In a positive move toward ending the prejudice of BSL (breed specific legislation), Cleveland, Ohio’s City Council Public Safety Committee unanimously amended the city’s vicious dog ordinance. Under the new amendment, Pit Bulls have been removed from the vicious dog classification. There were also changes made to designate two categories for threatening dogs. The designations [...]
Patrick the Miracle Dog remains at the Garden State Veterinary Specialists (GSVS) in Tinton Falls, New Jersey after a judge denied a request to move him to a shelter in Forked River, New Jersey. Judge Joseph Cassini III ruled against the request by the Associated Humane Society to move the rescued Pit Bull to the [...]
Animal control officials have examined Coffee, the dog often seen panhandling outside Mets and Yankees games in New York City, and say the pooch bears “no signs of abuse or neglect.” The dog, which is typically dressed in baseball jerseys and earns $75 in a day’s work, was examined Wednesday by the American Society for [...]
A bizarre break-in occurred at the Fairbanks Alaska North Star animal shelter early Wednesday morning and the perp didn’t leave. Shelter workers discovered the interloper shortly after arriving at 7:30 a.m. — a large black, tan and white husky mix — casually mixing it up with the shelter dogs. There have been break-ins before security [...]
If there ever was an argument for bad dog owners, this is it. These two should never be able to own animals again. Ever. But we know that won’t happen. – Kenn A mother and daughter from Florida’s Treasure Coast allegedly duct-taped a pig’s snout shut and provoked two dogs to attack and kill it [...]
A dog named Thunder rumbled, and then lunged for a fox that had wandered too close. When it was over Saturday afternoon, Suffolk, Virginia police believe, the adopted Shar-Pei had killed the animal that had raised Hell in the neighborhood. It started about 7:30 p.m. Friday in a mobile home park when a fox chased [...]
Patrick, the horribly emaciated pit bull whose close-to-death body was found in a trash bag in the garbage chute of a 22-story apartment building in Newark, New Jersey this past March, may be moved to an animal refuge when his recovery is completed. Yet there appears to be fierce opposition to this proposed move. The [...]
