Monthly Archives: November 2015

Diets

Animal-loving man killed by newly adopted dog

Animal-loving man killed by newly adopted dog
A central Tennessee man was attacked and killed by a Rottweiler dog, just hours after adopting it from the county pound, according to the Madison County Sheriff's Office. Anthony Riggs, 57, had adopted the Rottweiler from Jackson-Madison County Rabies …
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Stress-Seeking Dog Headed to Lackawanna County Court
SCRANTON — We all know that dogs like to sniff, but that sense of smell is being used in some surprising ways. Prosecutors in Lackawanna County hope to make their court the first in the country to use a special type of service dog that seeks out stress.
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Police: who left dog to die?
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) – Niagara Falls Police have launched an investigation to try to figure out who allegedly left a dog to die in a Niagara Falls backyard. Police say someone left a boxer-pitbull mix puppy chained to a tree to starve to death …
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Dog park closed after ant poison blamed for SC puppy's death
CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – A SC TV station is investigating how an 8-month-old puppy died after going to a city dog park near Myrtle Beach. The puppy's owner says an insecticide used for fire ants, killed her dog. Sharon Buckwell and her daughter fought to …
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Latest Cat News

Stephen Colbert invited a cat circus onto the Late Show. Adorable laziness ensued.
It is, in other words, exactly what you'd expect to happen if you tried to cajole a bunch of cats into doing tricks on late-night television. It's as if they're saying, sure, they could perform these tricks, like a bunch of dogs, but why would they …
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Are you a cat lady? Seattle area has 2nd-highest number
As a forty-something single woman living alone with a cat, Jeanine Foucher is well aware of the negative stereotypes conjured up by that particular coexistence: a frumpy homebody without many friends — a spinster, even — the cliché of the “cat lady.”.
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