Oh how a great, happy story can go bad. This poor pup was saved by firemen after it fell in an ice covered lake. Later, on television, a clearly way too close news anchor goes to kiss the dog on his snout and the dog bites. It all happens fast but you can see the [...]

The video above is in respond to the McDonald’s radio commercial. – Kenn McDonald’s has apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite it. The ad said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a stray pit bull, shaving your head, naming your son Sue or giving friends your Facebook password. [...]

COLUMBUS, OHIO — A bill that would remove the “vicious” label from pit bulls is likely headed for the governor’s desk. The Ohio Senate approved House Bill 14 by a 27-5 vote on Tuesday, with some changes. Those modifications will have to be approved by the Ohio House of Representatives before the bill can be [...]

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT — While everyone was able to safely escape a fire Saturday at Da Legna restaurant in New Haven, something special was left behind in the rubble. To those watching the flames rip through the State Street apartments, above the restaurant, it was obvious there would be some major damage. However, once the [...]

A sad example of how breed discrimination affects humans as well as dogs. So sad. – Kenn A down-on-his-luck soap-opera actor took his own life this week after he was forced to put his beloved dog to sleep under pressure from his Upper West Side condo and became wracked by grief, pals said. Nick Santino [...]

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND — A Baltimore County man is sentenced to prison time for his role in a dogfighting operation. The animals found in his care were dirty, malnourished and mutilated. Amazingly, some of them survived. What was done to the dogs is horrible, but there is reason to be hopeful for their future. Authorities [...]

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 [...]

Mark Buehrle’s left arm may have been greeted warmly down in south Florida this offseason, but the same can’t be said for one of his family’s four dogs. According to the Miami Herald, “Slater” Buehrle, an 18-month-old American Staffordshire terrier, falls under a pitbull ban that has been in place in Miami-Dade County since 1989. [...]