Doberman Pupâs tail illegally docked by couple
05/08/2006
By David WatkinsonA COUPLE have been fined after admitting illegally docking their pet dog's tail.The offence came to light after Victoria Walmesley, 22, and Leon Warner, 21, of Chapel Street, Rishton, sold the chocolate-coloured Doberman pup in November 2005.Accrington...
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Dog attacks linked to weather and tether
05/06/2006
BY DENISE FLAIM Newsday Staff WriterThe recent spate of dog attacks -- including a rottweiler in East Meadow that mauled a 4-year-old and a pit bull in Huntington Station that had to be shot by police before he could be subdued -- begs the question of whether...
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Carts help improve lives of dogs that are disabled
05/03/2006
by Julia Corcoran (Columbia News Service)NEW YORK -- When Buddha, a robust blue Doberman with a forceful personality, suffered a herniated disc, she suddenly lost the ability to use her rear legs and resorted to dragging herself around on the floor. Buddha's...
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Guard dog gunned down
04/23/2006
Orlando SentinelORLANDO -- Snoopy, a 6-month-old German shepherd, was killed early Monday while guarding a construction yard in west Orlando.The dog was shot with a semi-automatic pistol by someone trying to break into T&T Pipeline on Ferguson Drive, according...
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Volunteers Give Pets a Second Chance
04/03/2006
By Ivonne D'Amato (Centre Daily)CENTRE HALL -- If Princess, a 6-year-old black Lab mix with a painful ear condition, had arrived at the Centre Hall SPCA a year ago, she likely would have been euthanized.But a lot has changed at the shelter since last summer,...
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Village Law Bites the Bite on Dog Violations
03/14/2006
by MARIA BUCCIFERRO, For The SaratogianThe village's proposal to ban specific breeds -- pit bulls, Rottweilers, chow chows and Doberman pinschers -- was dropped after dog owners and dog advocacy groups protested during the first of two public hearings, and...
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Authorities order owner to get rid of pit bull dog
03/09/2006
By DAKOTAH M. DAVIS (Winfield Courier)UDALL A rural Udall man has been ordered by authorities this week to dispose of a pit bull dog that killed two other dogs belonging to his neighbors, a Cowley County Sheriffâs Department report said today. Michael Carter,...
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Study: Dog Ownership Should Be Delayed Until Kids Are School-Aged
03/08/2006
By Miranda Hitti (Fox News)To curb kidsâ risk of dog bites, a new study recommends that parents delay getting dogs until kids are old enough to go to school. âAny dog may attack,â write the researchers. They included Johannes Schalamon, MD, of the pediatric...
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Scott guilty of animal cruelty
03/07/2006
By Matt Elofson -Robesonian - Staff writerROWLAND - Despite a trial that had several starts and stops over five weeks, when testimony had ended, it took a judge only a few minutes to find a Maxton man guilty of animal cruelty.District Court Judge Greg Bell...
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