ANIMALS

After an unsuccessful 2025 season, a pair of bald eagles have recently begun renovations at the Hanover area eagle nest featured on a popular webcam feed.

On Saturday, Nov. 29, an antler-less male deer wandered in the township, according to the Cornwall Borough Police Department. The deer was spray painted on both sides of his body with fluorescent orange paint of the word “PET.”

The Mercer County park near Grove City announced Nov. 12 that a baby was born Oct. 19 to their giant anteaters, Helga and Hugo. It is the first pup for the pair.

The Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Company reported that emergency crews responded to Round Barn Road for a report of a 385-pound bear climbing the trees. Crews said their ladder truck was requested to help with efforts to get the bear down.

Two African elephants from the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium are packing their trunks and moving to Somerset County.

Spot the birds making their way across Pennsylvania during their autumn migrations south.

The House Judiciary Committee moved a package of legislation that includes proposals to enhance penalties and investigative resources for animal cruelty cases as well as tightening rules for elective procedures. 

The baby, a lesser spot-nosed guenon whose gender isn’t known yet, was born Oct. 8 to first-time mother Georgia and to father Nemo, zoo officials announced Oct. 9.

The York County SPCA is hoping to educate people and win some adoptions for often overlooked dogs during Pit Bull Awareness Month in October featuring a nostalgic ’90s theme.

On Tuesday, the North Hanover YMCA held a ribbon cutting for its new 15,000-square-foot dog park, located in its adjacent field at 500 George Street in Hanover.