The 11-month-old cat climbed up a 30-foot-tall cedar tree Monday in Skowhegan and wouldn’t come down, despite the urgings of his owner, Christine Conte.
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What’s that noise coming from the basement? Oh, it’s just a large horse
A Minnesota resident is greeted with a sturdy surprise.
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Year of the whippet at Westminster?
Whiskey the whippet will give it a shot to be America’s top dog at Westminster.
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New app is like Tinder … for pets
GetPet’s creator says they got the idea after seeing a stray dog on the street through a window.
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The unlikely tenants of a studio apartment in Silicon Valley: Two cats
The inseparable pair are living there for $1,500 a month, a good deal in the Bay Area’s super-tight housing market.
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What makes chickens happy? Nobody is quite sure
Canadian researchers launch a new study to measure the welfare of poultry.
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Donkey and emu companions can stay together after ‘Walking Dead’ star steps in
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan, is adopting the inseparable creatures.
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Waterville shelter seeking homes for cats rescued from storage unit
A woman has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals after the cats were found locked in the facility with no food, water or litter last month.
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Augusta police, bystanders wrangle chicken-at-large
Animal Control Officer Paul Frye said he has received a couple dozen chicken complaints since he started in August.
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Will this Maine shelter dog get adopted after 4 years?
The purebred Staffordshire bull terrier was brought to an animal shelter in Paris, Maine as a stray in 2014 and has been there ever since.