Obese Aussies are now raising fat pets
From Moreover Technologies - Australia news - of 11071 returned
CANBERRA: Australia is a nation of pet lovers but it may be loving its animals to death, with pet owners passing on rising levels of obesity by overfeeding their cats and dogs, the country's main animal welfare body says.Despite its image as a sports-mad
Read More...May 25th, 2006
Loving your pets to death (Reuters)
From Yahoo! News: Odd News
Reuters - Australia is a nation of pet lovers but it may be loving its animals to death with pet owners passing on rising levels of obesity by overfeeding their cats and dogs, the country's main animal welfare body says.
Read More...May 25th, 2006
School to get drugs sniffer dogs
From BBC News | UK | World Edition
Sniffer dogs are to be used to bolster defences against drug dealing at a rural secondary school, it emerges.
Read More...May 22nd, 2006
Dog survives plunge from cliff
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
LOS ANGELES - A dog survived a plunge from an oceanside cliff and his owner had to be rescued when he got stuck searching for the animal. Pepe, a Jack Russell terrier, darted over the cliff's edge in the upscale Pacific Palisades area while chasing a squirrel on Tuesday.
Read More...May 20th, 2006
Man admits leaving pet dog to die
From BBC News | Wales | UK Edition
The skeletal remains of a dog were found in the rented house of a man who left his pet behind after being evicted.
Read More...May 20th, 2006
Woman Shoots Gator That Attacks Her Dog (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - A woman has shot an alligator that came into her home and attacked her dog.
Read More...May 17th, 2006
Dog rescues boy from swollen river
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
Tossed from a raft and struggling to get to shore as he was swept down the roiling Roaring Fork River south of Glenwood Springs, Colo., over the weekend, 9-year-old Ryan Rambo was yelling for help and needed a hero.
Read More...May 17th, 2006
Authorities: Cop enters wrong house, kills dog
From OrlandoSentinel.com -
A Winter Springs police officer shot a Rottweiler on Sunday when he answered a call at the wrong house, authorities said.
Read More...May 15th, 2006
Man beats away bear attacking his dogs
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
QUESNEL, Canada - An off-duty police officer successfully beat away a medium-sized bear, saving himself and his two dogs from serious injury on Sunday.
Read More...May 15th, 2006
Radio for Rover: Station plays music for dogs
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai entrepreneur has launched an Internet radio station to put dogs in a better mood.
Read More...May 12th, 2006
Stolen dogs are big news to BBC (when Bruce is involved)
From Moreover Technologies - UK news - of 13208 returned
Stolen dogs are big news to BBC (when Bruce is involved) By IAN DRURY, Daily Mail The BBC let Bruce Forsyth use its flagship news programme last night to beg for the return of his daughter's stolen dogs. Presenter Natasha Kaplinsky was sent to interview
Read More...May 11th, 2006
Police Dogs Sniff for Pirated DVDs
From ABC News: Entertainment
Labradors Taught to Recognize Scent of Discs
Read More...May 10th, 2006
85-year-old injured in dog attack
From Australian News .Net - Newspapers on the Net
The 85-year-old woman was bitten by her border collie dog in the yard of her Greystanes home about 3.50pm (AEST). 'She had extensive and severe arm and hand injuries,' a NSW Ambulance spokeswoman sai...
Read More...May 10th, 2006
Owners awarded $1,300 in death of dog killed by python
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The owners of a small dog killed by an 11-foot Burmese python were awarded $1,300 in the death of their pet.
Read More...May 10th, 2006
Police dogs sniff out unlikely burglar
From Reuters: Oddly Enough
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police dogs on the trail of a thief sniffed out an unlikely suspect -- a born-again preacher -- who was promptly arrested for robbing a remote village shop, a state-owned newspaper reported Saturday.
Read More...May 8th, 2006
Yelping dogs to have curfew in Norwegian town
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
OSLO, Norway - A small Norwegian town has grown so tired of barking dogs that it plans to pass a curfew prohibiting noisy animals from leaving their homes late at night, an official said Friday.
Read More...May 8th, 2006
TV dog trainer sued over injury
From BBC News | Entertainment | World Edition
The host of US TV's The Dog Whisperer is sued over claims that a pet Labrador was injured at his dog training centre.
Read More...May 8th, 2006
Pet owner jailed for dog cruelty
From BBC News | Wales | UK Edition
Man who left his dog to die locked inside a council house is sentenced to four months in prison.
Read More...May 5th, 2006
Moving puppy-bag sparks bomb alert in Italy
From Reuters: Oddly Enough
MILAN (Reuters) - A moving bag apparently abandoned on a tram in Italy sparked panic among passengers who thought it was a bomb -- but turned out to contain four puppies.
Read More...May 5th, 2006
Denmark royal recommends dog meat
From Moreover Technologies - Scandinavia news - of 2668 returned
Search COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 3 (UPI) -- Denmark's Prince Henrik -- who is honorary president of the Danish Dachshund Club -- says dog meat is one of his favorite foods. The 72-year-old prince consort has created controversy with his interview in the
Read More...May 4th, 2006
Dog dies after being put in washing machine
From azcentral.com | thebuzz
EULESS, Texas - Authorities have accused a man of placing a dog in a washing machine and turning on the hot water cycle. The dog was euthanized after failing to respond to treatment.
Read More...May 4th, 2006
Park for dogs to be named for fallen K-9
From azcentral.com | news
AHWATUKEE - The most popular place for dogs in Ahwatukee Foothills will be named for one of the community's fallen four-legged heroes.
Read More...May 3rd, 2006
Owners of Smokey the wolf-dog fined $1,000
From HeraldTimesOnline.com
Smokey the wolf-dog's supposedly wayward ways have cost his owners $1,000.That's what the Monroe County Animal Management ...
Read More...May 2nd, 2006
