Giant Breeding Deer Goliath Dies in Pa.
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A 7 1/2-year-old monster buck named Goliath, allegedly stolen in 1999 and then returned to the ranch where he was raised, has died. The massive deer died Dec. 6; tests will determine the cause. The life span of a deer is 10 to 15 years.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY -- Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Health Department officials reported Friday that a blue jay found dead near the Williamson County Courthouse in Marion Thursday has tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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A 30-year-old gorilla died Tuesday at Brookfield Zoo, but motherhood may continue: The animal&#39;s eggs will be fertilized, frozen and later placed into another female to create new life.
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By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 12--Assateague State Park, famous for its wild ponies, is being overrun by another small, hoofed animal that is eating the plants that hold back beach erosion: sika deer.
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SALMON, Idaho  - Two thousand mallard ducks in Idaho likely died after they ate moldy grain and contracted a fatal infection, scientists said on Thursday.
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KENNETT SQUARE, Pennsylvania  - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was put to death on Monday, ending an eight-month drama and outpouring of public support after the colt shattered his right hind leg in the Preakness Stakes.
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Deer probably spread a brain-destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit.
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A badly injured whale that became trapped in a sea loch has died, rescuers confirm.
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By Madeleine Mathias, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 21--The 100 million-gallon spill of fly ash into the Delaware River from PPL's Martins Creek plant in August 2005 has had no adverse effect on wells, fish or animal life, according to a report by PPL's consultants.
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At least 19 bald eagles died Friday after gorging themselves on a truck full of fish waste outside a processing plant.
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The first panda bred in captivity and released into the wild has died in China after less than a year &#151; the apparent victim of a fall. Chinese officials said the body bore injuries inflicted by wild pandas, and the animal may have died trying to escape.
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The smallest of three rare Siberian tiger cubs born at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium died Thursday, zoo officials said.
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A rare northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide, zoo officials said.
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Ireland's most prolific bull, which is thought to have fathered at least 100,000 daughters and countless sons and boosted the country's milk output, has died, the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC) has said.
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By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Jun. 16-- -- Doug Travis' 60 years of service as a conservation educator ended the way he always said they would.   He died.
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A 500-pound wildebeest kept with other exotic animals on a northern Indiana farm trampled its owner to death, police said.
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A Michigan hunter has been diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis, which he apparently contracted while field-dressing a deer he killed in October in Alcona County, state health officials said Thursday.