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WebClawer: Deer heads to pet store for medical care, Model Ts may replace horse-drawn carriages

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From the streets of New York to the waters of the Antarctic, the Web is abuzz with animal news:

  • New York City Councilman Daniel Garodnick is pitching an idea designed to appeal to animal-rights activists, environmentalists and old-timey car fans: replacing the city’s horse-drawn carriages with electric replicas of the Model T Ford. The idea would, potentially, allow current carriage drivers to keep their jobs when they lose their horses. A representative for PETA says ‘the plan is to develop electric or hybrid cars, which would tour the same park course that horse-drawn buggies use now -- and could even be driven by current carriage operators.’ Gothamist
  • What’s your best plan of action if you’re an injured deer in need of medical treatment? Head to PetSmart, naturally! One did just that in Rossford, Ohio, on Saturday, wandering into the back of the pet store where veterinarians tended its injured, bleeding leg and administered antibiotics. Local police officer Mark Skala, who responded to the scene, reported that the deer calmly allowed itself to be doctored, then fled into a rural area. Toledo Blade
  • The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the group of environmental activists who for the last month have been harassing and disrupting Japanese whalers in the Antarctic, has declared the end of the expedition. Capt. Paul Watson says he’ll be back, with the aid of a boat bigger and faster than his current Steve Irwin. ‘We need to block those deadly harpoons, and we need to outrun these hunter killer ships, and to do that, I need a ship that is as fast as they are, and I intend to get one and I intend to return next year. ... I intend to be their ongoing nightmare every year until they stop their horrific and unlawful slaughter of the great whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary,’ said Watson. Outposts
  • A Golden retriever that went missing in rural Montana has been reunited with his owners in Washington state after a six-month disappearance. The dog, named Buck, escaped when he was startled by a train whistle during the Halter family’s vacation in August. After a few false sightings, the Halters heard nothing about Buck for six months, during which time he apparently survived heavy snow and weather that dropped at times to more than 20 degrees below zero. Recently, the wayward retriever was spotted on a farm in the area near where he disappeared; residents called the Halters and, after confirming his identity, the family made the 750-mile trip to Montana. Owner Kim Halter recalled that ‘he ran right up to us and it was absolutely without a doubt him. ... It was a miracle. He looked at us and we looked at him and we were all crying. It was beyond amazing.’ Associated Press

-- Lindsay Barnett

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