SAN FRANCISCO — A Montara man walking two lapdogs off leash was hit with an electric-shock gun by a National Park Service ranger after allegedly giving a false name and trying to walk away, authorities said Monday. The park ranger encountered Gary Hesterberg with his two small dogs Sunday afternoon at Rancho Corral de Tierra, [...]

Vancouver Police took the unusual step of presenting their side of a June 2011 incident in which a police dog mauled a skateboarder who has subsequently filed a lawsuit against them. Deputy Chief Adam Palmer played a graphic video of skateboarder Chris Evans smashing a Coast Mountain bus repeatedly with his skateboard, screaming profanities and [...]

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY — Health inspectors closed a township pet store Thursday, and animal welfare volunteers confiscated 39 puppies that were either sick or at risk. The Puppies Galore store in the Brick Mall at Brick Boulevard and Chambers Bridge Road was closed about 1:30 p.m. because of a report of unsafe conditions and [...]

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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 [...]

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Seven dead dogs were found in Houston’s Mykawa district on January 16, 2012. Six of them were pit bulls. One dog, had recently returned from being spayed by rescue group Backstreet Brutality Relief and Rescue (BBRR). Another pit bull was found Saturday inside a brand new dog crate. He had just been [...]

BRAZIL — Quick, determined and with impeccable senses of smell and hearing, Dox and Lyon lost their lives during a recent police operation. The two dogs were fatally shot while pursuing suspects in a forest near the city of Ribeirão das Neves on behalf of the Minas Gerais Military Police on May 17. As soon [...]

Los Angeles police detectives are investigating the slaying of a man believed to be an Armenian American whose head rolled out of a plastic bag discovered by a dog off a trail below the Hollywood sign Tuesday afternoon. Two women were hiking with the dog in the rugged hills near the 3200 block of Canyon [...]