Showing 31 posts from February 2009
Source: ChicoER.com, By LARRY MITCHELL - Staff Writer, FEB 15, 2009
GRASS VALLEY — Cynthia Stevenson was stunned when she went to the Web site of an Australian shepherd rescue organization and saw a photo of a dog she was sure was hers.It was Sonny, the favorite of her three Australian shepherds.
These herding dogs are often [...]
Source: OzarksFirst.com, Feb 13, 2009
(Pleasant Hope, MO) — More than a hundred puppies are undergoing care in St. Louis tonight after being rescued from a Greene County puppy mill.
Rescuers from the Humane Society’s Animal Cruelty Task Force say the conditions these animals were living in are the worst they’ve ever seen.
On Wednesday the Greene County [...]
Source: KomoNews.com, February 12, 2009
SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Prosecutors have filed additional charges against the couple accused of operating a puppy mill in Mount Vernon.
Richard and Marjorie Sundberg now each face four counts of animal cruelty in the first degree, four counts of animal cruelty in the second degree and one count of transporting or [...]
Source: PetProductNews.com, Feb 11, 2009
State public health officials say peanut butter biscuits contaminated.
Oregon Public Health officials confirmed that the national outbreak of Salmonella linked to tainted peanut butter products also affects pets. After laboratory testing, Salmonella was identified in a dog from a Douglas County household, according to the state’s department of human services.
Dog biscuits in [...]
Source: MSNBC.com, Reported by Aaron Solomon, WSMV-TV, Feb 12, 2009
SPARTA, Tenn. - Police in White County said they raided a suspected mill Wednesday morning that contained around 275 to 300 dogs.
A dozen different breeds and some mixed breeds were recovered at a home on Lost Creek Road outside Sparta. Police said four dead dogs were [...]
