Dog Survives After Arrow Lodges in Skull
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PHILADELPHIA - A beloved pooch who had an arrow lodged in her skull had successful follow-up surgery Friday to remove part of the razor-sharp tip.  Alice, a shaggy, mixed-breed pet with green eyes, was romping around a 100-acre farm last month when she went missing.
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Shambo, a sacred bull kept by a group of Hindus in Wales who has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, can be slaughtered, a London court ruled on Monday overturning a last week&#39;s block on his death sentence.
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Two dogs seized because they were believed to be pit bull-type animals have been saved from a death.
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One person was killed and two others were seriously injured Tuesday evening after a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escaped from its cage shortly after the facility closed.
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The 500-year-old skull, found in a long-forgotten Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru, had two round holes just across from each other. Nearby was a plug of bone, recovered intact, that carried the distinct markings of an old musket ball.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A man whose genitals were bitten off by a pit bull remained in serious condition Tuesday, and the dog remained on the loose...
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Chased into the Lake Superior shallows, mauled and left for dead by fellow wolves, the young female struggled to shore and collapsed. A lone male came to the rescue, licking her wounds and staying on as she recovered.
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Fossilized dinosaurs often have wide-open mouths, heads thrown back and tails that curve toward the head. Paleontologists have long assumed the dinosaurs died in water and the currents drifted the bones into that position, or that rigor mortis or drying muscles, tendons and ligaments contorted the limbs.  &quot;I&#39;m reading this in the literature and thinking, &#39;This doesn&#39;t make any sense to me as a veterinarian,&#39;&quot; said Cynthia Marshall Faux, a veterinarian-turned-paleontologist at the Museum of the Rockies. ...
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NEW YORK  - Dogs with severe accidental  spinal cord injuries resulting in complete paralysis, appear to  recover more quickly and completely when they're given  injections of polyethylene glycol (PEG), investigators report.  They hope these results lead to better treatment for humans  with spinal cord injuries.
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A successful method for healing spinal injuries in dogs has been developed by Purdue University researchers, offering hope for preventing human paralysis.
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POCATELLO, Idaho - Firefighters resuscitated four cats and an albino rat from a charred apartment in southeastern Idaho.  The animals received oxygen through a special mask designed for small animals that the department got two years ago.
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Scientists in China may use a police  dog to teach pandas to fight after the first artificially bred  panda released into the wild was apparently killed after a  battle with other animals, local media reported on Saturday.
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AUSTIN, Minn. - A goat on the lam shrugged off a shot from a stun gun, but couldn't get past the Sandman...
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 8--A Boise County infant was mauled by a wolf-dog hybrid Tuesday before the boy's father shot and killed the dog, the Boise County Sheriff's Office said.
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The giant stag was no Bambi. It stood 7 feet tall at the shoulders and carried a spread of antlers 12 feet wide. It would have been easy to spot in the cool woodlands of Ice Age Europe, but perhaps hard to kill.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  -- A man whose genitals were bitten off by a pit bull remained in serious condition Tuesday, and the dog remained on the loose...
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A three-year-old is in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked by a dog.