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Having been unfortunate enough to fall into a frozen pond, most of us would settle for a modest rescue involving a couple of old ropes and perhaps a blanket to warm up under afterwards. If a nearby resident were to offer a cup of tea, it would be gratefully accepted but most certainly not expected. Imagine then the sheer elation felt by one lucky cocker spaniel who was helped out of the water by an [...]

A lot of people have misconceptions when it comes to which dog breeds are most aggressive and which ones aren’t. Aggressive dog breeds generally exhibit behavior that’s meant to scare or intimidate other animals or people. You can tell if a particular breed has aggression issues by the way it acts. You should especially pay attention when you are selecting a puppy. Is it the bully of the [...]

A photo of Mocha, a 7-year-old chocolate Lab and Rocky a 6-year-old Alaskan Malamute sits on Amy Tubbs’ office desk. She reflects, as her two lovable dogs are now gone. Tubbs said, “They’re just, they’re amazing and to have this happen is just absolutely devastating.” Over the weekend her two dogs were found shot and killed in Berne. Police say a shotgun was used. Tubbs [...]

For Susan and Mike Kelms, their four dogs were like their children. And they always hoped they would stay together if anything happened to them. About two weeks after the Kelmses were both killed in a fatal motorcycle crash over the Labor Day weekend, their family and a Burr Ridge shelter is looking for someone to adopt the pack. They’ve had inquiries about one or two of the dogs, but no one [...]

Moose is the happiest dog that ever walked on three legs. That’s no surprise after the one-year-old bullmastiff mix was rescued by a local animal shelter, relieved of excruciating pain and given a new lease on life. Alisa Sears said it’s a shame the poor pooch had to lose a limb in the process. “He was running at large for about three weeks, and someone called in saying the poor thing [...]

A dog that fell 180ft down a forgotten mineshaft has been found after six days Coco, a two-year-old Patterdale terrier, went missing on a walk with her owner Rebecca Lewis, from St Ives, Cornwall. Mother-of-one Ms Lewis, 38, who had no idea that there were any mine shafts in the area, searched for her dog for six days and had almost given up hope of every seeing Coco alive again. But Ms Lewis, a [...]

On Sunday, a team of 11 Red Star Animal Emergency Services responders from the American Humane Association will return to a shelter near St. Louis to help care for and socialize some 500 dogs that were rescued in a July dogfighting raid, the biggest in U.S. history, which spanned Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. This news comes on the heels of guilty pleas from Robert [...]

ATTLEBORO – A puppy named “Willie” who was found “abandoned, abused and starving” on railroad tracks in Providence is getting some financial help with medical expenses from a city store. Yankee Spirits, a liquor retailer based in Sturbridge with a store in South Attleboro, sent $1,000 to help the pooch, which is in critical condition at the Dighton Rehoboth Animal Hospital. The [...]

A PORT Elizabeth dog took on the role of midwife and managed to save a kitten from suffocating during birth. Miniature pinscher Nicky sprang into action after the kitten’s mother became too weak during the birth at the weekend, said her owner Bev Darlow. The family often fosters kittens for Cat Care and Nicky has become adept at lending a hand. Darlow, of Kabega Park, said the cat had “battled [...]

In an earlier Blotter post, Times staffer Jennifer Sullivan reported that a pit bull forced by its owner to attack two women in SeaTac was on its way to a Forks animal sanctuary. Today’s Peninsula Daily News has a story about the Olympic Animal Sanctuary where Snaps will live out his life. Steve Markwell, who runs the sanctuary, says the aggressive behavior Snaps demonstrated since the attacks [...]

TWO puppies dumped by the side of the road in Beaconsfield have died. Yorkshire terrier crossbreeds Toffee and Bumble passed away from parvovirus days after being left by the A40. The RSPCA’s Heidi Free said: “The deaths of these two tiny pups could so easily have been prevented by routine vaccinations. “Instead they were just left to get sick and were dumped when it was too late to save them.” [...]