There is a new non-profit organization that has opened in Duluth. Puppa's Pals are a group of volunteers working to provide temporary foster placement for pets whose people are facing some sort of crisis of some sort.
People on the North Shore have reported some sightings of cougars, also known as mountain lions. Sightings are rare, but seem to be trending upward in recent years.
Someone decided to break into a zoo in Wisconsin by cutting the locks, and then proceeded to open multiple animal cages. Four animals ended up missing from the zoo.
I've spent my entire life with the assumption that we don't have any venomous snakes growing up in Minnesota. I never knew that we have rattlesnakes in the wild in Minnesota & Wisconsin.