It’s a phone app that has dog lovers up in arms. And now some PETA supporters have taken matters into their own hands by hijacking the game. The dog fighting app for the Android smartphone called “Dog Wars” is a sick game where users can fight their dogs against other virtual dogs. Celebrities like Alicia [...]

Johnnie Richey was one of the many people killed when the deadly May 22 tornado flattened his Joplin, Missouri home. His family’s grief was compounded by the fact that Richey’s trusted companion, Sugar, a 9-year-old blond Cocker Spaniel, was nowhere to be found. Immediately, Richey’s sister, Kerri Simms began an effort to find the missing [...]

Qualcomm. You’ve probably heard of them. Chances are pretty solid that you’ve got a bit of Qualcomm in your pocket right now — if you’ve got any recent, popular Android phone in there, that is. Well now Qualcomm is exploring a totally new market: building rechargeable GPS collars that help you track down your lost [...]

A controversial Android app that takes users into the bloody underground world of dog fighting is back on the market — and getting ready to release an update the game’s developer calls “the biggest yet.” In the game, players raise and train a virtual dog to become a killer, mauling other dogs in matches and [...]

In a new YouTube video that has gone viral, a dog is seen diving into water off the coast of Australia in pursuit of (and possibly biting) a lurking shark. In a second video uploaded in 2006 that has since racked up over 27 million views, a dog jumps off a boat, bites into a [...]

Dog may be a staple ingredient in various Asian cuisines, but that wasn’t enough to silence South Korean animal rights activists, whose repeated protests lead to the cancellation of a Seongnam festival focused on promoting canine meat’s consumption. The festival, which was to be held in a traditional open-air market, quickly stirred fury from South [...]

May 22, 2011 was a day that Joplin Missouri high school teachers Steven and Debbie Leatherman will never forget. As tornado sirens sounded around them, the Leathermans quickly headed to the safety of their concrete-walled storm shelter basement with their 10-year-old Cocker Spaniel, Sugar. Sugar quickly became panicky however, and bolted back upstairs to her [...]

When Dane Cook realized his dog was missing on Saturday, he went to the best resource available to find him: Twitter. “West Hollywood I need your help please. My dog Beast is missing in that area,” the comedian wrote on his Twitter page, with a photo attached and email address for users to contact him [...]