CALIFORNIA - Deer and other wildlife find a welcome home on a Fall River ranch that’s considered an unofficial wildlife preserve by the ranch managers.
Mary Rickert considers the River Ranch in Fall River an unofficial wildlife preserve.
‘These deer are so used to humans, and coexisting with us and the cows, that we feel like it’s […]

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Who wants a pig in a blanket?
Two stray pot-bellied pigs stirred up a commotion Wednesday morning while on the run from two animal control officers, two police officers and even a couple of utility company workers who joined the 35-minute chase.
Learning from her first pig chase, animal control officer Leah Messmer knew […]

A potbellied pig whose owner wanted to press charges after the animal gained 100 pounds while under a pet sitter’s care is back on a strict diet and has already lost 10 percent of her weight.
Alaina Templeton, the 5-year-old part feral and part potbellied pig, is also recovering well from surgery to remove her collar […]

(AP) Blaine, Minn. Police in Blaine have received numerous calls about a wild turkey that has been strutting its stuff along Cloverleaf Parkway since the spring.
This brazen bird has eluded animal control, delighted senior citizens, annoyed police and mail carriers, and frightened schoolchildren.
“It went after elementary kids at a bus stop, and it doesn’t scare […]

FDA plans to test for plastics chemical in variety of human foods
Salvaged pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical was sent to hog farms in as many as six states, federal health officials said Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if any hogs that ate the tainted feed then entered the food supply for humans.
Hogs […]