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BELFAST Zoo is preparing to say farewell two of its oldest and most beloved residents ahead of their transfer to the Netherlands.

Every spring and summer, fawns, hares, and ground-nesting birds face significant risks in fields and meadows, where they often hide in tall grass or cereal crops and fall victim to mowers or combine harvesters.

Baltimore County Animal Services has received 101 animals that county officials seized from an Essex residence, leading to crowded conditions in the county’s only open-admission shelter.

You might imagine that when federal wildlife inspectors search for illegally trafficked animal goods, they’d be on the lookout for elephant ivory or tiger skins.

But other creatures are frequently being seized at American ports of entry, creatures you perhaps would not realize are animals: corals.