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Show dog owner refuses necropsy, but accuses Peta of poisoning Samoyed at Westminster

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I wonder what Det. Lenny Briscoe would think of this case: A loved one dies vomitting blood. The family accuses a vague political opponent of a specific kind of poisoning. And then refuses an autopsy. Ka-chung (gavel sound).

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How to play the peanut butter tree game with your hounds

Milligan is a beagle triathelete: he jumped right on this stump to get peanut butter, he sings and he charms his way into many treats.

Beagles will climb a tree if you smear it with peanut butter.

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Crows love Cape Cod

Crows thrive on Cape Cod, especially in the winter, when thousands live on the Cape, then roost on Martha’s Vineyard. Bostonians can see roosts in Roxbury and Shopper’s World.

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Moths drawn to lights, rotten beer, often against their best interests

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Lepidopterist, or mothers, use a concoction of beer, bananas and molasses to bait certain sap-eating moths. Otherwise, try a bright light on a cloudy, moonless night.

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Beagles howl to shofar on Bastille Day in Prospect Park

About 30 hounds romped and sang on the Long Meadow in Prospect Park on Bastille Day. Some were not well behaved enough to pose patiently like these 25 clever dogs. Pictured: ground: Brady (best howler); first step (l to r): Cuzko, Slim, TK, Bess. Second Step: Chestnut. Third step: Daisy, Penelope, Pepper, Rocky (Moxie's boyfriend), Dudley, Luigi (howling). Fourth step: Stella (who is up for adoption), Charlot. Fifth step: Huckleberry and Moxie (co-hosts), Oliver (puppy), Bailey. Sixth step: Milligan (champion singer), Matilda, Agnes. Seventh step: Ally McBeagle, Arturo (bounding), Simone (smiling). Ninth step: Rosie.

30 or so beagles partied for Bastille Day in Prospect Park. We blew a shofar to set off the baying and activate their inner beagle.

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Beagles compete for singing dog prize on Bastille Day in Prospect Park

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Dozens of beagles are meeting up Prospect Park on July 14 for a singing contest and Bastille Day coffee and bagels. Beagles love all hounds, so if you think your mutt might be part beagle, you’re officially invited. Free biscuits till 9 am.

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Tell the feds you want a Chicagoland NWR

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Tell the FWS that Chicago and Milwaukee would like Hackmatack, a new wildlife refuge they could drive to. You might see whooping cranes, river otter, cougars, blandings turtles and all kinds of birds there. They take comments until April 27 and are set to decide this fall.

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Whooping cranes may make AL home after fluky weather and FAA rules dispute

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13 endangered whooping cranes now call Wheeler NWR their winter home–maybe permanently–thanks to the quirks of weather, FAA rules and bird stubbornnes.

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Men's mags duel over OH zoo gone wild

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GQ and Esquire face off over the exotic predator release in OH. Esquire goes all action adventure. GQ tries to figure out how lion, tigers and bears were unleashed on suburbia.

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Two kinds of beagle Jack O'Lanterns

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What’s the difference between a pumpkin carved of a beagle and one carved by a beagle?

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