Wild turkey on NJ Turnpike captured

More Animals and Oddities

• N.J. Veterinarian pleads guilty in parrot's death
• HOWELL, N.J. (AP) - November 20, 2009 - A New Jersey veterinarian has pleaded guilty to failing to properly care for a parrot that was kept as an office pet and died when temperatures fell.
• Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia
• BANGKOK (AP) - November 19, 2009 - Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight - at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.
• Zoo tortoise reveals mistaken identity
• CLEVELAND (AP) - November 18, 2009 - A tortoise's zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, they've discovered "Mary" is actually a male.
• Cats, dogs up for adoption
• HUNTING PARK - November 18, 2009 - Maybe now is the time to find some room in your heart, and your home, for a furry new friend.
• India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks
• NEW DELHI (AP) - November 15, 2009 - All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.
• Groups sue to make rare flying squirrel endangered
• CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - November 15, 2009 - Environmental groups are suing the federal government to return a type of flying squirrel to the endangered species list.
• Dolphin stranded after Tropical Storm Ida
• GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - November 15, 2009 - An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast.
• Video: WEB EXTRA: Goats on a bus
• Goats try to get on a bus in Oregon. Simple as that.
• Russia launches program to save tigers worldwide
• MOSCOW (AP) - November 12, 2009 - Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger - posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East. Now Russia is helping plan an ambitious program it hopes can double the global tiger population by 2022.
• Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer
• WASHINGTON (AP) - November 12, 2009 - Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.
• Whale rescued from Jersey shore
• BRIGANTINE, N.J. - November 12, 2009 - A whale is under observation after it was rescued Thursday afternoon.
• Baby orangutan debuts at Phila. Zoo
• PHILADELPHIA - November 12, 2009 - One day, she will grow up to be a great ape.

• Retired horses have new home, thanks to inmates
• New dinosaur species found in South Africa
• Easier way to take a gorilla's blood pressure
• This crossing guard is a saint
• Courthouse or doghouse?
• Bison could go to Ted Turner's ranch
• Bird battle brewing
• Panda expert sent to Taiwan to aid breeding
• People like watching ants
• Man arrested for hoarding animals
• Hunters really up a creek
• Mutt nursing wild dogs at city zoo
• Town puts limits on cat ownership
• Calf fitted with prosthetic legs
• Adopt a Phillies namesake
• Grieving chimps mourn family member
• Bald eagle rescued from briars released
• Blue whale washes ashore in Northern California
• Airport mulling 'scarecrow' device
• Mexico fells trees to save butterfly reserve
• Goats to the rescue
• Cat stuck in SUV engine is OK
• Cow derails train in Australian Outback
• Freezing kitten rescued from storm drain
• Fate of manatee stuck in NJ uncertain
• Town uses goats to clear meadow, save a buck
• Bear make a beer run