Animal control officials have examined Coffee, the dog often seen panhandling outside Mets and Yankees games in New York City, and say the pooch bears “no signs of abuse or neglect.” The dog, which is typically dressed in baseball jerseys and earns $75 in a day’s work, was examined Wednesday by the American Society for [...]
A 46-year-old man who swung a pit-bull puppy by its leash against an elevator wall and also kicked the animal was charged with aggravated animal cruelty on Monday. A surveillance video released by the police shows a man, identified as Irving Sanchez, slamming the dog, Max around the elevator of public-housing complex in East Harlem, [...]
Diamond is this family’s very best friend. Diamond’s owner, Darryl Steen, and his two daughters were asleep in their Hayward, California apartment on October 24 when the 15-month old Pit Bull started barking. The apartment was on fire. “She means everything to me. If it hadn’t been for this dog, me and my girls wouldn’t [...]
The controversial Dog Wars app has been renamed KG Dogfighting and is back up on the Android Marketplace. The site says it was updated Saturday two days after the head of the Los Angeles police union urged Google to permanently pull the virtual dogfighting game app from its phone app marketplace. In the letter sent [...]
It’s a big triumph for a very misunderstood breed. The Aurora, Colorado City Council voted Monday to allow Pit Bulls back into the city on a very limited basis. The Council voted 6-3 to allow disabled residents to use the dogs as service animals. The Council also reduced the number of banned dog breeds from [...]
My first question would be, “what exactly constitutes a vicious dog? Are we back to breed specific legislation?” – Kenn A bill being circulated by Senator Dave Hansen of Green Bay, Wisconsin would make it a misdemeanor for someone convicted of a violent or drug-related felony to own a dog that has been declared vicious [...]
