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RFK Jr. Drove Decapitated Dead Whale's Head From Cape Cod To NY, Daughter Reveals RFK Jr. Drove Decapitated Dead Whale's Head From Cape Cod To NY, Daughter Reveals
RFK Jr. Drove Decapitated Dead Whale's Head From Cape Cod To NY, Daughter Reveals Even though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dropped out of the presidential race, that hasn't stopped him from stirring yet another odd animal-related controversy thanks to a resurfaced interview with his daughter. In the 2012 interview with Town & Country Magazine, Kennedy's daughter, Kick, revealed that her father, the former independent presidential candidate who is now 70 years old, rushed to Squaw Island in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in 1994 when she was just 6 years old.  This was after he heard that a dead whale had washed up on the shore. After an hours-long trip, Kennedy…

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by Ben Crnic
News
'We Survived Together': Mass. Iraq Veteran Rescues Cat From Deployment 'We Survived Together': Mass. Iraq Veteran Rescues Cat From Deployment
'We Survived Together': Mass. Iraq Veteran Rescues Cat From Deployment US Army Sgt. Shane Finnegan said he doesn't like the nickname members of his unit gave him during his 10-month deployment to Iraq last year even if he's earned it honestly. The "Cat Daddy," who lives in Monson, picked up the moniker after he adopted a feline friend he made during his first deployment. During his second stint overseas — last year in Iraq — he made another. So when it was time to return home, members of his unit turned to him to see if he would be willing to do it again. "It wasn't my plan to adopt a cat from every deployment," he joked. "I don't want to make this a habit."…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Animal Hoarding: 60 Boxer Dogs Seized From Mass Home Taxing Help Networks Animal Hoarding: 60 Boxer Dogs Seized From Mass Home Taxing Help Networks
Animal Hoarding: 60 Boxer Dogs Seized From Mass Home Taxing Help Networks The MSPCA is asking for help after the group took in 60 boxers from a home in Essex County earlier this week, making it one of the largest seizures in the group's history.  Police said officers removed the dogs from a home on Locust Grove Road in Merrimac on Tuesday, June 11, after receiving reports of animal hoarding and overcrowding. The owner voluntarily forfeited the dogs to authorities.  Police did not release the owner's name as no charges have been filed, but a multi-agency investigation involving Haverhill, Windham (New Hampshire), and Merrimac police is ongoing. …

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by Josh Lanier