The DogChannel Newswire (07-14-08)

Dozens of Dogs Seized From Property
About 80 dogs have been seized from a Marion County woman who had been squatting on a property for about four years, Marion County officials said, News-Journal.com (Texas) reports.
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Prisons Enlist Dogs to Keep Out Phones
Dogs have long been used to find drugs in prisons, but the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has found a new use for them: sniffing out cell phones, the Baltimore Sun reports.
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Praying With Man’s Best Friend
A scuffle broke out between two congregants on a recent Sunday morning at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Chicago's Galewood neighborhood. After about a minute of huffing, puffing, growling, and drooling, Pete the Pomeranian and Trevor the Poodle calmed down enough to rejoin the prayer service, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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10 Pit Bulls Seized in Michigan Dogfighting Investigation
Cruelty investigators seized 10 scarred pit bulls Thursday while investigating dogfighting allegations at a man’s home in Ypsilanti, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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