1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (700+ words) In the back pavilion at Mt. Philo Farm, trained dogs ran down mock targets and raced by dozens of onlookers in a demonstration by New England K-9 Search and Rescue on April 11. Several handlers showed off their dogs" scent-seeking skills and…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (816+ words) A pellet a day keeps the rodents away, but also owls, hawks, coyotes and other wild animals. A rodent that ingests rodenticide becomes a toxic trap for the birds and mammals that prey on them, leading to thousands of wild…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (521+ words) An expressway runs through Charlotte " or more accurately expressways. Many times, these expressways follow old routes that have been traveled for centuries, some since before European settlers showed up. We're talking here of the highways, or corridors, that wildlife travels....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (937+ words) It takes a village to raise a child, they say. Well, sometimes it takes a village, or at least a heaping helping of a village, to save an owl. A couple of families and a nurse driving at sunset a…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (345+ words) Just before Christmas, Merrymac Farm Sanctuary became the first farm animal sanctuary to be accredited in Vermont. On Dec. 22, the farm sanctuary on Lime Kiln Road in Charlotte was welcomed into the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries" family, said Jessica…...