How to find the snowy owl near you

Snowy owl stands on Wisconsin brush,

The white, Harry Potter owls are having a boom year, sighted in Boston, Chicago, Philly, Denver and Long Island. Look on eBird to see where.

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Rick Perry's wildlife staff use AR-15s to hunt burros, FOIA shows

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Texas wildlife officials have been hunting down wild burros with AR-15s to clear a state park for bighorn sheep hunters, FOIA documents show.

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Tips: how to find migrating monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies are migrating down south right about now. Check pines and milkweed after a rain. Check Journey North for an interactive spotting map for roosts.

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Kentucky wants to open hunting on eastern population of Sandhill Cranes

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KY wants to be the first state in the Eastern Flyway to hunt Sandhill cranes. Watch out whooping cranes. This is the same route endangered whooping cranes take and sandhill hunters keep shooting them.

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Chupacabra myth not so ancient; started in 1995

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The Chupacabra–the elusive goat-sucking beast for which canines with mange are all to frequently mistaken–may not even be plausible as an ancient myth. In Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore killjoy scientist Benjamin Radford says it all just started in 1995 with one woman who saw a B-movie.

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Elk return to Missouri after 150 years

Missouri becoming the seventh state in the east to reintroduce elk. Kentucky, which now has 11,000, is giving them 50.

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Young NE state senator aims to rid state of horse rescue groups to promote horsemeat and slaughterrescue groups to promote slaughter

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Neb. state senator Tyson Larson wants to force the state’s 2 horse rescue groups to take any horse and divert grain inspection funds to horsemeat inspection.

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Mexican ranch welcomes jaguars and animal tourists

Rancho El Aribabi, a conservation ranch about 30 miles into Mexico, is working with Sky Alliance to save local wildlife. They’ve caught pictures of rare and elusive jaguars. You can support them with a visit. Coatis possible.

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Horsemeat convention strategizes to win over (or trick) public

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Las Vegas’ horse summit tries to pretend animal welfare groups, Temple Grandin and common sense are on their side.

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3 Guys Vie for title of “Buffalo Whisperer” in Canada, US and S Africa

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Canada’s Buffalo Whisperer takes Bailey for a ride in a convertible. The US and South Africa have their very own Buffalo Whisperers, too. Here are each of their cases to be the real Buffalo Whisperer.

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