Showing 66 posts tagged with "heros"
Source: USNews.com, September 3, 2009
Iraq war veteran Jennifer Pacanowski was unaware that she was racing dangerously down the freeway at 85 miles an hour when she felt a wet nose nudge her elbow.
She immediately slowed down.
The wet nose belonged to Boo, Pacanowski’s 110-pound Bull Mastiff, warning her that her anxiety levels were rising, a dangerous [...]
Source: Associated Press, August 11, 2009
CHICAGO — Thanks to a Chicago TV judge, a Coney Island freak show operator is up $4,000 but down a five-legged puppy.
Judge Jeanine Pirro ruled during a taping of her show Wednesday that freak show owner John Strong is entitled to the cash after the dog’s owner backed out of [...]
Source: Associated Press
NEW YORK — Animal-welfare groups are accusing the trustees of hotel queen Leona Helmsley’s multibillion-dollar estate of ignoring her wishes that the lion’s share of the money should go to the dogs.
Instead, the animal advocates said Tuesday, the trustees have shown “disdain” for Helmsley’s pet cause by donating only $100,000 to dog welfare.
Three [...]
Source: WCNC.com, July 24, 2009
Lilly the five-legged dog now has four legs and is recovering at home after a successful surgery.
The 7-week-old Chihuahua is finally doing what puppies do — playing constantly and chewing on nearly everything.
“Something that simple changed her life,” said Allyson Siegel, Lilly’s [...]
Source: DailyNews.com, July 20, 2009
New Yorkers opened their hearts and wallets on Sunday for the North Carolina woman who saved a five-legged puppy from a Coney Island freak show as they hailed the big-hearted animal lover as a hero.
A Manhattan vet was so touched by the actions of Allyson Siegel, the Charlotte woman who bought Lilly for [...]
