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Astros pet calendar!

10:17 AM Wed, Apr 23, 2008 |
Taylor

HOUSTON--Astros players are lending a helping hand to the Houston Humane Society by striking a pose with their favorite four-legged friends!

Click here for video of the photo shoot!

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Have you seen Lucca 'Long Legs' Barelli?

2:41 PM Sat, Apr 05, 2008 |
Taylor

Have you seen Lucca "Long-Legs" Barelli?
Lucca, an Italian Greyhound and well-known furry face in the Upper Kirby neighborhood, was picked up by a silver 2008 Chevy HHR with temporary tags around 11:30 a.m. Friday in front of Carraba's Italian Restaurant on Kirby and Branard.
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Congressman wants to end slaughter of U.S. horses abroad

3:29 PM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 |
Taylor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A Kentucky congressman is co-sponsoring legislation that would ban the transport, sale, purchase or donation of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption.
Ed Whitfield, a Republican from the 1st District, said he considers the practice inhumane and wants to see it end.
Whitfield said his legislation is necessary because horses are being transported eventually to be slaughtered beyond the U.S. border.

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Zookeepers play with lions, elephants

12:25 PM Wed, Dec 12, 2007 |
Taylor

Who's stronger -- a lion or a zookeeper?

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Beware of bird: Parrot busts burglar

3:19 PM Wed, Oct 17, 2007 |
Taylor

Dennis Baker's home security system includes three cameras that feed video to 42-inch screens in his living room and bedroom. But it was his pet parrot, he says, that alerted him to a burglar he shot and killed early Tuesday.

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Study: Putting cat dander in your mouth can help ease allergies to felines

5:20 PM Sat, Jul 28, 2007 |
Taylor

Do kitties make you sneeze like crazy? There could be a new way to put those feline allergies behind you.

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Dog nurses stray kitten

1:02 PM Sun, Jul 15, 2007 |
Taylor

By all accounts, Tahoe is a typical kitten: cute, sleepy and hungry. But his eating habits are far from typical, as the stray's been nursing from a 3-year-old dog named Lillie.

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Lillie the dog lies next to Tahoe the cat Friday, July 6, 2007, in Victoria, Texas.
AP Photo

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