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At Monmouth Fair, boy’s miniatures give horse-pulling fresh legs

by Michael Shepherd August 4, 2014August 4, 2014

A veteran puller says the competition would be ‘a dying art’ without competitors like Logan Robinson of Litchfield.

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Rare yellow lobster gets a reprieve, and a trip to New England

by Edward D. Murphy August 2, 2014August 5, 2014

After rescuing ‘Libbie’ from a supermarket tank in Florida, Marybeth Jeitner found it a home in New Hampshire.

Animals

Passenger pigeons – from a billion to none

by Craig Crosby August 1, 2014August 4, 2014

Once one of the most abundant birds in the U.S., the last passenger pigeon disappeared 100 years ago. Their story is the subject of a new exhibit at the Maine State Museum.

Animals

Prize-winning goat disappears from Colorado fair

by The Associated Press August 1, 2014August 1, 2014

GREELEY, Colo. — Police in Greeley, Colorado, are investigating who’s got the goat — a grand champion animal that vanished this week from a county fair. The Greeley Tribune reports the red-colored Boer (pronounced BOHR) goat was reported missing Monday, hours before it was scheduled to appear at the Weld County fair’s junior livestock auction. […]

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Island near Buffalo overrun by hundreds of cats

by The Associated Press August 1, 2014August 1, 2014

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — A small island near Buffalo has a big cat problem thanks to people who have abandoned felines there over the years. WIVB-TV reports that hundreds of feral and abandoned cats are believed to be on the Niagara River’s Tonawanda Island. Mike Charnock owns a marina and restaurant on the 85-acre island […]