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Idaho Doesn't Want You Spying On Its Farms
AP | May 12, 2017 3:08 p.m. | SeattleThe state's large dairy industry had complained that videos of cows being abused at a southern Idaho dairy unfairly hurt business.
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Pendleton Outdoor School Carries On Despite Budget Woes In Recent Years
East Oregonian | May 12, 2017 11:38 a.m. | Pendleton, OregonPendleton is home to eastern Oregon's longest continuously run outdoor school, despite facing elimination at least three times.
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Furry Fiber Animals In Southwest Washington? Alpaca My Bags!
OPB | April 1, 2017 5:04 p.m. | Ridgefield, WashingtonThis weekend, Washington’s Clark County brings back its 19th annual Alpacapalooza. The event celebrates the fluffy, smaller South American cousin of the llama.
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Tax Hikes Proposed To Fund Oregon Fish And Wildlife
Statesman Journal | Nov. 29, 2016 12:32 p.m.In a report released Monday, a task force suggests either a wholesale beverage tax or income tax surcharge that could help fund Oregon’s fish and wildlife programs.
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Feds Say OHSU Overcharged For Use Of Facilities
OPB | Nov. 1, 2016 2:55 p.m. | PortlandThe U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Oregon Health And Science University, alleging OHSU made false financial claims.
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Dead Whale Returns To Oregon Coast
OPB | Sept. 20, 2016 3:26 p.m.The humpback whale whose carcass washed ashore near Arch Cape over the weekend, and then left with the high tide, is back again.
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West Coast Humpback Whales Still Endangered
AP | Sept. 6, 2016 3:34 p.m. | HonoluluHumpback whales that frequent California, the Pacific Northwest, Mexico and Central America will continue to receive Endangered Species Act protections.
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Bend Wildlife Rehab Center Closes During ODFW Investigation
OPB | Aug. 24, 2016 2:02 p.m. | Bend, OregonThe High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center voluntarily gave up its permit to care for wildlife after a visit from ODFW officials earlier this month.
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Men Plead Guilty To Wildlife Smuggling In Oregon
AP | April 27, 2016 1:46 p.m. | PortlandTwo Malaysian nationals pleaded guilty to smuggling wildlife into the United States and were sentenced by a judge in Portland to six months in federal prison.
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Fowl Trouble: Medford Seeks Solution To Wild Turkey Problem
Medford Mail Tribune | April 23, 2016 1:54 p.m.Medford may ban feeding some or all wild animals as wild turkeys flock to the city, causing problems for residents.
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Rare Leopard Euthanized At Oregon Zoo After Battling Kidney Disease
AP | March 29, 2016 6:58 p.m. | PortlandAn Amur leopard named Kia died Tuesday at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. She was 20 and suffered from kidney disease, causing her health to deteriorate.
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Endangered Puget Sound Orcas To Get Personal Health Records
AP | March 29, 2016 3:49 p.m. | SeattleWildlife veterinarians and other whale experts want to take the information collected about them and create personal health records for each southern resident killer whale.
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Regional Roundup | Animal Lives | Corporate Sustainability
OPB | March 28, 2016 noonIn our second installment of Regional Roundup, we'll check in with the East Oregonian, to hear what's afoot in Pendleton. Then we talk to an Ashland-based about how we know or don’t know what animals are feeling. And we’ll hear about how some corporations are trying to fight climate change by collaborating with each other — and why that might put them in legally dubious territory.
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Disease Concern Sends Yellowstone Bison To Slaughter
AP | March 9, 2016 10:45 a.m. | Gardiner, MontanaYellowstone National Park has started shipping its famous wild bison to slaughter in response to concerns by the livestock industry over a disease carried by the animals.
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No One Has Claimed This Missing Pony In Clark County
The Columbian | March 5, 2016 11:21 a.m.Thus far, no one has claimed a Welsh pony Clark County Animal Control found in mid-February. The county is putting the horse up for adoption.
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Amtrak Trains Let Cats And Dogs Ride The Northwest
Northwest News Network | March 4, 2016 5:31 p.m.On Monday, Amtrak opens its Cascades trains to cats and dogs between Eugene and Bellingham. But there are some guidelines.
Oregon Art Beat
Nicole Georges
OPB | Feb. 18, 2016 8 p.m.Nicole Georges is a cartoonist, writer, animal lover, and illustrator whose life was changed by a phone call to Dr. Laura Schlessinger.
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Retired Vet Follows Migration Pattern Of Pronghorn Antelope
OPB | June 15, 2015 12:50 p.m.Burns resident Julie Weikel has just returned from a 10-15 mile a day trek.
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Fisher Possibly Threatened By Marijuana Grow Operations
OPB | April 21, 2015 12:45 p.m.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on a proposal to list the fisher as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.