Hunting for deer up, bears down, DEC says

| March 30, 2011

NEW PALTZ Environment officials released statewide hunting results Monday, showing a 3 percent increase in deer hunting and a 40 percent drop in the bear harvest in 2010. Orange County continued to be a hotbed for deer hunting, landing at No. 5 on the list of counties with most deer harvested. Hunters in Orange took [...]

Japan’s pet survivors face post-tsunami struggle

| March 30, 2011

2 days ago SENDAI, Japan — Hungry, hurt and separated from owners who are either dead or in evacuation centres, hundreds of family pets are struggling to survive in the desolation of Japan’s tsunami-ravaged northeast coast. Among the many rescue teams sent from around the world to search for survivors and bodies after Japan’s worst [...]