Have you ever wondered what happened to a certain animal whose story of triumph or tragedy you read in The Province?

To satisfy your curiosity, we caught up with three famous fur-bearers: a prancer, a pooch and a pussycat.

SUNDANCE

Snowmobilers were stunned to come upon two abandoned horses huddled together in a remote area of Mount Renshaw just before Christmas 2008. In the 12 days that followed, volunteers from nearby McBride and BC SPCA cruelty investigators toiled long hours in heavy snow shovelling a one-kilometre trench so that Sundance, a 14-year-old Belgian/quarter horse gelding, and Belle, a three-year-old mare, could walk to safety. The horses were finally freed on Dec. 23, 2008.

“He is the absolute love of my life,” says Catie Ward, Sundance’s new guardian.

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They are absolutely darling!. Who can resist their adorable face!!!
They are highly “huggable”:)

Birders ecstatic to learn Mississippi kite is breeding in Ohio

For three years, birders have searched Hocking County trees for proof that a southern bird has made its home in Ohio.

This month, they discovered its nest in a white ash tree in Hideaway Hills.

The Mississippi kite has moved to Ohio.

“This is hugely important,” said Jim McCormac of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. “They are charismatic and very cool, but more importantly, it represents a recovery of habitat.”

The kite is about the size of a peregrine falcon, but lighter. It hunts insects on the fly, swooping in on cicadas and dragonflies at 70 mph.

McCormac, who has written a paper on the kite with Ohio State University researcher Aaron Boone, thinks the bird used to breed in Ohio centuries ago.

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In the Ubud region of Bali, Indonesia comes a companionship straight out of children’s books. Photographer Anne Young was vacationing at the Monkey Forest Park when she spotted a young male long-tailed macaque monkey that had adopted a ginger kitten, protectively caring for and grooming it while keeping other monkeys away. The kitten couldn’t look happier, and neither could the monkey.

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Nothing like a window sill to chill out on a nice Summer day!

A few days ago, Marybeth Nicola, manager of Victoria Village Apartments in Highland, noticed a small mother dog just over the fence from her apartment complex in the back parking lot of Food 4 Less.

She found that the dog was nursing small puppies and then found that she was also nursing a couple of kittens, as well.

She called the fire department, but they were unable to get the litter to come out from underneath a storage bin.

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By Karin Bennett

Live and let (die) live: So goes Sir Paul McCartney’s new hit … against NASA’s pricey plan to bankroll the zapping of dozens of squirrel monkeys in cruel radiation experiments.

While his animal rights efforts are legendary, many people may not know that Paul also has a ton of space cred. It’s true: He’s an enthusiastic supporter of space exploration who has performed for the crew of STS-114 and worked with NASA to beam Beatles music into space.

In his letter to the space agency, Paul writes:

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A sweet baby , well camouflaged, waiting for it’s mom’s return, no doubt!