Sacramento County Local News: Animals


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Image caption: RCDs look after the land, whether it’s used for grazing, growing, or getting out into nature.
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What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.

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07/11/2024
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It was a hot June day, and two dogs were seen locked in a car in the Folsom Costco parking lot. A good Samaritan called animal control; an officer promptly responded but by then, the owners of the dogs were back in their car, about to drive away. Luckily, the dogs were fine. Very uncomfortable no doubt, but fine.

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07/09/2024
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Month long effort sponsored by Bissell Pet Foundation

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06/27/2024
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The arrival of the grazing goats to the city of Folsom is always a happy event for many citizens who love to watch them gobble grass, snuggle and even hop onto tree branches; but they are also literally eating away potential fire hazards in the city’s open spaces.

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06/26/2024
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Sacramento County’s Bradshaw Animal Shelter is asking the public to help keep shelter pets calm during 4th of July fireworks.

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06/11/2024
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By June tradition, a gala and art auction hosted more than 200 guests in the Effie Yeaw Nature Center last weekend. Supporters of the beloved Carmichael nonprofit organization wined, dined and opened wallets to purchase art and cultural experiences.

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05/29/2024
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Nature Lovers Will Open Their Hearts and Wallets For the Effie Yeaw Nature Center Gala on June 9

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05/25/2024
The Citrus Heights City Council heard concerns expressed at a recent meeting about the increase in feral cats locally, many sick and starving, and some possibly carrying a deadly virus.

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05/21/2024
For the second year, the California Fish and Game Commission is banning salmon fishing in the Sacramento, American, Feather, and Mokelumne rivers.

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05/13/2024
The Elk Grove City Council voted to approve the move of the Sacramento Zoo to a 100 acre lot at Kammerer Road and Lotz Parkway.

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04/29/2024
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A collaborative effort among Sacramento Metro firefighters, officials from California State Parks, Fish and Game, Wildlife Encounters, and Sierra Pacific Tree Services officials rescued an eaglet that had toppled out of its nest and was dangling 100 feet off the ground.

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04/24/2024
Several bills making their way through the California Legislature seek to address overcrowded animal shelters and streamline how animals receive care.

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04/20/2024
California has released 500,000 salmon into the Klamath River. As dams are removed, the fish will be some of the first to return to a free-flowing river.

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04/20/2024
Each year, a herd of 7,000 sheep graze and goats tend to the grass with their kids, or baby goats, in creeks and channels throughout the city, clear vegetation grow during the wet season to cut down on wildfire dangers.

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04/14/2024
Obstacles are mounting for officials who are attempting to rescue a young gray whale that was discovered entangled in a gillnet off Laguna Beach was recently sighted off the coast of Thornton State Beach in Daly City .

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04/05/2024
Although Elk Grove taxpayers will shoulder most of the $302 million cost of the initial phase of the relocation and construction of a new Sacramento Zoo, other parties including the Sacramento Zoological Society will share the burden.

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03/30/2024
Captains of fishing boats on the California coast are bracing for salmon fishing to be severely restricted — or possibly canceled for a second year.

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03/27/2024
The goal is to eliminate habitat competition between "invasive" owls and native owls.

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03/26/2024
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Beavers create unburned islands where plants and animals can shelter from megafires, research has confirmed. A movement is afoot to reintroduce the rodents to the state's waterways.

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03/26/2024
If hikers, bikers, campers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts haven't encountered a mountain lion while in the California wilderness, they might know somebody who has.

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03/23/2024
The City of Elk Grove has released information about the financing for the $400M multi-phase project to move the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove, but questions remain.
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