CONNECTICUT — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) discussed legislation recently in Hartford that would benefit military working dogs after their service on the battlefield is over. “Military working dogs routinely patrol ahead of the line — put in harm’s way to protect our troops,” Blumenthal said Thursday. “They show extraordinary strength and loyalty every day in [...]
Trouble kept adding up last weekend for a Connecticut man who was suspected of cutting power to a dog pound and scaling its barbed wire fence in an effort to liberate his small hound with “special needs”. The man, Walter Scovish, 55, was arrested by West Hartford, Connecticut police September 3 on drug charges and [...]
Two women who were walking their dogs near Connecticut’s Shady Beach on Sunday were electrocuted and one of their dogs was killed when the animal stepped into a pool of electrified water. Deputy Fire Chief Gino Gatto said police and fire officials responded to a report of an electrocuted dog and two injured females. Firefighters [...]
Owners of a mauled dog say they are happy the owner of the other dogs is finally taking responsibility. The owner of four large Newfoundland dogs that mauled and killed a smaller Labrador Retriever at a Connecticut park last week has been arrested. Vicaie Tkacz (pronounced Vicky Kach), 37, of Oxford, Connecticut turned herself in [...]
It seems there will be no summer off for Czar, the Norwalk, Connecticut police dog stabbed through the tongue Saturday while defending his handler, Officer Frank Reda. Czar helped subdue an attacker who charged at Reda while holding two knives Sgt. Andre Velez, who is in contact with Reda, had expressed concern Monday that the [...]
Thanks to the power of Twitter, a dog and his owner are now reunited. Two days after finding and taking in the stray dog she found wandering around Darien, Connecticut, Kristin Calve decided to take to Twitter in hopes of finding the dog’s owner. Calve had contacted animal control officials about a small, Yorkshire Terrier [...]
By JoAnne Thomas for law.rightpundits.com West Haven, Connecticut – Roderick Lewis, 23, has been charged with assault on a police officer, cruelty to animals and disorderly conduct after an early Thursday morning altercation involving Police Officer Scott Bloom, and his canine partner, Onyx. Not only did Mr. Lewis allegedly punch and hit Officer Bloom, [...]
