Minks freed from cages, farmers give chase
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Farmers and other locals were chasing  thousands of minks let out of their cages at a fur farm in  western Finland early on Friday by suspected animal rights  activists.
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Police investigate a break-in at a Scottish fish farm which results in a large number of halibut being freed.
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An escaped steer's six-week romp through back yards, roadways and beaches ended when he was finally cornered and returned to his owner, authorities said.
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Rescuers succeeded in freeing a minke whale that washed up on a beach in southeastern Brazil, the fire department said Thursday.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - North Little Rock police and animal control officers spent part of Monday afternoon holding a roundup in woods bordering Interstate 40 after four cows escaped from a cattle truck...
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DODGEVILLE, Wis. - A kangaroo that went on a walkabout in frigid Wisconsin was captured Wednesday. But where the marsupial came from remained a mystery.  Sheriff's deputies cornered the 150-pound kangaroo in a barn after receiving calls for days from shocked residents who had seen it.
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Responding to concerns in the food industry, companies developing cloned livestock have come up with a system to track the animals as they move through farms and slaughterhouses.
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Lili, Demi and Mek, three female antelopes born in a Czech zoo, will soon be set free in Swaziland under a programme to reintroduce endangered species to their African homeland.
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Captive-bred mountain gazelles are successfully released into the wild for the first time in 10 years.
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A lion escaped from its cage at a Kazakh zoo over the weekend, the second such incident in a month, news media reported on Monday.
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Seven hostages, including two Italian aid workers, were released by two different groups yesterday. It was the second day in a row that foreign hostages were freed, raising hopes for at least 18 others still in captivity.
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More than 150 prisoners escaped from a state penitentiary in Cancun early Friday after hundreds of inmates overpowered guards with knives and bats. Police quickly recaptured about half the men.
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Some small farms, faced with stagnant income and mounting expenses, are opening up their operations to nonagricultural activities just to survive.
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Thieves armed with wire cutters and cages are snatching endangered species from zoos and private collections around the world, according to authorities.
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Two men kidnapped by as many as 40 bandits at a Mexican hunting ranch near the U.S. border were released unharmed Wednesday, but three others remained missing, authorities said.
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A roundup of dozens of sick and underfed horses is complete, five days after animal control authorities seized a farm, the Humane Society said.
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Two kangaroos escaped from a children's reform centre in France were seen bounding off in their newfound freedom near the eastern city of Lyon.