Toto too? Wizard of Claws dogs find homes
Nine of the 32 dogs removed last week from the Wizard of Claws — a Pembroke Pines, Florida, store that was notorious for selling puppy-mill-born designer dogs — were put up for adoption over the...
View ArticleMore than 200 dogs seized from Pa. kennel
Animal welfare officials shut down a Pennsylvania breeding kennel yesterday, suspending the operator’s license and removing 216 dogs. Under the authority of a new state law, agents of the state Bureau...
View ArticleVick takes to the pulpit in Washington
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick spoke from behind the pulpit of a Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. yesterday — the latest in a series of talks aimed at helping to stop dogfighting and...
View Article“Pedigree Dogs Exposed” gets first U.S. airing
“Pedigree Dogs Exposed, ” the controversial BBC documentary that shed some much needed light on purebred breeding practices and the horrors they have produced, will get its first airing in the U.S....
View ArticleDogs from around the world headed to Haiti
Dogs from New York City and around the world are being sent to help in the search and recovery effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The U.S. government is sending two, 72-man search and rescue teams...
View ArticleOne in five prefer pet as their Valentine
So, with only three days left to Valentine’s Day, your honey still hasn’t firmed up the plans? Could be he, or she, is planning to spend it with the pooch. Rather than spending Valentine’s Day with...
View ArticlePhilippine “hero dog” in U.S. for surgery
With donations coming in from people in 18 different countries, enough money has been raised to bring Kabang, the Philippine dog who lost her snout to save two children, to the United States for...
View ArticleSheepdog numbers are steadily declining
It’s not as if they’re on the verge of extinction, but old English sheepdogs are drastically dropping in numbers, at least according to kennel club statistics. At the height of the high-maintenance...
View ArticleSo what’s a Carolina dog?
North Carolina’s state dog is the Plott hound. South Carolina’s state dog is the Boykin spaniel. So what’s a Carolina dog? Only perhaps the most native of American breeds – predating the arrival of...
View ArticleCanine pipeline: Dogs who run out of luck in Las Vegas are ending up in Canada
Most people involved in animal rescue know that homeless dogs in America are routinely shipped from southern shelters to northern ones to improve their chances of adoption. But here’s a canine pipeline...
View ArticleA funny — and life-saving — thing happened on the way to the slaughterhouse
The four new arrivals at the Watauga Humane Society, a no-kill shelter nestled in the hills outside Boone, N.C., started adapting to their new lives not long after they were removed from a farm south...
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