By: Mary Walker Baus Many aspects of Louisiana culture imply bigger is better, but the opposite may be true for Louisiana’s dogs. Animal Control officers and volunteers will rescue any dog they find on the street, but the dogs they most commonly find roughing it in ...
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 8:17 pm
A Derby animal shelter says the response to an appeal for new homes for dogs has exceeded expectations.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 1:12 pm
TUCSON - Authorities have arrested a Green Valley man after nearly two dozen pit bulls and boxer-mix dogs were found without food or water.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 1:36 pm
Jim Bowditch saw smoke come from his neighbor's house as he drove down Hilliard Lane Friday afternoon. He called 911. Then he kicked down the door, fought 5-foot flames with a garden hose, and rescued three dogs trapped inside the house.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 5:36 pm
NAPLES —Two dogs were killed in a living room fire that erupted at a Naples Lakes Country Club home in East Naples on Monday night.Around 5:50 p.m., Golden Gate and East Naples firefighters were called to 5020 Castlerock Way, Golden Gate Fire Chief Robert Metzger said. When they arrived, they found smoke coming from the living room.Metzger said the homeowners arrived home, found the house on ...
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 4:27 pm
By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER A Sandusky County humane officer responding to a complaint about pigs on the loose at a Rice Township property spotted something more alarming: 33 dogs inside the house living in filth. “Some were in cages, some were in fenced circles, and they were laying in their own feces and urine,” said Denny Hammond, the officer. The dogs, which included 15 basset ...
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 4:25 pm
People in a Morgan neighborhood think someone has been poisoning their dogs. At least five dogs have died in the past month from similar symptoms.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 3:51 pm
The Defense Ministry and the Interior Ministry have relayed approval for the delivery of bomb-detection dogs from the United States. Officials said the U.S. military would deliver scores of trained dogs to help fight the Al Qaida suicide bombing campaign around Baghdad.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 6:23 pm
TUCSON (AP) -- Authorities have arrested a Green Valley man after nearly two dozen pit bulls and boxer-mix dogs were found without food or water. The Pima Animal Care Center cited 34-year-old Raymond Quintero for failure to provide appropriate food and water to his dogs. Officials say the pending charges are expected to be upgraded to the felony level. Quintero allegedly abandoned the animals ...
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 2:48 pm
The bodies of at least eight animals, likely dogs, are found skinned and beheaded in Fall Creek.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 2:59 pm
