How To Treat Your Dog’s Sprained Foot
March 28, 2010 in Health & Science News, News
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by Kenn Bell
by Kenn Bell
New Jersey Dog Owners Face Hefty Fines for Barking
March 28, 2010 in Government, Law Enforcement, News
by Kenn Bell
Veterinarian Attacked By Dog Owner
March 28, 2010 in Health & Science News, Law Enforcement, News
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PALM BAY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – A veterinarian who was attacked by a man who was angry his dog didn’t survive surgery says he truly feared for his life.
Dr. Jason Frydelund told police 60-year old Samuel Winstead made threats and tried to put his hands around his neck in order to choke him. The dog owner also displayed a utility knife to him and his staff while he was making the threats.
Earlier in the day, Palm Bay police say Samual Winstead brought his 11-year old schnauzer “BB” to the animal hospital so Dr. Frydelund could remove some benign fatty tissue from the animals chest.
Frydelund said it went well, the dog came out of anesthesia, and the staff even called Winstead to tell him his dog was ready to be picked up. But minutes later, the vet believes Winstead’s schnauzer suddenly suffered a stroke and died.
The next call by the vet to the dogs owner was the sad and unfortunate update. Police say the owner told them he became distraught and went to the clinic to pick up his deceased dog. In the police report, Winstead said he had a knife, and made threats at the staff.
After the vet turned over the deceased dog, the report says he lunged towards the doctor and tried to choke him. The doctor eluded the attack, and a nurse stepped in to help restrain the angry dog owner. But before Winstead stormed out, he threatened the clinic staff and said they “had not seen or heard the last of him.”
The suspect got about a tenth of a mile away, before police made a felony stop and arrested him.
Apparently, Winstead had a change of heart after landing in jail. According to the animal doctor, the suspect used one of his phone calls to call the animal hospital and apologize.
Winstead is out of jail after posting his $30,000 dollar bond. Tomorrow morning, he’ll make his first appearance on charges of aggravated assault and battery
by Kenn Bell
The Ethical Dog
March 28, 2010 in Health & Science News, News
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By Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce For Scientific American
Looking for the roots of human morality in the animal kingdom? Focus on canines, who know how to play fair
Every dog owner knows a pooch can learn the house rules—and when she breaks one, her subsequent groveling is usually ingratiating enough to ensure quick forgiveness. But few people have stopped to ask why dogs have such a keen sense of right and wrong. Chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates regularly make the news when researchers, logically looking to our closest relatives for traits similar to our own, uncover evidence of their instinct for fairness. But our work has suggested that wild canine societies may be even better analogues for early hominid groups—and when we study dogs, wolves and coyotes, we discover behaviors that hint at the roots of human morality.
Morality, as we define it in our book Wild Justice, is a suite of interrelated other-regarding behaviors that cultivate and regulate social interactions. These behaviors, including altruism, tolerance, forgiveness, reciprocity and fairness, are readily evident in the egalitarian way wolves and coyotes play with one another. Canids (animals in the dog family) follow a strict code of conduct when they play, which teaches pups the rules of social engagement that allow their societies to succeed. Play also builds trusting relationships among pack members, which enables divisions of labor, dominance hierarchies and cooperation in hunting, raising young, and defending food and territory. Because this social organization closely resembles that of early humans (as anthropologists and other experts believe it existed), studying canid play may offer a glimpse of the moral code that allowed our ancestral societies to grow and flourish.
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by Kenn Bell
Inglewood, California Police Arrest Woman In Dog Ransom Demand
March 28, 2010 in Law Enforcement, News
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — A woman has been arrested in Inglewood for allegedly demanding ransom from the owner of a lost puppy that escaped from its yard.
Police say 24-year-old Daisy Angel of Lennox was arrested for investigation of extortion and is being held on $20,000 bail.
Lt. Oscar Serrano says a 4-month-old female blue nose pit bull escaped Wednesday and the owner posted signs offering a $150 reward. Serrano says the owner then got calls from unidentified men and women demanding $500 or the dog would disappear.
The lieutenant says an exchange was arranged and Angel was arrested after showing up with the dog.
The pet was unharmed and returned to its family. Police say they don’t know if anyone else was involved in the plot.
by Melody Chen
Marines Train Labs In the Fight Against IEDs
March 26, 2010 in Military, News, Working Dogs
by Melody Chen
Dog Behind The Alabama ‘Gucci Law’ Dies At 16
March 26, 2010 in Government, In Remembrance, News
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By Bernie Delinski for TimesDaily.com
Gucci, the dog Florence native Doug James rescued from torture who went on to become the namesake of a state law that makes animal abuse a felony, died Wednesday.
James said he made the difficult decision to euthanize the dog, who recently turned 16.
“I had dreaded it, and put if off for two or three days,” said James, who lives in Mobile. “His kidneys were failing him.”
In the final days, Gucci reached the point he couldn’t control his kidneys and was unable to walk freely. He began losing clumps of fur.
“I finally thought, it’s just not dignified for him,” James said. “This was too much for him. He didn’t deserve to go through this.”
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