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Schoolboy savaged as dog strikes again

From News (http://www.leedstoday.net)

EXCLUSIVEBY SOPHIE HAZANA BOY has been savaged by a ferocious dog.... just weeks after it mauled his older brother, a family has claimed. (30/06/2005 13:06:10)

Jun 30th, 2005

One Lucky Puppy

From theledger | local

A reunion Wednesday between a Mulberry 8-year-old and her puppy put a happy spin on an outbreak of the canine parvovirus at the SPCA. Since the outbreak was discovered June 23, the Lakeland animal shelter has euthanized 13 puppies and taken other precautions to prevent a spread of the disease. Zoe was lucky.

Jun 30th, 2005

Hunting dog's body dumped

From Australian News .Net - Newspapers on the Net

The body of a big white hunting dog wrapped in canvas and tied with a chain has been found in Darwin Harbour. Police were called to the Dinah Beach boat ramp at Stuart Park where they found the anim...

Jun 30th, 2005

Law change call after girl mauled

From BBC News | UK | World Edition

The family of a two-year-old west Wales girl savaged by a neighbour's dog call for changes in the dog laws.

Jun 30th, 2005

Dog stolen from owner at gunpoint

From Moreover Technologies - London news

A dog owner was forced to hand over his pet to a man armed with a hand gun, it has emerged. Police said the animal was stolen while the owner was walking in Kennedy Road, Ealing, west London, earlier in June.

Jun 30th, 2005

Pensioner injured as dogs attack

From BBC News | England | UK Edition

A man of 70 may lose the use of his right hand after an attack by two dogs, thought to be Rottweilers.

Jun 30th, 2005

Kidnapper 'snatches dog at gunpoint'

From Telegraph News | UK News

Animal organisations called on dog owners to take steps to safeguard their pets after claims that a dog was stolen at gunpoint on a London street.

Jun 30th, 2005

Postman's finger bitten off

From News (http://www.scarboroughtoday.co.uk)

A POSTMAN had the end of a finger bitten off as he put his hand through a letter box and was attacked by a dog. (28/06/2005 16:30:44)

Jun 28th, 2005

'Spoiled' show dog gets taste of freedom, avoids capture

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

CALGARY - A tiny pooch whose dogged determination to get back to the home she's known for the last six years has caught the imagination of Calgarians is now being tracked by a pack of hounds.

Jun 27th, 2005

Hawaiian Pets Gain Right of Inheritance (AP)

From Yahoo! News: Odd News

AP - The audience was eager for the governor to put pen to paper. Some drooled. Catching the spirit of excitement, a few even lost control and barked. Canines of all sizes and a spotted rabbit named Roxy were among those gathered Friday at the Capitol to watch Gov. Linda Lingle sign into law a measure that allows residents to leave a trust for the care of their dog, cat, or other domestic animal.

Jun 27th, 2005

J.Lo designs bling for pets

From Moreover - Offbeat news

Jennifer Lopez is designing a range of jewellery - for dogs. J-Lo already has her own fashion label. An insider said: 'Jennifer just got creative and wanted to extend the range of jewels for animals. .

Jun 24th, 2005

Dogs' bothersome barking leads to rescue

From JCOnline.com Daily Edition

EARL PARK -- Mary Good is still horrified when she imagines the pain a group of animals experienced in her own neighborhood. Officials from Tippecanoe County Animal Control and the Benton County Sheriff's Department entered a residence in Earl Park on June 17 and removed four dogs and 11 cats from the premises.

Jun 24th, 2005

Device keeps police dogs cool in the cruiser

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

ALEXANDRIA, La. - Arco won't be a hot dog this summer. Arco is one of four police dogs on the Alexandria police force who will be nice and cool after the department installs a special system in K-9 officers' patrol cars.

Jun 24th, 2005

It's time to take your dog to work

From MSNBC.com: U.S. News

Each day, millions of Americans head for work, leaving their canine companions behind. But one group hopes that at least once a year, every dog has its day in the office.

Jun 24th, 2005

Dog case woman freed

From News (http://www.Morecambetoday.co.uk)

A GRIEF-STRICKEN woman convicted of keeping 246 dogs and 25 other animals in cruel conditions has been freed after successfully appealing against her three month jail sentence. (22/06/2005 10:42:33)

Jun 22nd, 2005

Crackdown on dog fouling

From Local News (http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk)

Emma DunlopCHILDREN are unable to use a Chesterfield playing field because dog-fouling has become such a problem. (22/06/2005 08:32:08)

Jun 22nd, 2005

Dog dies after being 'raped by boy'

From Moreover - Offbeat news

SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA (FOX Carolina News) - A Campobello teen is accused of raping one neighbor's dog and another neighbor's two little girls. Now the dog has died and charges against the teen have been upgraded.

Jun 22nd, 2005

Weed killer 'did not blind dog'

From BBC News | Wales | UK Edition

An investigation finds no link between a pet dog going blind and the spraying of weed killer by a council.

Jun 22nd, 2005

Dog adopts Amur tiger cubs

From Reuters: Oddly Enough

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Amur tiger cubs rejected by their mother have been adopted by a dog whose owner answered a Russian zoo's appeal for a foster parent.

Jun 20th, 2005

Six-legged puppy found in Malaysia

From Boston.com -- News of the odd

A puppy with six legs and two penises was found sleeping outside a Chinese temple in a Malaysian town, and devotees are treating the freak find as a good omen, a news report said Sunday.

Jun 19th, 2005

Six-Legged Puppy Found in Malaysia

From Feature Stories

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A puppy with six legs and two penises was found sleeping outside a Chinese temple in a Malaysian town, and devotees are treating the freak find as a good omen, a news report said Sunday.

Jun 19th, 2005

Russian dog adopts Amur tiger cubs

From Moreover - Offbeat news

First Channel television on Saturday showed the two cubs being breast fed by a brown and black mongrel called Naida, whose own puppy looked content to share her milk with its new siblings. '

Jun 18th, 2005

Man allegedly ties dog to pole, hits it with bat

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

BELOIT, Wis. - A 66-year-old man is accused of tying his dog to a pole and beating it with a baseball bat so badly that the dog suffered a broken jaw and lost an eye.

Jun 18th, 2005

Doggy care a growing business

From HeraldTimesOnline.com

Sid Martin said he doesn't board dogs for pet owners at his business, Whitehall Animal Country Club.'I take care of their ...

Jun 17th, 2005

Dog gets court summons for walking without leash

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

NEWTON, Mass. - Murphy the golden retriever is awaiting his day in court, although court officials may not be ready for him.

Jun 17th, 2005

PETA Workers Arrested for Alleged Cruelty

From ABC News: US

Two PETA Employees Are Arrested in N.C. for Allegedly Dumping Dead Cats, Dogs in Garbage

Jun 17th, 2005

Apologies over stabbed police dog

From BBC News | England | UK Edition

A drunken market trader who stabbed a police dog escapes a custodial sentence after apologising.

Jun 17th, 2005

Three-legged dog left locked up

From Moreover - UK news

Emaciated, covered in mange and with overgrown claws, Charlie was a 'scared and pitiful sight', say the RSPCA. The animal charity is now trying to find who abandoned the boxer.

Jun 16th, 2005

Murphy the dog awaiting his day in court

From Boston.com -- News of the odd

Murphy is awaiting his day in court. The question is whether court is ready for him.

Jun 16th, 2005

Golden retriever summoned to court

From Boston.com -- News of the odd

Murphy is awaiting his day in court. The question is whether court is ready for him. Murphy is a 3-year-old golden retriever who received a summons last week to appear in Newton District Court to answer a complaint that he was walked without a leash -- at least twice -- and was not up to date on his dog license.

Jun 16th, 2005

Mess-making geese sentenced to dog, not death

From HeraldTimesOnline.com

GREENWICH, Conn. - Officials in this affluent suburb were fed up with Canada geese soiling local parks, to the point that mass exe...

Jun 16th, 2005

State to register deer-hunting dogs

From orlandosentinel.com headlines

The friction between deer hunters who track their prey with dogs and residents unhappy with the Southern tradition has been so intense in parts of the state that it has brought accusations of arson, threats and nails strewn in driveways.

Jun 16th, 2005

Woman injured saving drowning dog

From BBC News | Wales | UK Edition

A woman is taken to hospital after being injured trying to save a drowning dog... plus other news in brief from around Wales.

Jun 15th, 2005

Dog gets summoned after allegedy not wearing leash

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

NEWTON, Mass. - A golden retriever named Murphy has received a summons to appear in to answer a complaint that he was being walked without a leash and was not up to date on his license.

Jun 15th, 2005

Cow tramples pensioner to death as she walks her dog

From The Scotsman - UK

A PENSIONER died after being trampled by a cow as she walked her dog through a field, it emerged yesterday. Lorraine Richards was critically injured in Atherstone, Warwickshire.

Jun 15th, 2005

Dingo bite on dead tourist's camera

From Moreover - Australia news

Glenis Green 14jun05 SPECULATION about dog bite marks on a camera could indicate a dingo or dingoes may have claimed a second human victim on Fraser Island.

Jun 13th, 2005

Mother Explains Fatal Pit Bull Mauling (AP)

From Yahoo! News: Top Stories

AP - The mother of a 12-year-old boy killed in his own home by one of the family's two pit bulls says she had been so concerned about one of the dogs that she shut her son in the basement to protect him.

Jun 12th, 2005

Priest convicted of having dog killed

From Boston.com -- News of the odd

A judge has convicted a priest of having a popular street dog put to death because the animal allegedly disrupted religious services.

Jun 12th, 2005

Barking Dog Helps Save Boy From Pond

From Feature Stories

VANCOUVER, Wash. - A barking family dog helped parents save the life of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a pond at a golf course near their home.

Jun 12th, 2005

Detroit council out to put the bite on bad dogs

From Detnews.com -- metro

The Detroit City Council, in response to two well-publicized incidents involving dangerous dogs, plans to hold a public hearing next week to come up with some solutions to the problem.

Jun 12th, 2005

200-pound bear charges into home, attacks dog

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

HARRISONBURG, Va. - A 200-pound black bear charged into a home and went on a 40-minute rampage, attacking a dog and damaging a basement guest room as it tried to claw its way out.

Jun 8th, 2005

Police: Suspecting wife's affair, man hangs her dog

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

MESA - A 23-year-old Mesa man who was upset with his wife tried to kill her dog Monday by stabbing and hanging the animal 6 feet in the air with an electric cord, barbell and weights, police said.

Jun 8th, 2005

Bear Attacks Dog Inside Virginia House (AP)

From Yahoo! News: Odd News

AP - A 200-pound black bear charged into a home and went on a 40-minute rampage, attacking a dog and damaging a basement guest room as it tried to claw its way out.

Jun 8th, 2005

Is Breed to Blame in Fatal Dog Attack?

From ABC News: US

Hoping to End Maulings, Some Cities Ban Pit Bulls and Other Dogs

Jun 8th, 2005

Pair tell of dog attack terror

From News (http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk)

Court hears of desperate battle to save pet (04/06/2005 10:04:51)

Jun 5th, 2005

Police dog bites officer

From azcentral.com | thebuzz

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A police dog that attacked an Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer during a chase involving suspected car thieves was just doing its job and won't be retrained or released from service, says Medicine Hat's police chief.

Jun 5th, 2005

Dog dirt sprayed yellow at parks

From BBC News | Wales | UK Edition

Dogs mess left behind at two country parks is to be sprayed with yellow paint to shame pet owners.

Jun 5th, 2005

Dog rescue tragedy body found

From BBC News | UK | World Edition

Police confirm the discovery of the body of a second boy who was swept out to sea off Blackpool after trying to rescue a dog.

Jun 5th, 2005

San Francisco boy killed by family pit bull

From Reuters: US Domestic News

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A 12-year-old San Francisco boy was fatally mauled by one of his family's two pit bull dogs on Friday, a police spokesman said.

Jun 5th, 2005

All creatures great and small get church service

From Northampton News (http://www.northamptontoday.co.uk)

HOLY hamsters, cats and dogs will join other animals in celebrating the creation of the world at a special pets' service at a church in Northampton. (02/06/2005 11:38:37)

Jun 2nd, 2005

New Japanese robot works as both interior decor and guard dog

From Moreover - Offbeat news

TOKYO (AP) - It looks like a watermelon-sized eyeball on wheels that glows in hues of purple, blue and orange while gurgling with whimsical buzzes and rings.

Jun 2nd, 2005

Top Dog News is Served!

Schoolboy savaged as dog strikes again

EXCLUSIVEBY SOPHIE HAZANA BOY has been savaged by a ferocious dog.... just weeks after it mauled his older brother, a family has claimed. (30/06/2005 13:06:10)

One Lucky Puppy

Hunting dog's body dumped

The body of a big white hunting dog wrapped in canvas and tied with a chain has been found in Darwin Harbour. Police were called to the Dinah Beach boat ramp at Stuart Park where they found the anim...

Law change call after girl mauled

The family of a two-year-old west Wales girl savaged by a neighbour's dog call for changes in the dog laws.

Dog stolen from owner at gunpoint

A dog owner was forced to hand over his pet to a man armed with a hand gun, it has emerged. Police said the animal was stolen while the owner was walking in Kennedy Road, Ealing, west London, earlier in June.

Pensioner injured as dogs attack

A man of 70 may lose the use of his right hand after an attack by two dogs, thought to be Rottweilers.

Kidnapper 'snatches dog at gunpoint'

Animal organisations called on dog owners to take steps to safeguard their pets after claims that a dog was stolen at gunpoint on a London street.

Postman's finger bitten off

A POSTMAN had the end of a finger bitten off as he put his hand through a letter box and was attacked by a dog. (28/06/2005 16:30:44)

'Spoiled' show dog gets taste of freedom, avoids capture

CALGARY - A tiny pooch whose dogged determination to get back to the home she's known for the last six years has caught the imagination of Calgarians is now being tracked by a pack of hounds.

Hawaiian Pets Gain Right of Inheritance (AP)

J.Lo designs bling for pets

Jennifer Lopez is designing a range of jewellery - for dogs. J-Lo already has her own fashion label. An insider said: 'Jennifer just got creative and wanted to extend the range of jewels for animals. .

Dogs' bothersome barking leads to rescue

Device keeps police dogs cool in the cruiser

ALEXANDRIA, La. - Arco won't be a hot dog this summer. Arco is one of four police dogs on the Alexandria police force who will be nice and cool after the department installs a special system in K-9 officers' patrol cars.

It's time to take your dog to work

Each day, millions of Americans head for work, leaving their canine companions behind. But one group hopes that at least once a year, every dog has its day in the office.

Dog case woman freed

A GRIEF-STRICKEN woman convicted of keeping 246 dogs and 25 other animals in cruel conditions has been freed after successfully appealing against her three month jail sentence. (22/06/2005 10:42:33)

Crackdown on dog fouling

Emma DunlopCHILDREN are unable to use a Chesterfield playing field because dog-fouling has become such a problem. (22/06/2005 08:32:08)

Dog dies after being 'raped by boy'

SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA (FOX Carolina News) - A Campobello teen is accused of raping one neighbor's dog and another neighbor's two little girls. Now the dog has died and charges against the teen have been upgraded.

Weed killer 'did not blind dog'

An investigation finds no link between a pet dog going blind and the spraying of weed killer by a council.

Dog adopts Amur tiger cubs

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Amur tiger cubs rejected by their mother have been adopted by a dog whose owner answered a Russian zoo's appeal for a foster parent.

Six-legged puppy found in Malaysia

A puppy with six legs and two penises was found sleeping outside a Chinese temple in a Malaysian town, and devotees are treating the freak find as a good omen, a news report said Sunday.

Six-Legged Puppy Found in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A puppy with six legs and two penises was found sleeping outside a Chinese temple in a Malaysian town, and devotees are treating the freak find as a good omen, a news report said Sunday.

Russian dog adopts Amur tiger cubs

First Channel television on Saturday showed the two cubs being breast fed by a brown and black mongrel called Naida, whose own puppy looked content to share her milk with its new siblings. '

Man allegedly ties dog to pole, hits it with bat

BELOIT, Wis. - A 66-year-old man is accused of tying his dog to a pole and beating it with a baseball bat so badly that the dog suffered a broken jaw and lost an eye.

Doggy care a growing business

Sid Martin said he doesn't board dogs for pet owners at his business, Whitehall Animal Country Club.'I take care of their ...

Dog gets court summons for walking without leash

NEWTON, Mass. - Murphy the golden retriever is awaiting his day in court, although court officials may not be ready for him.

PETA Workers Arrested for Alleged Cruelty

Two PETA Employees Are Arrested in N.C. for Allegedly Dumping Dead Cats, Dogs in Garbage

Apologies over stabbed police dog

A drunken market trader who stabbed a police dog escapes a custodial sentence after apologising.

Three-legged dog left locked up

Emaciated, covered in mange and with overgrown claws, Charlie was a 'scared and pitiful sight', say the RSPCA. The animal charity is now trying to find who abandoned the boxer.

Murphy the dog awaiting his day in court

Murphy is awaiting his day in court. The question is whether court is ready for him.

Golden retriever summoned to court

Mess-making geese sentenced to dog, not death

GREENWICH, Conn. - Officials in this affluent suburb were fed up with Canada geese soiling local parks, to the point that mass exe...

State to register deer-hunting dogs

The friction between deer hunters who track their prey with dogs and residents unhappy with the Southern tradition has been so intense in parts of the state that it has brought accusations of arson, threats and nails strewn in driveways.

Woman injured saving drowning dog

A woman is taken to hospital after being injured trying to save a drowning dog... plus other news in brief from around Wales.

Dog gets summoned after allegedy not wearing leash

NEWTON, Mass. - A golden retriever named Murphy has received a summons to appear in to answer a complaint that he was being walked without a leash and was not up to date on his license.

Cow tramples pensioner to death as she walks her dog

A PENSIONER died after being trampled by a cow as she walked her dog through a field, it emerged yesterday. Lorraine Richards was critically injured in Atherstone, Warwickshire.

Dingo bite on dead tourist's camera

Glenis Green 14jun05 SPECULATION about dog bite marks on a camera could indicate a dingo or dingoes may have claimed a second human victim on Fraser Island.

Mother Explains Fatal Pit Bull Mauling (AP)

AP - The mother of a 12-year-old boy killed in his own home by one of the family's two pit bulls says she had been so concerned about one of the dogs that she shut her son in the basement to protect him.

Priest convicted of having dog killed

A judge has convicted a priest of having a popular street dog put to death because the animal allegedly disrupted religious services.

Barking Dog Helps Save Boy From Pond

VANCOUVER, Wash. - A barking family dog helped parents save the life of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a pond at a golf course near their home.

Detroit council out to put the bite on bad dogs

The Detroit City Council, in response to two well-publicized incidents involving dangerous dogs, plans to hold a public hearing next week to come up with some solutions to the problem.

200-pound bear charges into home, attacks dog

HARRISONBURG, Va. - A 200-pound black bear charged into a home and went on a 40-minute rampage, attacking a dog and damaging a basement guest room as it tried to claw its way out.

Police: Suspecting wife's affair, man hangs her dog

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