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Ian Botham saved by Ashes rival from crocodile infested waters after fishing mishap

SYDNEY — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. …

India launches app to lower deaths caused by wild elephants

by Merchant Moller

Elephants in Orang National Park in Assam, India. Dinodia Photo | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images The state of Assam, in northeastern India, has launched a mobile app that warns …

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

by Margaret Jenner

NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did …