Family is reunited with dog they surrendered [three years ago]
Here’s an ending almost too happy to be believed. Three years ago, a Washington man surrendered his family dog, a five-year-old shepherd mix named Haley, to the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County. An unspecified family crisis forced the family to give up the dog, the humane society said. Though gone, she was not forgotten. The father still kept photos of the dog on his iphone, and his daughter, now 12, was, still missing and talking about the dog they had said goodbye to years earlier. This week, with their crisis averted and the family having decided to get...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Man Charged With Stabbing Pit BullPolice Say Dog Bit Man After Being Prodded
Police said they arrested a Lincoln man on suspicion of felony animal abuse after his pit bull was stabbed in the head and neck. A woman told police her live-in boyfriend, Anthony Hollman, 48, was drinking and poking their pit bull. She said the dog got angry, biting Hollman in the leg.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
House by house, ‘dog lady’ brings creatures comfortDog Lady Brings Comfort
The 1986 Dodge Ram pickup coughs and sputters. It threatens to slide back down the slushy hill, until Kate Quigley finds its sweet spot, shifting it into four-wheel drive. “All right,” she says as the tires grab. “Let’s go save some dogs.” Quigley — known widely as “the dog lady” and “Miss Kate” — works six days a week, driving into high-poverty neighborhoods to look for animal abuse and neglect. Knocking on doors, talking to owners, leaving supplies. By borrowing pets to have them spayed and neutered, she stops the misery of neglect from repeating itself litter after litter. Inside...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Caring for Pets Left Behind by the Rapture
Many people in the U.S.—perhaps 20 million to 40 million—believe there will be a Second Coming in their lifetimes, followed by the Rapture . In this event, they say, the righteous will be spirited away to a better place while the godless remain on Earth. But what will become of all the pets? Bart Centre, 61, a retired retail executive in New Hampshire, says many people are troubled by this question, and he wants to help. He started a service called Eternal Earth-Bound Pets that promises to rescue and care for animals left behind by the saved. Promoted on the...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Maxi Pad Saves Dog's Life
Feminine hygiene products just aren’t for women anymore, a dog can benefit too. A suburban Atlanta couple learned that in case of an emergency, a maxi pad works just as well as any commercially available bandage does for a dog.
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Pets not always ideal Valentine's Day gift
NEW YORK, - Pet store operators and humane society workers in New York both say giving pets as a gift on Valentine's Day is not always the right call. The New York Daily News said Saturday Puppy Paradise store manager Mike Rubin recalled one instance in which a customer at his New York store made the ill-advised decision to purchase a puppy for his love interest. "One gentleman last year got a very nice little puppy and the girl freaked out. They were not that close to each other," Rubin said. "He was trying to get, how do I say...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Pets: Are they who we think they are?
CHICAGO, - My dog put her bone in the refrigerator. No kidding! I was standing in front of the fridge Saturday surveying leftovers when my year-old puppy popped her head inside and left her rawhide bow tie bone on the bottom shelf. A cute coincidence I thought. Dogs can't be that smart and frankly it isn't unusual for a dog, or cat for that matter, to poke its head inside a refrigerator. But the incident made me wonder, "Just how smart are these critters?" Even undomesticated animals show incredible intelligence. Colonies of monk parakeets (Quaker Parrot) set up residence in...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Homes sought for 2,000 exotic animals
DALLAS, - Animal rescuers in Texas said they are trying to find homes for 2,000 exotic animals, including fire-bellied toads and iguanas. WildRescue Inc., an animal welfare partner of the Petco Foundation, said it is offering small animals including snakes, lizards, hermit crabs and fancy mice for adoption at 22 Petco stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Wednesday. The animals were among the 27,000 seized in December from U.S. Global Exotics in Arlington, Texas, due to inhumane conditions described by investigators. "We're so thankful to WildRescue Inc. They are going to be placing animals that...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
Puppy Bowl VI MVP
The fur was flying at the yearly canine competition this year with dogged defense, puppy penalties and fido first downs. Straight from local shelters, this year's puppy players were filled with hustling hounds and tackling terriers that all vied for the title of MVP! One little pup stood out above the rest, Jake the Chug (that's 1/2 Chihuahua, 1/2 pug). Not only did Jake win the Bissell MVP award, but he also took first place in our online Viewer's Choice poll!
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
(Yikes!) Savage Beagles Terrorize East End
Savage beagles terrorize East End By TAYLOR K. VECSEY January 31, 2010 Charlie Brown, watch your back -- a plague of vicious wild beagles has struck Long Island! These floppy-eared terrors are no lovable Snoopys -- they're abandoned hunting dogs that live in packs and have gone from humble pets to hounds from hell. Mattituck resident Dot Faszczewski came face to face with the canine menace two weeks ago, when she was set upon by a group of crazed, hungry beagles as she walked her pet dogs near her parents' Orient Point home. She said it was like a scene...
Published on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:15:02 AM
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