Prairie Dog Statues Easy to Catch
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By JULIE ANN GRIMM, PHOTOS BY SHIH FA KAO  Bronze images of booted animals enlisted for Railyard fundraising  Statues: Project still lacks about $3.2 million  Droves of prairie dogs that once overran the Railyard park have long since been relocated to a wildlife refuge.
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FLORENCE, Ala. - A painter with a crew working at an apartment complex in Florence became a lifesaver when he caught a small dog as it fell from a fifth-floor balcony.
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PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - Shirley Tompkins and her husband Bob began helping a wounded fox last winter. Now a second also is showing up at their trailer. "A little red fox showed up last February with a broken front left leg, walking on three legs," Shirley Tompkins said.
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WALL, S.D. -- Here on the sun-parched prairie, where rain seems as rare as gold dust, the fight over federal grassland is unending, pitting the backers of the crowd-pleasing prairie dog against the supporters of the humble cow. This week, the Bush administration could open the door to poisoning m...
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Feb. 3--There are several rusted sculptures near the entrance to Shoal Sanctuary that at first resemble dead dandelions. Jutting up from the ground on rebar "stems," the sculptures are capped by railroad spikes radiating from the apex.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb.
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"Charging Bull," one of New York's  most recognized statues that once made a brief debut outside  the Stock Exchange, is for sale.
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A plethora of prairie dogs present around Hall, S.D., has prompted debate over whether the burrowing rodents should be killed off to benefit cattle ranchers.
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MONTEREY, Calif. - A menagerie, some 86 critters in all, were found in a Fort Ord home.
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By Autumn Grooms, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 11--For a young Rosalie "Roz" Schnick, vacation meant grabbing her rod and reel and heading to a Canadian lake in search of northern pike.
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PETERSBURG, Ky  - Like many modern museums, the newest U.S. tourist attraction includes some awesome exhibits -- roaring dinosaurs and a life-sized ship.
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By Lisa Heyamoto, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--To stand on the corner of Emerald Vista and Feickert drives in Elk Grove and look up is to see a sight straight out of a nature show.
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By TODD LEWAN  ORLANDO, Fla. - At Lake Eola park, there is much beauty to behold: robust palms, beds of cheery begonias, a cascading lake fountain, clusters of friendly egrets and swans, an amphitheater named in honor of Walt Disney.  Then there are the signs.
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EBERSWALDE, Germany -- Few people raise bigger bunny rabbits than Karl Szmolinsky, who has been producing long-eared whoppers since 1964. His favorite breed, German gray giants, are the size of a full-grown beagle and so fat they can barely hop.
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The only surviving pair of endangered pygmy rabbits released as part of a program to increase their numbers in the wild have dodged coyotes, badgers, hawks and owls and found time for love.
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By Sophia Maines, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Dec. 12--Grab your binoculars.   The majestic bald eagles are in town, and more are on the way to this favorite winter-feeding destination.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser. Sure, there's plastic excrement in the exhibit room, skunk scent for spritzing, and robot animals that use cutesy terms like "barf" and "dookie" while talking about hairballs and digestive tracts...