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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For roughly 380 right whales left in the North Atlantic, which can die after getting tangled in fishing ropes or hit by…
A second sloth has died after being taken to a central Florida zoo for rehabilitation. The sloth, named Habanero, was euthanized Saturday at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens. He was part of a group of a dozen sloths given up by Sloth World, a tourist attraction that never opened. Another sloth, Bandit, also died last week. Zoo officials said the sloths were underweight and had gastrointestinal issues. A criminal investigation into Sloth World's treatment of the animals is underway. Inspection reports revealed 31 sloth deaths between December 2024 and February 2025.
This undated image provided by the Central Florida Zoo shows Habanero hanging from fencing at the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford, Fla. (Central Florida Zoo via AP)
FILE - A pair of North Atlantic right whales interact at the surface of Cape Cod Bay, March 27, 2023, in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371)
The first of 1,500 beagles being removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business are adjusting to their new lives as animal welfare groups move them to shelters to prepare them for adoption. Ridglan Farms in rural Blue Mounds was the site of a violent clash last month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper spray. But the Big Dog Ranch Rescue and the Center for a Humane Economy had already been working for months to purchase the animals and find them better homes.
This undated photo provided by Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee, Fla., shows Daisy, one of about 1,500 beagles being removed from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business. (Big Dog Ranch Rescue via AP)
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A rescue team has released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean. The mammal’s health deteriorated as it became repeatedly stranded in shallow waters, and unsuccessful efforts were made to coax it toward deeper seas. The environment minister for Germany’s Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state gave the green light for the attempt to save the whale, despite some warnings from the scientific community that it may be too much for the animal.
For four years, a mallard has nested behind a bush near the front door of Caitlin Deal's home in a Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, offering an up…
A female mallard duck sits on eggs in her nest tucked next to the front door of a home in Eagan, Minn., Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)