Common Reason Of Dog Aggresion

Common Reason Of Dog Aggresion
Aggression is part of normal dog behaviour. It is observed between rivals fighting over territory or mates, in self protection when the dog is threatened and when defending food or other prized resources. Aggression can, however, be excessive and inappropriate. As with all behaviour, some dogs are...

Inside Denvers Pit Bull Row

Inside Denvers Pit Bull Row
In this week’s Westword, Jared Jacang Maher investigates whether twenty years of outlawing pit bulls in Denver has made the city safer. (You can also read more about the numbers of dogs killed in “Pit Bull Row”). Here, a photo tour of the city’s “pit bull row,” the home...

Fighting dogs show scars from the ring

Fighting dogs show scars from the ring
With no lips and layers of fighting scars, Dog 118 lapped her tongue across bare teeth at the Humane Society of Missouri. She’s now called Fay, and she’s a heartbreaking first look at the results of a massive dogfighting ring authorities broke up two months ago. Fay used to live behind a red...

Dog cremation scandal – woman arrested

Dog cremation scandal – woman arrested
You may recall reading about an inquiry that began last month after the bodies of dogs which were meant to have been formally cremated were found dumped in a Derbyshire field. The remains of four dogs were discovered in Lower Hartshay, near Ripley, on 18 August. Two owners said their dogs had been sent by...

Animal Abuse Hand in Hand

Animal Abuse Hand in Hand
A little 6-month-old pitbull/mastiff puppy was the innocent victim when a domestic dispute got out of hand in Fairfax, VA. Terrence G. Merritt, 41, and Latoya Grant, 24, were arguing and Merritt threw the puppy out a second floor window of the King Louis Drive apartment. The puppy suffered a broken front paw...