War Veterans Help Train Wolf-Dogs At California Rescue Center
LOS ANGELES – It’s been three months since a California animal rescue center retrieved 29 wolf-dogs from an Alaska tourist attraction that had fought the state over owning, breeding and selling the wolf-hybrids. Chains were so deeply embedded in the necks of two of the animals that they had to be surgically removed. Many developed […]
Alaskan Woman’s Bear-Punching Incident To Save Her Dog Brings Her International Attention
Brooke Collins of Juneau, Alaska made local headlines this week after she punched a black bear in her yard to save her Dachshund Fudge from the bear’s grip. The 22-year-old hairdresser became a local celebrity overnight when the story went viral, appearing in news outlets across the country and beyond. Collins’ name has since appeared […]
Alaskan Public Rallies To Help 157 Rescued Huskies At Mat-Su Shelter
By KYLE HOPKINS for ADN.com Pet lovers donated $6,000 as of Wednesday afternoon to a fund created to care for scores of skinny huskies at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough animal shelter, organizers said. Troopers seized the dogs from a breeder in the Montana Creek area of the Susitna Valley earlier this week. More than 20 were […]
Heroic Dog Leads Cops to Fire
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Sorry, Huskies, Malamute Now Alaska's State Dog
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! From Alaska Dispatch The final days of the Alaska Legislature’s 2010 regular session ended in a flurry of activity, but bills of lesser stature were cleared first, including a Senate vote on what should be Alaska’s official state dog. Sorry, Alaskan Husky, it’s […]
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Officially Ends With No Sled Dog Deaths
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Criticism Of The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race From Animal Rights Groups
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! I, for one, feel it’s only right to hear both sides of the story. Here’s the animal rights side of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. — Kenn by Morgan Lowrie for Helium.com The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the eleven-hundred-mile dog-sled race across […]
Veterinarian Heads Off To The Iditarod Sled Dog Race Again
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Tim Engle for The Kansas City Star One thing you can say about this Kansas City winter: It’s fine practice for anyone about to head north to Alaska. Put Leawood veterinarian Vern Otte in that group — he’ll be working this year’s […]
Blind Sled Dog, Isobel Keeps On Running
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