A Montreal-area woman decided to rescue four baby raccoons after their mother was killed. She's now keeping them in her house while trying to find a refuge to take them on.

The BC SPCA has ordered some birds at the World Parrot Refuge in Coombs, B.C., be given veterinary care.

The remote high desert of eastern Oregon became the latest flashpoint for U.S. anti-government sentiment as armed protesters occupied a national wildlife refuge to object to a prison sentence for local ranchers for burning federal land.