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The commission focused on regulating the cattle, horse, and hog industries, including the inspection and management of animal diseases affecting these animals, in collaboration with the State Veterinary Control Service department of the University of Nevada. [3]
The Sierra Nevada Zoological Park, formerly the Sierra Safari Zoo, was a zoo north of Reno, Nevada, United States. [3] Opening in 1989, it grew to become the zoo that housed more exotics in the state.
The giant hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America and is one of the 23 species of scorpion in Nevada. [1]The fauna of the U.S. state of Nevada is mostly species adapted to desert, temperature extremes and to lack of moisture.
An animal control officer (then known as a dog-catcher) restraining a stray cat in a net.. An animal control service or animal control agency is an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals, including wild animals, dangerous animals, and animals in distress.
Velma Bronn Johnston (March 5, 1912 — June 27, 1977), also known as Wild Horse Annie, was an American animal welfare activist. She led a campaign to stop the eradication of mustangs and free-roaming burros from public lands.
Evolving from both the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps and a general horse-breeding program under the control of the Department of Agriculture, the Remount Service began systematically breeding horses for the United States Cavalry in 1918. It remained in operation until 1948, when all animal-breeding programs returned to Department ...
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Family: Sciuridae. White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus); Northern flying squirrel (Gluacomys sabrinus); Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris); Alpine chipmunk (Neotamias alpinus)