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Cities are at war with rats. Flaco the owl and other animals pay the price.
Flaco the owl had lethal levels of rat poison in his system. Rodenticides often poison birds of pre…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A sea lion escaped the Central Park Zoo and 'explored' after heavy rain flooded New York City. Here are 3 other times flooding helped zoo animals escape.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday for New York City after rainwate…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A woman flew from Seattle to Raleigh-Durham to find her dog that escaped after Alaska Airlines failed to put him on the plane
Staff failed to put a dog on an Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle due to a "misstep." The pet later…
Grace Dean
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A factory in Japan is ramping up measures to avoid animals sneaking in after a cat fell in a toxic vat and went on the loose
The city of Fukuyama warned residents not to approach a cat after it fell into a vat of toxic chemi…
Joshua Zitser
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Long-term pollutants are making their way to baby dolphins via their mother's milk!
These long-term pollutants are a menace to aquatic life, accumulating in the blubber of marine mamm…
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A lion prowled the streets of an Italian village for more than five hours after escaping from a circus
Residents of Ladispoli, a seaside town near Rome, were warned by their mayor to stay at home while …
Polly Thompson
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A rogue flamingo that escaped Kansas zoo in 2005 was spotted on the coast of Texas
The creature — nicknamed by locals as "Pink Floyd" — has been on the run for 17 years and was previ…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Dallas Zoo animals have escaped, gone missing, or died under suspicious circumstances. Here's a full timeline of the incidents now under criminal investigation.
Two emperor tamarin monkeys at the Dallas Zoo went briefly missing less than three weeks after the …
Lloyd Lee
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A community activist in Gaza said people are 'just waiting to die' because they can't escape Israel's counterattacks
Nour Swirki, an activist in Gaza, told Insider there is "no safe place" for civilians to go as Isra…
Sonam Sheth
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An escaped python shut down a Louisiana zoo as workers searched for the missing snake
A 12-foot-long python named Cara escaped its enclosure at the Blue Zoo inside the Mall of Louisiana…
Kelly McLaughlin
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An airline will stop flying lab monkeys after a truck crash in Pennsylvania led to the escape and death of several of the animals
After the crash, PETA called on Kenya to stop the shipment of the animals, saying the practice caus…
Taylor Rains
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An escaped monkey named Momo was on the loose in Indianapolis for hours and it spent its time searching through neighbors' garbage and wandering through yards
Momo caused some trouble during his escapade, including inflicting "minor injuries" on residents, p…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Five lions break free from their enclosure in Sydney, investigation underway
The lions -- one adult and four cubs -- were spotted outside their main enclosure at about 6.30 …
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VIDEO: A pair of alpacas escaped their enclosure and wandered around a California neighborhood for over two hours
"Do you know how they say there's a 'wild goose chase?'" their owner Tobias Riday told Insider. "Th…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Survivalist murder suspect who escaped from jail captured in Pennsylvania woods after more than a week
Michael Burham had been serving a sentence for burglary and arson charges when he escaped. Police s…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A man narrowly escaped death by prying a crocodile's jaws off his head in Australia
Marcus McGowan, 51, was snorkeling in Queensland, Australia when he was attacked. He said he initia…
Joshua Zitser
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Ron DeSantis can reboot his campaign all he wants but he'll never escape his 'pudding fingers' reputation
"Pudding fingers!" protestors shouted at Ron DeSantis on Friday in Menlo, Iowa, as the GOP candidat…
Taylor Berman
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Boats that follow orca-encounter protocol may escape unscathed — but if an orca's in a particular mood, all bets are off
Even following orca attack protocols, boats encountering killer whales may not escape unscathed. Th…
Maiya Focht
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Baby boomers might tank the stock market - and the Fed can't escape a recession forever, a finance guru warns
Index funds may take a hit from the elderly yanking their cash, and the US economy is cyclical so a…
Theron Mohamed
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A bear traveling on an Iraqi Airways flight escaped from its crate and roamed the cargo hold as the plane waited to take off in Dubai, report says
Iraq's prime minister has launched an investigation after a bear escaped from its crate in the carg…