AUGUSTA — Bill Carey and Karen Barker rescue unloved chickens. Most were backyard egg layers — until those eggs stopped coming. Some were headed for the dinner table. At Barker and Carey’s house, no one is dinner. “These birds all think I’m Daddy,” Carey said. “When I walk out I just yell to them; I […]
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Animal Tales: Puppy class
LEWISTON — Buddy jumped for attention. Little Picshu tried to engage giant Gizmo in a wrestling match. Toby hid behind a chair. It’s not the typical YWCA class — there was a distinct lack of pool water and an abundance of fur — but it’s becoming a popular one. Puppy training. With a little owner […]
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Animal Tales: Catastic at any age
LEWISTON — Maddie is a cat who loves people, rubbing up against the glass when someone walks by her cage at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society and purring when a volunteer scoops her up. She has long brown fur that she keeps immaculately groomed and she adores her pal Yoko, a little Siamese who shares […]
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Animal Tales: Backyard chickens become like part of the family
AUBURN — Emma and Sophie Wood know each chicken. Daisy, after all, is scrappy. Stella likes to wander. Louise is the sweet one. Well, usually. “She also knows when to take control,” said Sophie, 13. Most people probably wouldn’t consider chickens as pets. But the Auburn sisters love their birds. All eight of them. “They’re […]
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Animal Tales: Looking a horse in the mouth
MONMOUTH — Kristene Aubin started her work with a coo. “Good girl,” she said, stroking the chestnut mare’s nose. “Aw, good girl.” In the horse stall next door, Aubin had just finished filing down the sharp edges of Raeco’s teeth — called floating. The palomino was pretty easy, only backing up a couple of times. […]