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Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search 31 August 2026 at 16:09

Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search

31 August 2026 at 16:09

Donkey named HeeHaw was shot and killed as authorities reportedly looked on property in search of a missing person

A police officer in the US state of Georgia was placed on leave after a family’s pet baby donkey was shot and killed during an early-morning search on their property.

The animal’s owner, Hannah Israel, said officers were at her pasture without notification or permission at about 12.45am on Sunday, reportedly looking for a missing person when they encountered the small male donkey named HeeHaw.

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Gene-Editing Technology Offers New Ways to Create the Dogs of Our Dreams 31 August 2026 at 12:02

Gene-Editing Technology Offers New Ways to Create the Dogs of Our Dreams

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By: Emily Anthes

31 August 2026 at 12:02

Technologies like CRISPR are giving us new ways to create the dogs of our dreams — and a reason to reckon with our past mistakes.

Life with Bailey has been “amazing,” Dr. Walker said. “I didn’t really appreciate, when people say pets are part of your family, what that really means. But she really is a part of our family.”

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‘It was like fighting a dinosaur’: Sydney shark attack survivor recalls left hook that helped save her life 31 August 2026 at 08:01

‘It was like fighting a dinosaur’: Sydney shark attack survivor recalls left hook that helped save her life

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By: Achol Arok

31 August 2026 at 08:01

Leah Stewart, who was bitten while swimming at Coogee beach, says she asked herself ‘which limb am I willing to lose’ as she fought back

An Australian woman who lost an arm after a shark attack at a Sydney beach has described delivering a “left hook” punch to the four-metre great white as its open mouth came within centimetres of her face.

Leah Stewart, 34, a teacher and mother of a one-year-old, was attacked by the shark while on a morning swim at Coogee beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on 13 June.

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