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News briefs: Butte animal shelter stats revealed

Animal Shelter shares February stats These February statistics are from the Butte Animal Shelter, 699 Centennial Ave. The information is provided by the shelter. DOGS Turned in by owners: 1 Picked up and turned in by residents: 4 Picked up by animal control officer: 16 Adopted: 8 Reclaimed by owners:

Snow leopard cubs take their best shots

Snow leopard cubs take their best shots

By Dean Murray Adorable scenes show snow leopards getting their vaccinations. Melbourne Zoo’s four cubs — the only snow leopard cubs in Australia — were given their shots before prowling confidently onto their habitat. The four cubs, two girls and two boys named Maya, Kira, Lumi and Sabu, were born in

Whale filmed giving birth, with a little help from her friends

Whale filmed giving birth, with a little help from her friends

Scientists have managed to film a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn. A team from Project CETI, an international effort seeking to understand how whales communicate, were in a boat near a pod

Gabon battles for baby sea turtles' survival

Gabon battles for baby sea turtles' survival

Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, newly hatched sea turtles emerged on a Gabonese beach to embark on the treacherous 10-metre (33-foot) scramble across the sand to the ocean. "The survival rate for turtles is one in 1,000," Francois Boussamba, a

Grizzly bear spotted near Helena along continental divide

Grizzly bear spotted near Helena along continental divide

HELENA, Mont. — A grizzly bear was spotted northwest of Helena along the continental divide during a recent mule deer survey, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Joe Rahn, FWP chief pilot, and an area biologist said he observed the bear while conducting aerial wildlife monitoring. The sighting was reported

Yellowstone wolf's skeleton testifies to strains of a wild life

Life’s misfortunes are often written on a body’s bones. The fall from a wall that cracked a construction worker’s skull. That whitewater canoe trip when your friend’s finger was smashed between the gunnel and a boulder. The tyrannosaurus tooth lodged in a duck-billed dinosaur’s

Yellowstone wolf's skeleton testifies to strains of a wild life

Life’s misfortunes are often written on a body’s bones. The fall from a wall that cracked a construction worker’s skull. That whitewater canoe trip when your friend’s finger was smashed between the gunnel and a boulder. The tyrannosaurus tooth lodged in a duck-billed dinosaur’s