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Based in Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News offers news, features and commentary with a statewide focus.
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Temporary closures in place for some Anchorage trails due to bear activity
3+ week, 5+ day ago (278+ words) Multiple Anchorage trails have been temporarily closed after recent “close encounters” with brown bears, officials said Tuesday. Several Far North Bicentennial Park and Campbell Tract trails were closed Tuesday as a precaution amid “heightened bear activity” in the area, the…...
Man tossed by Yellowstone bison says hitting the ground was the worst part
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) Bison that appear to be grazing peacefully are able to accelerate into a terrifying pace, making them among the most dangerous animals in Yellowstone, where one of the giant bovines recently charged at and tossed a grandfather. Carl McDaniel, 65, suffered…...
Opinion: In defense of bears
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (678+ words) Troubled by two “bear stories” recently published within days of each other by the Anchorage Daily News — one a commentary, the other a news article — I’ve decided I must speak a few words on behalf of Alaska’s brown bears and…...
A giraffe named Gracie escaped in Texas. No one can seem to find her.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (444+ words) A giraffe named Gracie is missing in Texas, and the search for her has become a tall order. Gracie, who is about 3 years old, has been missing for nearly two weeks after escaping her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch in…...
In a warming Arctic, gray whales struggle to find nourishment
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1734+ words) RAYMOND, WASHINGTON — Doug Nussbaum is a retired logger whose morning rituals include a walk down to the bluff behind his house that overlooks a bend in the Willapa River. He is never quite sure just what he will spot — ducks,…...
The world according to the absorbing and amazing nose of a dog
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (406+ words) When a Lab vacuums the ground with her nose and her tail moves like a helicopter blade, you know a grouse is about to fly. When the dog stops like a dragonfly, then runs off sniffing an invisible path, a…...
1,500 beagles released from Wisconsin research facility after recent protests
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (472+ words) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe. “They started within an hour or so coming up…...
Animal cruelty charges filed against Mat-Su woman describe dire conditions in sled dogs’ deaths
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (895+ words) An initial charging document filed against the Mat-Su woman accused of a slew of animal cruelty violations described dire conditions at the Caswell Lakes-area property where more than two dozen emaciated sled dogs were found dead last week. Misty Rehder,…...
Arrested Willow woman faces animal cruelty charges after discovery of dead sled dogs, troopers say
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (269+ words) Alaska State Troopers arrested a Willow woman in connection with 25 sled dogs found dead last week on a property in the Caswell Lakes area. According to an online post by troopers Tuesday, 35-year-old Misty Rehder was arrested and taken to…...
Volunteers are evacuating pets from a flooded Western Alaska village, one plane at a time
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (754+ words) SEATTLE — The special delivery arrived in a plastic storage box after a chartered flight in a bouncy single-propeller plane. Veterinarian Susan Shaffer Sookram snipped the zip ties securing the lid and greeted the cargo: four dogs, one with a gray…...