Controversial buffalo hunt starts in Wyoming
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SALMON, Idaho  - For the first time in nearly a decade, hunters on Saturday begin tracking and killing buffalo on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where federal wildlife managers plan to cut the herd from 1,200 to 500 over the next five years.
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The state of Louisiana is on the skirmish lines of a growing fight waged by animal-rights groups, lawmakers and courts over the treatment of animals in relation to sports.
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The man suspected of shooting six hunters to death and a survivor agree that the tragedy began with a confrontation on private land. But they sharply differ on what happened next.
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Natural gas drilling is pumping billions of dollars into Wyoming's economy and providing a critical energy resource for the nation. But some say the price - loss of wildlife and habitat - is too steep.
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By Pam Kowalik, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb.
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 14--KENTON -- Wildlife officials think they have seen the first case of a mountain lion preying on livestock in the state.
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By BEN NEARY  CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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By Jay Tokasz, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb. 20--Western New Yorkers again are being labeled a miserly bunch.   Intuit Inc. ranked Buffalo as the second "stingiest" city in the country when it comes to charitable giving.
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By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Mar. 6--WASHINGTON -- A spat over hunting access on school trust lands  spilled into Washington as concerns from hunters groups and intervention from  Rep.
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Labor-starved Wyoming is vigorously courting workers from MichiganÂs struggling auto industry.
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After a life spent on a balmy Pacific island, 98 buffalo are being sent back to an authentic &#151; and frigid &#151; home on the range.
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A fight is brewing over hunting of the famous McNeil River bears, known for offering humans the world's best glimpse of life in the wild as they feast on salmon and fatten up for the long Alaska winter.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal group are opposing the move.
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Eight conservation groups are fighting the U.S. government over a plan to poison thousands of prairie dogs in the grasslands of South Dakota, saying wildlife should not take a backseat to ranching interests.
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The web video "Battle at Kruger," in which a baby buffalo is rescued by its herd from a lion attack, is less surprising to animal behaviorists than to its millions of Web fans
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Alaska's wolf-killing program to boost moose and caribou numbers is facing a new legal challenge.
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A hunt is launched for a man who subjected a woman to a brutal and sustained sex attack on a farm track.