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Wisconsin Would Regulate Dog Breeders Under Bill

Good news coming as Wisconsin steps up and looks like they are about to do the the right thing! – Kenn MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin would join the majority of states that regulate dog breeders under a compromise bill endorsed by groups that fought state oversight for more than a decade. For years, animal rights [...]

ICON Uses Vicious Pit Bull Imagery!

Hey everyone, I just received this message about a company named “Icon”. Please read, respond and forward this post. This kind of “imagery” can do a huge amount of harm to Pit Bulls. Icon should be ashamed. – Kenn A friend recently made me aware of a company called “Icon”. They sell motorcycle gear and [...]

DNA Testing In Salina Saves Pet

This story comes from the Wichita Eagle. SALINA, Kan. – Salina animal control officers knew the dog they saw looked like a pit bull. It didn’t matter that the dog in question, Angie Cartwright’s family pet, Lucey, had never bitten anyone, or had never acted out aggressively. When Cartwright’s brother’s dog, which she was pet [...]

9/11: The World Trade Center’s Heroic Rescue Dogs

I was living in New York City during 9/11. I watched the first tower fall as I waited to use the public phone to let my family know I was okay. My memories of that day is one of sirens, flashing lights, incredibly kind New Yorkers (quite a miracle in itself) and a caustic, burnt [...]

Officials Block Diabetic Boy’s Dog At N.Y. School Doors

These are the kind of stories that break your heart. – Kenn ERNIE GARCIA • GANNETT NEWS / THE JOURNAL NEWS YONKERS, N.Y. — School officials blocked a diabetic boy from bringing his dog into school this morning, continuing a dispute between his family and the district. Anthony Spataro, 8 and his mother Samantha Spataro [...]

Holland Twp, NJ Neighbors Demand Action After Wolf-Hybrid Dogs Escape Again

By Stephen J. Novak for the Hunterdon County Democrat Holland Township, NJ police captured and returned the last of five wolf-dogs to their Spring Garden Road home Sunday morning, nearly three days after they escaped. Despite rumors, the hybrid canines did not chase humans, police said, but their second escape in three years is expected [...]

The HAPPY Act: Are You Ready For Pet Exemptions In The Tax Code?

Actor Robert Davi wrote this article in The Washington Times in April. DAVI: Our pets are family, too Time for an exemption for exceptional friends By Robert Davi In the early 1980s, I read an article in the Los Angeles Times about an elderly couple who were out walking their beloved dog when a group [...]

Dog Eats Passport, Cancels Wisconsin Boy’s Trip To Peru

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport. Officials at Chicago’s O’Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on document was fine, but authorities in Miami rejected it and wouldn’t let him [...]