RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – Graphic images of the 160 dogs collected in a raid last week in Stokes County show the dogs sleeping in their own waste, in makeshift kennels that had exposed wires and an infestation of mice. But Kim Alboum, director of the Humane Society of North Carolina, which took the pictures, hopes [...]
As nearly anyone who has adopted a dog or cat from a shelter can attest, there’s something special about a rescued pet; it’s as if the animal senses he’s been given a second chance at life. That’s certainly the case with Juno, a Belgian Malinois who was rescued from a shelter just days before she [...]
For a wounded soldier home from Afghanistan, it was a special reunion a long time in the making. A puppy he adopted on the front lines is now with him again in Bethesda, Md. Donny Eslinger, 20, encountered the dog while on tour of duty in Afghanistan. He traded three cigarettes to become the dog’s [...]
Meet Cosmo and Uggie, two Hollywood doggies that have been hanging out during this year’s film award season. Cosmo is from the film, ‘Beginners’ and was thanked by his human costar Christopher Plummer when he accepted his Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. Uggie, the Jack Russell, is one of the lead actors of ‘The [...]
