If you would like to see this stopped, voice your opinion to the Gorham Town Planning Board here. Please be firm in your opposition, but nice. Meanness will trivialize us and make them go ahead with it. You can also sign this petition here. – Kenn GORHAM, NEW YORK — Dog breeders who recently received [...]

This is the kind of store that deserves our business. Make sure to support pet stores that only deal with Rescue Pups. – Kenn

When Elena Zakharova looks into the eyes of her puppy as it suffers from bad knees and achy hips, she does not see a defective product to be returned to the store for a refund. The New York City resident believes Umka, her 1-year-old Brussels Griffon, is a living soul who feels pain and emotion. [...]

Roughly 175 Westies, Boston Terriers, Pomeranians and other small dogs are receiving care and attention at a temporary shelter—and their owner is facing cruelty charges—after the ASPCA helped law enforcement raid a Hot Springs, Arkansas, puppy mill on November 7.

It’s survival of the fittest for 161 malamutes recently rescued from a dog kennel in Jefferson City. “Some are doing better than others,” said Wendy Hergenraeder, state director for the Humane Society of the United States, a Billings resident who is part of a team assisting in caring for the dogs. The dogs were recently [...]

Well, I guess we can put this one in the ‘win’ column.

In a move that could put an end to the bitter war over Proposition B, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced today that he had brokered a “Missouri solution” that will protect dogs as well as agricultural interests. The agreement, signed by key groups on both sides, incorporates parts of the dog-breeding initiative passed by state [...]

It’s a blow to Missouri dog lovers and voters. The Missouri House this afternoon passed by a margin of 85 to 71 a bill that would overturn many of the regulations for dog breeders that state voters approved last year. A similar bill, SB113, passed the Senate earlier this year. The legislation gets rid of [...]