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From run-ins with wild animals to endearing pet moments, here’s a look back at some of Southern California’s biggest animal stories of 2024.

Raise your hooves high: The Rose Parade horses will display their dazzling skills at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.

The newborn arrived on December 9th at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

Two healthy perentie lizards, native to Australia, have successfully hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo for the first time in the zoo’s history.  

Murder hornets have stingers that are six millimeters long that can spit venom. These venomous creatures have gotten their name for the rare instances when they have killed humans.

A 58-year-old father of five was killed last week in Virginia when a bear that was shot fell on him from out of a tree. The man was on a hunting trip when another shooter fired at the animal.

Two people have been charged with animal cruelty after police say they “brutally” killed a pet rabbit during a party in Massachusetts.

A bird strike at LaGuardia Airport in New York City forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at JFK.

Several abandoned dogs were found and rescued across the Inland Empire this week with each being severely mattes and in horrible conditions.

Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia announced his office will be conducting an audit of LA Animal Services just days after the general manager resigned. Tracey Leong reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2024.

Underwood Family Farms is gussied-up and ready for festive, fresh-air’d activities.

Vito the pug was named “best in show” at the 2024 National Dog Show, becoming the first of his breed to win the title at the annual Thanksgiving Day canine competition.

The annual competition features about 2,000 dogs of 205 different dog breeds all competing for the prestigious title of “Best in Show.”

More people in Los Angeles and across the country are fur-parents, ready to spoil their four-legged babies.

Nearly a dozen dog bakeries have opened up in Los Angeles County. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.

Authorities say four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.

Earlier this month, police in Tacoma, Washington had their hands full with a non-compliant pig.

The N.H. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is scrambling to care for a “crippling” influx of rapidly reproducing mice

The cat’s remains were found in Yakutia, Russia, and were determined to be those of a 3-week-old cub.

In case you can’t get enough of the pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal.