Showing 24 posts from March 2009
Source: Associated Press, March 25, 2009
Nobody has broken out of the Idaho State Correctional Institution in more than 20 years. Prison officials like to think a hard-bitten corps of sentries with names like Cookie, Bongo and Chi Chi has had something to do with that.
The institution is the only state prison in the U.S. to [...]
Cancer-Fighting Drug Works in Dogs; Can It Do the Same for People?
Source: WebMD Health News, by Kelli Miller Stacy, March 23, 2009
Researchers with the Cleveland Clinic have successfully treated cancer in dogs without toxic side effects or discomfort. The feat could soon lead to a powerful new strategy for treating the disease in people.
Joseph A. [...]
Source: PRWeb.com, March 23, 2009
San Luis Obispo, CA — CANIDAE Pet Foods conducted its first Amgen Road Bike Raffle to benefit cancer research in people and pets at the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. The race brought together a world-class field of cyclists and teams from multiple nations including Lance Armstrong in his return to [...]
Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2009
CINCINNATI (AP) — Dawn Lewis and her family still miss Cash, the dog she had put to sleep in 2007 after it attacked her son and left him with scars on his face and ear.
She wonders now whether the Akita’s behavior was a result of puppy mill breeding by Petland [...]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, March 19, 2009
The Humane Society of Utah is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whomever beat two terriers — one of them to death.
The dogs were inside a kennel in a fenced yard in Salt Lake City when someone jumped the fence and [...]
