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• NYPD: Mauled man chose to jump into tiger’s den

  September 22, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — A man mauled by a 400-pound tiger at the Bronx Zoo told a police officer after he was rescued that he made a conscious decision to …

• NY zoo: Tiger that mauled man ‘did nothing wrong’

  September 22, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — A 400-pound tiger that mauled a man who jumped from a moving monorail train and plummeted over a protective fence at the Bronx Zoo will not …

• Man jumps off Bronx Zoo monorail, mauled by tiger

  September 21, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — A man was mauled by a 400-pound tiger at the Bronx Zoo on Friday after he leaped from a moving monorail train and plummeted over a …

• Man jumps from train at Bronx Zoo, mauled by tiger

  September 21, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — A visitor to the Bronx Zoo was mauled by a tiger on Friday after he leaped from an elevated monorail train and plummeted over a fence … 1

• Man jumps off Bronx Zoo train, mauled by tiger

  September 21, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — A visitor to the Bronx Zoo was mauled by a tiger on Friday after he leaped from an elevated monorail train and plummeted over a fence …

• Burned bear cub moved to Idaho wildlife sanctuary

  September 17, 2012 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bear cub rescued from a fire in the Idaho backcountry after suffering second-degree burns on all four of its paws has been moved to a … 2

• First Calif. otter to survive oil spill has a pup

  September 14, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just three years after she was found covered in oil and near death, a California sea otter called Olive is a new mom — another milestone …

• First CA sea otter to survive oil spill has a pup

  September 14, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just three years after she was found covered in oil and near death, a California sea otter called Olive is a new mom — another milestone …

• 3rd hantavirus death linked to Yosemite outbreak

  September 6, 2012 in Health CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginian is the third person to die so far from a rodent-borne illness linked to some tent cabins at Yosemite National Park that has …

• W.Va. health officials report hantavirus death

  September 6, 2012 in Health CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Health officials say a West Virginia resident has died from the outbreak of a rodent-borne illness linked to Yosemite National Park. Kanawha-Charleston Health Department director Dr. …

• Plague, hantavirus, West Nile: How to avoid them

  September 5, 2012 in Health The “bugs” of late summer are biting. The nation is having its worst West Nile virus season in a decade, and up to 10,000 people who stayed in California cabins …

• Pod of pilot whales comes ashore on Florida beach

  September 1, 2012 FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — More than 20 pilot whales came ashore on a South Florida beach on Saturday, triggering a daylong effort by state and national officials, nearby residents …

• Up to 10,000 Yosemite visitors at risk of virus

  August 31, 2012 in Health FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins at Yosemite National Park might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus, park officials …

• Thousands call Yosemite hotline to ask about virus

  August 31, 2012 in Health FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,000 calls a day are coming into Yosemite National Park as visitors frightened about a growing outbreak of a deadly mouse-borne virus flood phone … 1

• Surgery allows blind orangutan to see her babies

  August 31, 2012 in Health JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A formerly blind Sumatran orangutan can see her baby twins for the first time after undergoing cataract surgery in the first such operation in Indonesia. The …

• Basics about hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite

  August 31, 2012 in Health FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Answers to common questions about mice and the hantavirus linked to death of 2 people who visited Yosemite National Park: ___

• 2 more Yosemite visitors have mouse-borne virus

  August 30, 2012 FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two more Yosemite National Park visitors have been found with a mouse-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two people, bringing the total number of infections …

• Yosemite shuts cabins at center of rodent probe

  August 30, 2012 in Health FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — More than 90 cabins in Yosemite National Park are closed indefinitely after the site was found to be at the center of a mouse-borne virus that …

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