EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — Animal lovers’ hearts ache for helpless critters who have survived despite unfortunate circumstances. But often, there are happy endings to desperate tales (and tails) of hardship faced by resilient creatures. Here’s some stories of shaky starts leading to happy canine and feline hearts.
Six feet down, but not out
On July 11 two [...]

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Reported by: Angie Weidinger
Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 @06:21pm CST
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A neighborhood waits four days for cat to come down from a precarious position because no one could help.
It’s not everyday you see people yelling, “Here kitty, kitty, kitty,” skyward. But, in a West Springfield neighborhood, many were doing just that after a feline recently climbed [...]

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Kitten season: Unaltered pets lead to dumping, overpopulation
Written by Elizabeth Larson
Saturday, 05 July 2008
LAKE COUNTY – With summer time comes a baby boom of sorts, what’s commonly called “kitten season,” and it means a population explosion that crowds the shelters around the United States and here locally.
In many cases, it doesn’t lead to happy endings.
The [...]

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