Showing 19 posts from December 2008
Source: Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers • November 30, 2008
KINGSTON – The last of the 1,600 dogs rescued since July from a rural Kingston puppy mill found their way to shelter last week.
The Thanksgiving holiday was more joyous than ever at the Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee as staff welcomed the last vanload of about two [...]
Source; Charlotte Observer, by Karen Sullivan, Nov 30, 2008
The Humane Society of the United States is recruiting Charlotte youths who own pit bulls for a program designed to end street-level dogfights.
The agency and its partners will offer 13- to 22-year-olds a free, eight- to 10-week class to fight a national problem on the local level.
Charlotte [...]
Source: IdahoStatesman.com, by Katy Moeller, Nov 29, 2008
A team of Kuna firefighters on Friday rescued a border collie that jumped over a canyon rim wall at Dedication Point south of Kuna. The dog fell 90 feet but suffered only scrapes on her chin and a broken rear leg.
“We thought the dog’s back was broken. This [...]
Source: MLive.com, by Kyla King, Dec 1, 2008
Jake the dog is somewhat of a celebrity in the veterinary world.
The 11-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, whose owners are from Grand Rapids, was the first dog in the Midwest and only the 11th in the world to get a new type of elbow prosthesis that reduces infection and [...]
