• Pet Tales: Never say never. (Moore)
• Newborn dies in mauling. (Florida)
• Meat, poultry rules may aid competition. (nationwide)

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Liz Kock, Registered Veterinary Technician at the Oklahoma City Zoo, gives Jet a lift to his new home in the Children’s Zoo.

Darcy Henthorn, Oklahoma City Zoo Curator of Children’s Zoo & Birds, happily carries Oologah into his barn at the new Children’s Zoo.

Duncan gets a lift from Oklahoma City Zoo Children’s Zoo Supervisor Doug Latham into the new Children’s Zoo Barn.

Brandon Bourassa, a Children’s Zoo keeper, carries Gotebo into the new Children’s Zoo Barn on goat moving day.

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• Zoo’s goat-naming contest makes Gotebo a top draw. (Oklahoma City)
• Sonic to use cage-free eggs, pork. (Oklahoma City)
• Pet Tales: Basset hound feels his castigation “cruel, unusual.” (Oklahoma City)
• Blog: When animals attack. (Oklahoma City)
• Study reqeusted in giraffe’s death. (Tulsa)
• Roving hippo returns to zoo. (Montenegro)

Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll

• Vet gives fawn a new chance at seeing. (Oklahoma City)
• Zoo has name contest for 12 Nigerian goats. (Oklahoma City)
• GPS helping keep track: Wildlife researchers using technology to follow birds, animals. (statewide)
• Radio equipment helps track state wildlife. (statewide)
• United Airlines rescinds recent no antlers baggage rule. (Outdoors blog)
• Pony Express riders deliver Christmas mail in style. (Missouri)
• Two dogs find home after police say they fed on owner. (Nebraska)
• Fishers want locks closed. (Michigan)
• Government to jail tiger’s killer. (China)

Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll

The show marks its 20th anniversary at 6 p.m. Sunday on ABC. (Read more about TV on the NewsOK Television Blog!)

And in honor of their anniversary, show officials calculated all the animal winners during the past 20 years. Dogs finished first with cats close behind. But there are all kinds of other animals that have won. (Who knew whales could be funny? And who knew that a praying mantis would win not once but twice?)

• 1 ANT
• 3 BEARS
• 22 BIRDS
• 1 BULL
• 1 CAMEL
• 34 CATS
• 1 CHIMP
• 1 DEER
• 136 DOGS
• 1 ELK
• 1 FERRET
• 1 FISH
• 1 FLY
• 1 FROG
• 4 GIRAFFES
• 4 GOATS
• 1 GORILLA
• 1 GUINEA PIG
• 3 HAMSTERS
• 4 HORSES
• 1 KANGAROO
• 1 LIZARD
• 2 LLAMAS
• 5 MONKEYS
• 2 MICE
• 1 ORANGUTAN
• 1 OSTRICH
• 2 PRAYING MANTIS
• 5 RACOONS
• 1 RAM
• 1 RAT
• 1 RHINO
• 1 SEA LION
• 1 SPIDER
• 1 SNAKES
• 9 SQUIRRELS
• 1 TARANTULA
• 1 TOAD
• 2 WHALES

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• On goat farm, wife gets the last laugh. (Enid)
• Go see bugling elk. (Medicine Park)

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• Zoo approves updates to children’s exhibit. (Oklahoma City)
• Horse care course set. (Oklahoma City)
• Hunters, anglers among targets of new ministries. (statewide)
• Equestrian designer joins firm. (Missouri)
• Raising chickens at home a real coop. (Oregon)
• Blog: A Special Canary Department. (Oklahoma City, The Archivist)

 And for the stuff that was only photos …

• Fire department’s dogs get chance to show their stuff. (Oklahoma City, page 11a, Saturday)

• Canadian County Fair ends today. (El Reno, page 1d, Saturday)

And go here to see cute pictures of dogs swimming in a Norman pool.

Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll