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Trappers can keep using sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, the Trump administration said Thursday, rejecting calls for a ban despite repeated instances of the devices also poisoning other wildlife, pets and people.
Researchers say plastic debris has caused the deaths of more than half a million hermit crabs on the Cocos Keeling Islands and the similarly remote Henderson Island.
This animal liberation group actually wants to be put on trial. Their goal: force jurors to wear VR headsets and immerse them in the suffering of animals bound for slaughter.
Three Great Pyrenees puppies are recovering after two snowmobilers rescued them Sunday in Utah, and will be adopted out through a rescue group in Montana.