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  2. Animal shelter - Wikipedia

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    An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of the agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until they were claimed by their owners.

  3. List of City of Buffalo landmarks and historic districts

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    The City of Buffalo established the Preservation Board in 1976. Its powers and responsibilities are derived from Buffalo's Preservation Ordinance, which declares "as a matter of public policy that preservation, protection, conservation, enhancement, perpetuation, and utilization of sites, buildings, improvements, and districts of special character, historical or aesthetic interest, or value ...

  4. Buffalo pound - Wikipedia

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    The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American bison, also known as buffalo. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared chute through which buffalo were herded and thereby trapped.

  5. Animal pound - Wikipedia

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    The village pound was a feature of most English medieval villages, [citation needed] and they were also found in the English colonies of North America and in Ireland. A high-walled and lockable structure served several purposes; the most common use was to hold stray sheep, pigs and cattle until they were claimed by the owners, [ citation needed ...

  6. Schenck House (Buffalo) - Wikipedia

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    A second outbuilding in the form of a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story small barn with the roof extended to create a side stall without exterior walls was possibly either a Combination Structure or a small animal shelter where the sheep or swine were kept. [12] The Non-population agriculture registers show the farming of swine and sheep.

  7. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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    From 1894 to 1994, the ASPCA operated the municipal animal shelter system in New York City which euthanized unadopted animals. Starting in 1977, the ASPCA entered into a contract with the New York City Department of Health to receive municipal funding to operate the shelter system. The contract rendered the ASPCA increasingly reliant on ...

  8. Dog fighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is extremely difficult for authorities to prove who has dogs for fighting purposes." A few weeks later, in Buffalo, New York, police and animal control officers at the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter rescued 15 pit bulls believed to be part of dogfighting activities during a two-week period. Authorities found pit bulls — dead and alive ...

  9. Black Diamond (buffalo) - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, he was the model for the United States buffalo nickel coin introduced in 1913, designed and sculpted by American sculptor James Earle Fraser in 1911. [1] [2] Black Diamond was born in 1893 of a bull and cow given to the zoo by Barnum & Bailey Circus. [citation needed] He weighed 1550 pounds, and was a popular attraction at ...

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