 2nd inning with left knee tendinitis
CHICAGO — Detroit Tigers starter Matthew Boyd left the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox after facing seven batters because...
US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge...
Parasites, poor health, weather eyed in Indiana deer deaths
KENTLAND, Ind. — Dozens of deer found dead this winter in northwest Indiana may have died from a combination of parasites, poor health and...
