Animals

The Netflix 2020 American true crime documentary is barely a blip on most television screens but some of the animals are still around. One in particular, a male tiger that has been in Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma has been rescued by the Crown Ridge Sanctuary in St. Genevieve, Missouri.

Summer is coming up and it's the launching of a new canine unit for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Protection Branch. Stationed around the state and used as necessary to work throughout Missouri, the new unit, will be made up of five dogs and their conservation agent-handlers.

It's the end of an era. As of Wednesday, May 19, the St. Joseph Stockyards in St. Joseph, Missouri is closed. The last auction was held that day.

Echo, a male German Shepherd who has been a part of the Canine (K-9) Unit for about eight years, was retired from Public Safety due to health reasons.

You're taking a leisurely walk one evening after supper. As you walk down the sidewalk you feel something like a bee sting, but you look down and see a snake. What just happened? Did you get bit? What are you supposed to do?

Unless you've fished down in Florida or in areas that would have alligators , this probably this isn't something you would never have to worry about but unfortunately for this guy, it became a very big problem.

When is the last time you saw a bear? No, I don't mean Yogi Bear on a Saturday morning cartoon. A real, breathing live bear? If you're camping in Missouri your chances of seeing one are getting greater.

It was historic last year sending five elk hunters afield in the Missouri Ozarks in October and December, but for each of the hunters to harvest an elk may have been more than expected.

They need your love, your protection, and most of all, your guidance.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is ongoing problem in Missouri. 44 new cases of the deadly deer disease was confirmed by the Missouri Department of Conservation. (MDC)