Wisc. Authorities Capture Kangaroo
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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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PLYMOUTH, Wis. - Firefighters used a harness and a tow truck to pull a donkey from an old well Friday after it fell 15 feet. The rescue happened about an hour and a half after the fire department responded to a 10 a.m. call to the home of Francis and Karee Abbott, Fire Chief Ron Nicolaus said.
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Sweden handed over to a group of Australian aborigines on Thursday the remains of about 20 of their ancestors smuggled out of Australia almost 90 years ago by a Swedish zoologist who pretended they were kangaroo bones.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday.
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A MAN has been arrested at Brisbane airport while trying to smuggle 19 snakes into Australia hidden in his clothes. His arrest came less than 24 hours after another man was found trying to smuggle in 52 birds eggs.
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Armed police went into action in the German city of Wuppertal after a woman reported seeing a masked criminal -- but having rushed to the scene, they were surprised to find not a crook, but a large stuffed toy.
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ROSE CITY, Mich. - Police spent Tuesday morning rounding up a host of four-legged fugitives turned loose after a truck delivering them to northeast Michigan pet stores collided with a tractor.
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SYDNEY : Hundreds of snakes and at least three crocodiles were seized in a raid on a suburban Australian house, wildlife authorities said on Sunday.
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A dog let out to chase foxes by his owner, a sheriff's deputy, was picked up by an animal rights activist who now faces a felony theft charge.
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COVINGTON, La. - A Covington man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after police seized 21 pit bulls from a house filled with dog feces and urine, police said.
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Police in Indonesia have confirmed the capture of one of the country&#39;s most wanted terrorist suspects. The man, known as Rois is one of four people detained for the September car bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, which killed 11 people.
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Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday. It is unknown how many of the mammals, which can grow up to three-feet long and weigh 25 pounds, still survive in the wild.
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A TEENAGER has escaped from the jaws of a saltwater crocodile while hunting in a remote area of the Northern Territory. The 17-year-old boy was grabbed on the leg and dragged into a billabong by the 2.6m crocodile, before managing to escape.
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MUNCIE, Ind. - Police used a stun gun to subdue a man who started choking a police dog that found him after a chase on foot, authorities said.
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A baby has a lucky escape after a dingo wanders into her family's hotel room on Australia's Fraser Island.
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VAN DYNE, Wis. _ Dennis "Buzz" Heenan was all smiles as he stood in the ice and snow outside at the sturgeon registration station here Saturday.  He had reason to be.
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MOLE CREEK, Australia -- For years, Trudy Richards searched the forests of Tasmania for the elusive creature with the head of a wolf, the pouch of a kangaroo, and the stripes of a tiger.