ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Maryland could soon have a law that would allow pet owners to create financial trusts to be used to care for their pets, a state official says.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Humane Society of the United States and the American Anti-Vivisection Society are calling pit bull cloning wasteful and irresponsible.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Humane Society of the United States warned consumers that what they believe is fake fur on their winter coats may be real.

KITZMILLER, Md., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The first kill of the season in a Maryland's black bear hunt in Maryland was made by an 8-year-old girl who took a day off from elementary school.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- An environmental group said it filed suit Thursday in Washington to stop road improvements in Yellowstone National Park that lead bison to leave the area.

The fate of wild horses and burros, icons of the American frontier, continues to darken as their numbers dwindle and a proposal is considered that might move te