These stories are worth a click:
* A 6-year-old sled dog died during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race which began over the weekend in Alaska. The cause of death is unknown. -- Anchorage Daily News
* The world's rarest, heaviest and weirdest parrot has now reached a population of 100–after 33 years of vigilance since it was re-discovered in New Zealand. Volunteers camp out to protect nests of the Kakapo, which can't fly, is nocturnal and uses a sub-sonic mating boom. -- Radio New Zealand and Monsters and Critics
* Biologists turning to cheaper less invasive ways to study animal populations–like looking at their hair or scat. -- New York Times
* California may pass a slew of laws to protect animals with tougher laws against dog-fighting, puppy mills and animal hit-and-run. -- LA Times
* Santino, a chimp at a Swedish zoo, premeditates his stone-throwing attacks on visitors–even breaking up concrete to make missiles. -- Discovery
* Tricks almost anyone can teach a cat. -- Petside.com
* Kenyan are elephants now being targeted by poachers who used poison darts, which rangers can't hear. -- IFAW
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