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Economic Crisis Rattles Venezuelan Cattle Ranchers

7:30am July 26, 2019

by John Otis

Power outages, increased crime and gasoline shortages are hurting Venezuela's once-vaunted cattle industry. Herds have been halved and meat production is down by more than 60 percent.

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Minnesota Boy Uses Lasso To Wrangle 73 Inch Sturgeon

5:34am July 26, 2019

Fourteen-year-old Owen Sanderson slipped that rope over the fish's tale, and then just hung on and wrestled it to shore. After taking a quick measurement, for the record books, he let it go.

Sharks Like To Hang Out, But Their Spots Often Overlap With Commercial Fishers'

4:44pm July 25, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Many shark species tend to congregate in the same areas as industrial fishing ships, a study finds. As a result, tens of millions of sharks in the open ocean end up caught either as food or bycatch.

Indian fishermen pull up a shark from a boat for sale at a harbor in Chennai in June 2018. Many shark species tend to congregate in the same areas as industrial fishing ships, a study finds.

Sharks Have Few Places To Hide From Fishing, Study Shows

1:00pm July 24, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Many shark species tend to congregate in the same areas as industrial fishing ships, a study finds. As a result, tens of millions of sharks in the open ocean end up caught either as food or bycatch.

Griselda , 11, a domestic long-haired cat, already declawed when she was surrendered by her owner for adoption, plays inside her enclosure at the Animal Haven pet shelter in New York.

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Cats Can Keep Their Claws: New York Bans Declawing

4:24pm July 23, 2019

by Dani Matias

It's the first state in the nation to outlaw the practice, which animal-rights advocates say it is equivalent to chopping off a person's fingers at the first knuckle.

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Emu Goes Rogue In North Carolina, Evading Capture For Nearly A Month

4:05pm July 23, 2019

Farm animals escaping in North Carolina doesn't make the news unless it's an emu. One bird has been wandering the area outside of Chapel Hill, avoiding capture, for nearly a month.

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In this May 13 photo provided by the National Park Service, this female California condor spreads her wings. Biologists have confirmed that she laid an egg that has hatched and there is a new baby condor at Zion National Park.

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Once Nearly Dead As The Dodo, California Condor Comeback Reaches 1,000 Chicks

1:54pm July 21, 2019

In the 1980s, there were less than two dozen California Condors left. Today, more than 500 exist in the world, thanks to the efforts of conservationists.

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California Condors Reach A Milestone Moment

8:00am July 20, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tim Hauck of The Peregrine Fund about the hatching of the 1,000th California condor since the late 1980s, when conservation efforts began.

Muncie Police And City Officials Solve Shelter's Excess Cat Problem

6:59am July 19, 2019

The shelter in Muncie, Ind., needs food, litter and paper towels. Police and City Hall say residents can temporarily pay their parking tickets, not in cash, but in cat supplies.

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A Doggone Good Celebration: Shelter Dogs Graduate Cook County Jail Training Program

5:52pm July 18, 2019

by Cheryl Corley

Cook County Jail in Illinois has paired shelter dogs with jail detainees, who teach them basic commands to better their chances of finding a "furever" home.

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