Showing 23 posts from June 2009
Source: DetroitNews.com, June 3, 2009
Police say a Birmingham woman accused of illegally housing “designer” dogs in a former auto repair shop wasn’t rescuing them — she was selling them on the Internet for a large profit.
But the woman’s attorney, Eric Buikema, said Tuesday his client’s only motivation was the safety of endangered animals. Buikema said [...]
Source: PRWeb.com, June 1, 2009
Chewy Shoe is a program designed to provide financial assistance to soldiers injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. FetchDog.com a Portland, Maine based catalogue and internet pet products company has recently introduced the “Chewy Shoe” pet toy for purchase.
NAPPS ,The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (www.petsitters.org), recently announced its support of [...]
Phoenix, the Baltimore pit bull who was set on fire last week, has died.
The dog, who showed signs of having been used in dogfights, was doused with gasoline and set on fire Wednesday afternoon in Southwest Baltimore. A police officer, upon spotting her, put the fire out with her sweater. No arrests have been made.
The [...]
Source: KNDO.com, June 1, 2009
At the Benton County Fairgrounds on Monday, there were still a few dogs remaining from the almost 400 dogs rescued from a Kennewick puppy mill.
Around noon a few members from the Humane Society of the United States were still there trying to get things back to normal.
“We’re just doing tear down and clean up, [...]
Source: WHAS11.com, June 2, 2009
Some of the dogs are fully grown, some are just two days old, but up until Tuesday morning, they were all living at Breezy Valley Dairy Farm in Mauckport. The dogs are housed in dozens of crates, carriers and pens scattered throughout the property.
Scotlund Haisley, Director of Emergency Services for Humane [...]
