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Bear that bit Missouri students has no rabies, is spared  Friday, May 02, 2014 04:09 PM PDT (Reuters) - A two-month-old bear cub that bit and scratched at least 18 students at a Missouri college poses no rabies threat and won't be killed, school officials said on Friday. The college earlier said that the cub, named Boo Boo, would have to be euthanized in order to test it for the disease. The cub was brought to the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday along with some other animals from a petting zoo to help students relax before final exams, the university said in a statement. Health officials previously said they couldn't rule out the possibility the cub had rabies, the university said. Full Story	Top
Animal rights group seeks Utah roadside memorial for dead turkeys  Friday, May 02, 2014 12:49 PM PDT Animal rights activists want to erect a roadside memorial placard to honor hundreds of "terrified turkeys" killed in a tractor-trailer accident on a Utah highway last week, transportation officials said on Friday. "In memory of the hundreds of terrified turkeys who died here in a truck crash. Buckle Up." Only about two-dozen of the birds survived the crash, said Laura Cascada, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the group applying for the sign. PETA filed their request with the Utah Department of Transportation on Wednesday, and transportation spokesman John Gleason said such a proposal was unlikely to go through. Full Story	Top
Europe-wide hunt after rare monkeys stolen from British zoo  Friday, May 02, 2014 04:47 AM PDT British police launched a Europe-wide hunt on Friday after five monkeys, including three of a critically endangered species, were stolen from a zoo in northern England. Thieves took the monkeys - two female and a baby Cotton-top Tamarins and two Emperor Tamarins - from their enclosures after cutting a hole in the perimeter fence of Blackpool zoo on Tuesday night. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Cotton-top Tamarins as a critically endangered species with a worldwide population estimated at about 6,000. Full Story	Top

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