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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

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‘Puppy Bowl’ makes pet adoption pup-ular

Kayleigh Bishop, Copy Editor February 14, 2024

Every year since 2005, puppies compete in a high-stakes football game called the “Puppy Bowl.” The rules of the “Puppy Bowl” are as follows: if a dog drags one of the chew toys across the finish...

My experience with animal-assisted therapy

My experience with animal-assisted therapy

Dahlia Herman March 1, 2023

I got my rabbit, Challa, certified as an animal-assisted therapy animal during the summer of 2021. I regularly take my rabbit to libraries and children read to him through the Reading Education Assisted...

Used with permission from Amelia Mcgregor

Sophomore gives back to the community

Gillian Kapinos November 24, 2020

Starting out as a trip to visit the animals at the Humane Society, sophomore Amelia Mcgregor became inspired to help. Mcgregor said volunteering and helping the community brings her joy. “(Volunteering)...

This great horned owl visited me in my backyard last spring. I have seen great horned owls multiple times near my home. Editing has become a part of the art I create in wildlife photography. Post processing for my photos does not follow the same ethical standards of journalism — elements of a photo can be taken out at my discretion.

Wildlife photography changes perspective

Noah Orloff January 29, 2020

I take a silent deep breath as I look into my viewfinder — I am in the presence of a great horned owl, an apex predator that just landed on a perch in front of me. The adrenaline rush that proceeds,...

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