California Wildfires: Winds Expected to Ease

On the fourth day of a vicious firestorm, exhausted firefighters and weary residents looked forward Wednesday to a break–an expected slackening of the fierce winds that have fanned the state’s explosive wildland blazes.

Forecasters said the

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Some Southern California Horse Owners Returning Home

Southern California horse and farm owners were beginning to gather information on their animals and property Oct. 24 in the wake of the wildfires that have hit the area. Fires continue to rage in San Diego County, but some evacuated people were

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Wildfires Rage in Southern California

Wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds consumed huge swaths of bone-dry Southern California on Monday, burning buildings and forcing evacuations from Malibu to San Diego, including a jail, a hospital, and nursing homes.

About a dozen blazes

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Tilt Tables Help Horses Recover from Anesthetic

To use a tilt table, a horse recovering from anesthesia is restrained to the top of the table–which is generally hydraulic–in lateral recumbency (down and on his side). The table is slowly tilted upright as the horse returns to consciousness

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Helicopter Crashes During Wild Horse Roundup

A helicopter being used to round up wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park crashed Thursday above a corral. The park superintendent said two people aboard “seem to be all right.”

The helicopter was hovering above the corral when its

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USDA Approves Injectable Transponder for Animal ID System

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Oct. 11 its approval of the first injectable transponder for use in animal identification. The device, manufactured by Digital Angel, carries an official animal identification numbe

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Warm Winter, Continued Drought Forecast

The government’s winter forecast includes some bad news–continued dry conditions in an arc sweeping from the Southeast across the Gulf States and into the Southwest.

Much of that region is already struggling with drought and “right now the

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