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Battersea, UK Sees ‘Shocking’ Rise In Stray Aggressive Dogs

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Tom Heap for BBC Panorama Hundreds of aggressive dogs are being put down despite being healthy because they are unsuitable to rehome, the UK’s oldest animal shelter has said. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home had to put down about one third of [...]

City Officials Propose A $50 Bounty On Stray Dogs

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Ginny Holder from examiner.com Officials in the City of Memphis are considering a new proposal that puts a $50 bounty on dogs roaming the Memphis streets. In order to take care of the problem, they feel this may be more cost effective [...]

Confiscated Dogs Get A Bath Thanks To Volunteers

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From wtsp.com WINTER HAVEN, Florida — Dozens of volunteers from the Bay area community and across the state gathered to give more than 260 rescue dogs baths. The dogs were taken from the Mid-Florida Retriever Rescue back in May, but because the custody [...]

Humane Society: Fewer Dogs Spooked By Fireworks

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From abclocal.go.com/kgo SAN MATEO, CA — Fewer than a dozen dogs found themselves at the Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo this year after being spooked by fireworks on the Fourth of July. In the past, up to two dozen dogs have been [...]

Attack Creates Worries In West About Sheep Dogs

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Michael J. Crumb For The Associated Press Two sheep dogs’ attack on a Colorado mountain biker has prompted ranchers in the West to seek better ways to manage the large dogs that protect their herds against predators. The American Sheep Industry Association [...]

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Bird Dog Points Out Loose Gator… In Ohio?

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From UPI.com COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 17 (UPI) — Workers at an Ohio company said a hunting dog spotted a 4-foot alligator near the office and alerted them to its presence. Jeff Tate, who owns Buckeye Caseworks in Columbus, said employee Jeff Colucy was [...]

Shelter Fosters Dogs While Owners Serve Country

Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From 9NEWS.com PUEBLO, Colorado – Donna Straub remembers the moment a soldier came into the Pueblo Animal Shelter very well. “He was actually in tears. He had tried family, friends, a girlfriend and nobody would take care of his dog while he was [...]