Dallas columnist joins pit bull ban chorus
Another newspaper columnist has issued a call for banning pit bulls — this one in Dallas, on the heels of a dog attack that might cost one of its two victims an eye. Dallas Morning News columnist...
View ArticleMailman mauled, dogs executed, owner ???
A postal worker was hospitalized with 22 puncture wounds and broken bones after he was attacked by two pitbulls while on his route in Norwich, Connecticut. The two pitbulls have been euthanized. The...
View ArticleMan sentenced in heat death of Rottweiler
A Maryland man who tied his dog outside in a hot July sun, with fatal consequences, was ordered to spend 90 days in jail and do 50 hours of community service. Judge Janice Rodnick Ambrose suggested...
View ArticleWales bans electric shock collars
Electric shock collars have been banned in Wales. Under the ban — the first in the UK – owners who zap their dogs for misbehaving face a fine of up to £20,000 or six months in prison. Around 500,000...
View ArticleSusie’s Law signed in North Carolina
Susie, an 8-week-old puppy when she was tortured, burned and left to die in Greensboro last summer, yesterday became the first dog to sign a piece of legislation in North Carolina — one aimed at...
View ArticleA cat named Mittens, a dog named Phoenix
As the case against two brothers accused of setting a pit bull named Phoenix on fire unfolds in a Baltimore courtroom, a cat named Mittens is nursing both her kittens and the wounds she received after...
View ArticleWoman gets no jail time in dog starvations
A distressing animal cruelty case came to an unsatisfying conclusion yesterday here in my temporary hometown. Upon being convicted of starving two dogs to death, Lysandra Nicole Chambers, 33, of...
View ArticleFabio the Maltese gets help in New Orleans
Fabio, a Maltese in Florida whose back paws were cut off to stop him from jumping over a fence, is headed to New Orleans for evaluation, prosthetics and rehab. The four-year-old dog, who hasn’t let...
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