AP - Maggie the German wirehaired pointer has arrived in Cambodia with an unusual task sniffing out tiger droppings in one of Cambodia's largest nature reserves.
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AP - Australia's most famous beach reopened Friday, hours after a surfer's arm was shredded by a shark the second shark attack in Sydney in as many days.
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AP - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider whether to protect a rabbit-like, alpine creature known as the American pika because of habitat loss.
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AFP - British animal rights activists staged a topless protest on Thursday against what they called the "naked cruelty" involved in creating foie gras.
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AFP - A shark attacked a surfer at Australia's famed Bondi beach on Thursday, police said, just a day after a navy diver lost a hand after he was bitten in nearby Sydney harbour.
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AP - A lift had to be used to rescue a cat from atop a 6-story concrete support pillar for a Houston elevated freeway. The striped gray kitty could be heard meowing Wednesday after the Houston SPCA retrieved the cat and put the animal in a transport cage.
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AP - Having just turned 10, a Sussex spaniel called Stump became the oldest best in show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club, ending his retirement last week and taking the big prize Tuesday night.
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Reuters - Stump, a mellow 10-year-old Sussex spaniel, made history on Tuesday as the oldest dog and first of its breed to win the coveted Best In Show at the prestigious 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
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AFP - Stump, an elderly Sussex Spaniel, was surprise winner of the coveted Best in Show Prize at the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club show.
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AP - North Texas authorities seized 22 dogs found crammed inside a station wagon with their owner. The owner locked the car doors and refused to come out when a constable tried to serve her a warrant for the seizure of the dogs early Monday, said SPCA spokeswoman Maura Davies.
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