Animals
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Frying Pan Park animal attack arrest: Teenager charged with animal cruelty
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Nearly a month after the second in a series of mysterious and shocking knife attacks on horses and other animals at a Fairfax County park, a 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty and maiming.
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Pashti, Northwest D.C. Afghan hound, dies from heat stroke
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The past two days of searing heat and heavy humidity can have effects on every member of your family, including your pets. Wednesday's searing heat claimed the life of at least two dogs in Northwest D.C.
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Rabid skunk bites woman in Saint Mary's County
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A warning for residents in Saint Mary's County, Maryland: a rabid skunk bit a woman last week.
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Rat snake found in Towson, Md.
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Here's a slithery surprise: Authorities say a 7-foot python was found in the road in Towson. But now they say it's a rat snake.
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Fairfax County animal attacks: Reward offered by Friends of Frying Pan Park
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A group of supporters is offering a substantial reward for information about who is behind a series of attacks on horses at a Fairfax County Park over the past month.
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Kidwell Barn animals attacked in Fairfax County
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Just more than a month to the day that three horses were stabbed at an equestrian center at a Fairfax County park, a community is once again stunned and heartbroken after a similar attack this past weekend.
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Sadie, dog rescued in fire rubble, recovering
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A Hagerstown woman lost a lot when her house caught on fire this week - but what she didn't lose was her dog Sadie. That's because Sadie is a survivor.
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Virginia dogs being bred to help save lives
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Some special pups will soon pack a power exceeding man and machine, alerting a diabetic 20 minutes before even a glucose monitoring system can.
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Adult captive chimpanzee deaths due to heart disease
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More than a third of deaths in adult captive chimpanzees are caused by complications of heart disease, and veterinarians don't know why.
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Mobile animal adoption center hits the road (video)
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The Washington Humane Society is taking animal adoptions on the road with its new Mobile Adoption Center.
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Can a dog like Buster find a home?
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The Daschund beagle mix is paralyzed from the middle of his back to his hind legs, which do not function.
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Orangutans at Miami zoo use an iPad to play, learn
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The eight year-old twin orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary.
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'Meow' dies: 37 pound cat dead, animal shelter says
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The 37-pound cat from New Mexico that was looking to drop some pounds and find a home has died.
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Maryland court pitbulls ruling declares breed 'inherently dangerous'
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A Maryland appeals court judge has ruled that pitbulls are "inherently dangerous," making owners of the much-maligned breed more susceptible to to lawsuits and liability in dog attack cases.
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National Zoo panda inseminated
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The National Zoo is hoping their second attempt to artificially inseminate the zoo's female panda, Mei Xiang, is a success.
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Burger King makes cage-free promise
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The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017.
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Anne Arundel puppy's owners face animal cruelty charges
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The owners of a Golden Retriever puppy in Severn may face animal cruelty charges after they were caught allegedly trying to neuter the dog themselves, police say.
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Pandas in D.C.: National Zoo marks 40 years of pandas
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Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling were gifts to the United States from China following President Richard Nixon's historic visit to the country.
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