Executing the victims of animal cruelty
Having convicted dogfighter Ed Faron of cruelty to animals, Wilkes County, N.C. officials, as planned, proceeded to execute about 145 pit bulls — both those seized from Faron’s Wildside Kennel...
View ArticleVick seeking book deal, newspaper says
The New York Daily News reports that jailed dog-fighter Michael Vick is looking for a book deal. According to the newspaper, the former Atlanta Falcons star has a literary agent, Scott Waxman, founder...
View ArticleDog miraculously survives Baghdad bombing
One hundred and twenty-seven human lives were lost, but a dog miraculously survived a massive bombing in Baghdad Tuesday – even though the building she was chained to collapsed. The dog was first...
View ArticleDog left paralyzed by tornado walks again
High School teachers Steven and Debbie Leatherman headed to the basement with their cocker spaniel Sugar when the tornado sirens sounded in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22. After turning on the television...
View ArticleRetriever helps victims tell their stories
In Colorado, victims and witnesses who might, for various reasons, have trouble sharing details of a crime with a police officer now have another option — Pella, a Labrador-golden retriever mix who is...
View ArticleDogs killed five, Mexican authorities now say
Mexican authorities have identified a fifth possible victim in what they say is a string of fatal dog attacks at a hilltop park in Mexico City. Gangs of dogs had been blamed for the deaths of four...
View ArticleOregon to get its first courthouse dog
Some crime victims and witnesses may soon be able to testify in an Oregon county courthouse not just under oath, but with dog on their side. As early as this summer, the Yamhill County District...
View ArticleGolden moments: Bringing Boston comfort
Five golden retrievers — two of them fresh from comforting grieving survivors of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting — are visiting dozens of hospitalized victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. The...
View ArticleIs artwork an attack on pit bulls?
Whether it’s art, propaganda, or a combination of the two, a memorial to victims of fatal dog attacks is creating controversy as one of dozens of entries in a public art display in downtown Grand...
View ArticleComfort dogs arriving in Orlando
As they did after the Boston Marathon bombing, the Sandy Hook school shootings and the Charleston church massacre, comfort dogs are headed to the scene of an American tragedy — this time, the deadliest...
View ArticleDeaf dog helps abused children be heard
A deaf boxer in Florida is helping abused children be heard, by helping them get through the trauma of testifying in court. Karl, a 5-year-old therapy dog, was born deaf, but that might actually assist...
View ArticleFraud runs rampant in online pet sales
If you’re planning to search online to buy a new dog, be warned: Up to 80 percent of the sponsored advertising links that will show up — like that one above for instance — may be fraudulent. So might...
View ArticleDogs help heal wounds in war-torn Uganda
Eleven years after a civil war in Uganda, many are still coping with the scars it left — inside and out — and some are finding that a dog can help them do that. That was the case with Francis Okello...
View ArticleTherapy dog comforts Dr. Nassar’s victims
There’s a dog sitting outside the Michigan courtroom where 144 victims of former Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar are reading statements on how they were impacted by the sexual abuse they...
View ArticleBring in the comfort dogs — again
Jacob is a golden retriever who gets to go on lots of trips. In 2016, he got to go to Orlando. In 2017, he got to go to Las Vegas. This year’s excursion was back to Florida, to a town called Parkland....
View ArticleBassett hound is victim in sexual assault case involving MSU health physicist
Michigan State University has had its hands full with, and its coffers drained by, a sexual assault scandal involving the university physician who sexually abused young women under the guise of...
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