Bird dog steps on gun, kills hunter in accident
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A Houston-area man was killed in a hunting accident after his dog stepped on a loaded shotgun in the back of a pick-up truck, triggering a blast that pierced the vehicle and the hunter's leg, a local sheriff said.
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NEW YORK - A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A lamb on the lam in the Bronx? True. All in one day. The series of animal adventures began around 10 a.m. Wednesday when a former parks commissioner reported spotting a hawk that had crash landed.
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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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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A woman has been charged with animal cruelty for what police call a retaliatory killing of a parakeet. Witnesses told police that Andrea Grantham, of Martinsburg, brandished a knife during a weekend property dispute with a neighbor.
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HAYWARD, Wis. - The man suspected of shooting six hunters to death and a survivor agree that the tragedy began with a confrontation on private land.
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Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.
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Fatally injured by a stingray,   Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated   barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying,   the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.
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Trigger-happy mutts do a Dick Cheney An Iowa man enjoyed a trip to hospital with 100 birdshot pellets in his calf after hunting dogs let him have it from less than a metre with some pheasant-busting ordnance, AFP reports.â¦
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver's trigger...
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Catawba County, N.C., authorities have found a possible link between a dog breeder found shot to death in his home in April and the "Bad Newz Kennels" operated by Michael Vick.
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Batting practice barely had started Tuesday evening, but the Astros already had killed one bird. Although it was an accident when Chris Burke&#39;s hard grounder killed a pigeon
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PALMER, Mass. - A homeowner fatally shot a 300-pound bear who first made off with bird seed from a porch, eluded police, then returned and tried to enter the front door...
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A man opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle on the town's main thoroughfare as residents headed to work Tuesday, wounding three people. The gunman was killed.
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By Christian Berg, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 18--On Sept. 8, a Lehigh County jury found a North Whitehall landowner partly responsible for injuries to a woman who was hit by a stray bullet fired by a hunter on his property.
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NEW YORK - A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A sheep loose in the Bronx? It wasn't shear fantasy. The odd series of animal adventures began 10 a.m.
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SINKING SPRINGS, Pa. - When a man and his dog dashed into the house with a rabid coyote on their heels, his wife slammed the door on the coyote's neck.  Craig S.
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MARYSVILLE, Calif. - A man accused of fatally shooting a beloved pet goose named Wee Wee faces three misdemeanor charges.