The black bear captured on video wandering into a concessions stand at an amusement park in Tennessee and pawing a park employee has been euthanized, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) said Monday. In a news release, TWRA said that following the bear encounter at Anakeesta, a mountaintop adventure park in Gatlinburg, TWRA caught a […]
LYON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — Nineteen cows were euthanized after the semi-trailer hauling them overturned Monday morning. County declares local disaster for Evergreen Recycle fire According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and Lyon County Rural Fire were dispatched just before 10 a.m. for a semi-trailer that overturned in the ditch north of U.S. […]
A 17-month-old lion had to be euthanized after a long battle with a mobility issues and pain caused by a birth deformity. Lomelok is a male lion cub that was born at the Lincoln Zoo in January 2023 with his brothers, Pesho and Sidai. Zoo staff noticed abnormal movement right away, making it hard for him to […]
A captured bear that escaped into a residential neighborhood in Yavapai County on Tuesday was euthanized by wildlife officials that deemed the animal a threat to the community. On Monday morning, Arizona Game and Fish responded to sightings of a bear near a populated area just west of Prescott Valley. The bear, estimated to be […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Coyotes are a common occurrence for those who run or play golf in the neighborhood near the intersection of Thomas and Hayden roads. However, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is concerned after a man who was walking his dog was bitten by a coyote in the Scottsdale neighborhood. What are neighbors […]
Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized. So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet rescue organization where she had gotten it. […]
A bear that authorities said was constantly breaking into homes and businesses in a Northern California town, creating havoc and endangering residents, was euthanized Wednesday after the animal tried to break into a school’s gymnasium. Since early May, Downieville residents have flooded the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office with daily calls about at least one bear […]
The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company has announced the death of mare Wildfire, who had to be euthanized after losing use of her back legs. Here’s the heroic effort that went into the effort to save Wildfire. Firefighters alerted to possible mare down on Assateague At about 7 a.m. Wednesday firefighters and herd caretakers were alerted […]
A 28-year-old Dutch woman is slated to be euthanized next month because of her struggles with mental illness after her psychiatrist said her condition will never improve. Zoraya ter Beek lives in a nice house in a small Dutch town near the German border with her boyfriend and two cats. Despite being physically healthy, she […]
A black bear that was being illegally fed by people in Cottage Grove, including from a car dealership, was killed by wildlife officials on Monday. The 2-year-old male bear was first seen in the city on March 5 and was spotted repeatedly near people or homes over the last several weeks, according to the Oregon […]
My sister Theda had been bedridden for seven years when she first decided she wanted to die. She was 32 then, and a mysterious chronic illness had diminished her will to live. Though it wasn’t legal in Australia at the time, she wanted to die by euthanasia. Technically, this would classify the death she wished […]
Five dogs were euthanized by a Nebraska humane society on March 11, over two weeks after they brutally attacked a woman while she was on a run, Nebraska deputies said. The dogs went off their owner’s property in Lincoln and mauled the 39-year-old woman while she was running at about 8:45 a.m. on Feb. 24, […]