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Pets & Wildlife

The chihuahua is the most popular pup among the nation&rsquo;s 49 million households with dogs.

Chihuahua named Washington’s top dog breed

The chihuahua is the most popular pup among the nation&rsquo;s 49 million households with dogs.

February 2, 2024, 6:04am Life

There’s a new top dog in town: The chihuahua is Washington’s most popular dog breed, according to U.S. News & World Report. Read story

A pig pauses at a Mipig Caf&eacute; on Jan. 24 in Tokyo. The animals, known as micro pigs, don&rsquo;t get bigger than a corgi dog. The cafe&rsquo;s pigs are toilet-trained.

Cafe serves up snuggly pigs

A pig pauses at a Mipig Caf&eacute; on Jan. 24 in Tokyo. The animals, known as micro pigs, don&rsquo;t get bigger than a corgi dog. The cafe&rsquo;s pigs are toilet-trained.

February 2, 2024, 6:00am Life

First there were cafés that allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café. Read story

Nomadic dog captures hearts in Spokane

February 2, 2024, 6:00am Life

The dog was skinny, scrounging for food and wandering aimlessly around the South Hill in late December. So Natasha Cleveland made it her mission to save her. Read story

Longview cat show is Saturday-Sunday

February 1, 2024, 7:49pm Life

An all-breed and household pet cat show is set to be held Saturday and Sunday in Longview. Read story

Although she was provided X-rays ahead of time, Vancouver veterinary dentist Dr. Alice Sievers took a fresh set before proceeding with root canal treatment for Sanjiv, a Sumatran tiger, at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma.

Those are some big teeth you have: Vancouver dental specialists perform surgery on Sumatran tiger

Although she was provided X-rays ahead of time, Vancouver veterinary dentist Dr. Alice Sievers took a fresh set before proceeding with root canal treatment for Sanjiv, a Sumatran tiger, at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma.

February 1, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life

With fewer than 500 individuals left in the wild today, plus a few hundred more in zoos, the Sumatran tiger is a rare and critically endangered species. Read story

Youngest J pod southern resident orca presumed dead

January 30, 2024, 7:41am Life

An orca born around Christmas Day, dubbed J60, who dazzled beachgoers on Bainbridge Island’s shores is now presumed dead, according to researchers. Read story

Bob Sallinger, executive director of Bird Conservation Oregon, touring the Astoria-Megler Bridge, issued warnings years ago about relocating cormorants from Sand Island. Photographed Dec. 13, 2023, on the waters of the Columbia River in  Astoria, Oregon.

Fixing the cormorant disaster on the Columbia: ‘How could this have come out any worse?’

Bob Sallinger, executive director of Bird Conservation Oregon, touring the Astoria-Megler Bridge, issued warnings years ago about relocating cormorants from Sand Island. Photographed Dec. 13, 2023, on the waters of the Columbia River in  Astoria, Oregon.

January 29, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

White streaks of bird waste paint the steel trusses beneath the Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River. Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests. Black birds roost on the girders, evenly spaced as beads on a string, then take wing: double-crested cormorants. Read story

A giraffe is among hundreds of animals living at the Ostok Sanctuary near Culiacan.

Lions, tigers and monkey in bulletproof vest

A giraffe is among hundreds of animals living at the Ostok Sanctuary near Culiacan.

January 27, 2024, 6:02am Life

Emilia is a 2-year-old spider monkey who wears jeans, crop tops and Armani perfume. Read story

Noemie Leibov, 8, pauses reading aloud to pet Strummer during Tails and Tales at the Mukilteo Library on Jan. 17 in Mukilteo.

Tales and Tails: Therapy dogs help kids conquer reading fear at Mukilteo Library

Noemie Leibov, 8, pauses reading aloud to pet Strummer during Tails and Tales at the Mukilteo Library on Jan. 17 in Mukilteo.

January 26, 2024, 6:04am Life

On a snowy Wednesday afternoon, Nichole Leibov and her 8-year-old daughter Noemie headed to the Mukilteo Library for their biweekly tradition. Read story

Study: Washington home to ‘most responsible dog parents’

January 26, 2024, 6:04am Life

There once was a time in which it was completely outrageous and even controversial to refer to our dogs as our children, but in this post-pandemic world that we live in, it is the new norm. Read story