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Cat lost in east Green Lake: Have you seen Gracie? UPDATE: Gracie’s been found

  A note from Gracie’s family: Our beloved cat Gracie has been missing for four days now. She is an indoor/outdoor cat, and we’re afraid someone may have mistaken her for a stray. We have bought her several collars in the past that have the safety release, so she’s always losing them when she’s out and about. She came home very late Saturday night with a plain brown collar on that someone else must have attached. Sunday she got outside again and didn’t come home at all that night. We did spot her once on 62nd street on Tuesday around noon,…

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Lion escapes den at Woodland Park Zoo

From our news partner, seattlepi.com: Officials at the Woodland Park Zoo were investigating Tuesday how a lion managed to escape its den just minutes before the zoo closed. The zoo’s emergency response team kept the female African lion contained in the feline house after it walked away from its sleeping den and wandered into a service hallway about 3:55 p.m., according to a news release. “The lion was contained inside the building and at no time were visitors or the staff in any danger,” zoo officials said in the news release. The 12-year-old lion was safely tranquilized and secured about…

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Friends of Green Lake offers two free four-hour bird walks — UPDATE: reservations are no longer available

  Update, Tuesday, November 8: Both bird walks are now full and reservations are no longer being taken.     The Friends of Green Lake is offering two Green Lake bird walks with Audubon Society Master Birder Martin Muller this fall. The walks will be on Saturday, November 12, 2011 and Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. The four-hour tours of Green Lake Park will cover migrants as well as local birds, including waterfowl and shorebirds. Beginners and advanced birders of all ages are welcome. Dogs, however, should stay home. The group will walk slowly and will…

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Lost Green Lake cat: Have you seen Snickers? // UPDATE: Snickers has been found!

Update, Sunday Oct. 9: Some good news from Snickers’ owners: Snickers has been found!!! Thank you to everybody who kept their eyes out for her. She was found today in a neighbor’s basement, where she had been stuck for 10 days! We are so happy to have her back. Thanks again! A longhair brown and black tabby with white paws and a white chest is missing. Have you seen Snickers? Please call (206) 715-7178 or reply to @Adventureweiner on twitter.

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Brown and white dog found on Sunnyside Ave N — UPDATE: Owner has been found

Update, 1:40 p.m. The dog, “Chauncy,” has been reunited with his/her owner. A dog was found yesterday (Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011) on Sunnyside Ave N between N 77th St and N 80th St. Is this your dog? Contact frango99 [at] comcast.net or (206) 523-3640.

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