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After the Evacuation, the Search for Their Families Began

After the Aspen Acres Fire forced families out of their homes, not every pet left beside its owner. Some dogs and cats were found loose, frightened, or separated in the confusion of evacuation. Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region is asking people near the fire zone to check its lost-pet listings and contact the shelter if they recognize an animal. Stray pets from the fire area are being held without a time limit, giving families more room to find them. For these animals, the shelter is not the end of the story. It is a waiting place—until a familiar voice, a name, or one small reunion turns them from lost pets back into family.



Sources: HSPPR, KRDO

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Two Dead Whales, One Unanswered Question

On a quiet stretch of Montauk, a 40-foot humpback whale washed ashore after first being reported about seven miles off Ditch Plains. Heavy equipment reached the carcass by crossing a temporary sand bridge, and AMSEAS biologists later performed a necropsy before it was removed. But the story did not end there. At nearly the same time, NOAA Fisheries was monitoring a second whale carcass floating near Block Island. Along the Atlantic coast, humpback whale deaths have remained unusually elevated since 2016, yet no cause has been announced for the Montauk whale. For now, two giants remain at the center of the same mystery: what happened offshore before the ocean carried them back toward land?



Sources:
News 12 Long Island, East End Beacon NOAA Fisheries

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