Published May 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kendrick Calfee Chris Cain of the Missouri Department of Conservation, weighs a peregrine falcon chick on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Kansas City.

Photo from Missouri Department of Conservation. Members of KC Pet Project’s Animal Services Division, were brought in Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, to help wrangle loose goats that have been living ...

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Camp Zoe, a historic 330-acre campground in Shannon County recently home to weekend music festivals, is now state property, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced Monday.