The DogChannel Newswire (08-21-08)

Central Coast Man Charged With Dog Abuse Still Jailed
A Santa Cruz County man charged with animal cruelty after authorities removed 38 emaciated and diseased dogs from his property remains jailed weeks later because he refuses to agree to conditions imposed by a judge for his release, The Sacramento Bee reports.
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Dog Days at the Office? Not If You Can Help It
A columnist for The Globe and Mail in Canada responds to a reader who writes that when her coworkers take their dogs to the office, it’s annoying and distracting. The columnist weighs the pros and cons of dogs – and cats – in the workplace.
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Council Puts Off Issue of Dog Limit
The San Angelo, Texas, City Council has decided that now is not the time to decide whether City Hall should regulate how many dogs an owner can keep. About 20 residents from opposing sides of the issue spoke Tuesday to the City Council about the problems associated with limited and unlimited dog ownership, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports.
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Dogs Get Beach of Their Own in Cyprus
It is a dog's life in Cyprus' party capital Ayia Napa as the area opens the Mediterranean’s first official canine beach. The off-leash paradise is the island's first where people and their pets can enjoy the sun and sea without upsetting other beachgoers, The (U.K.) Telegraph reports.
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Two Pugs Missing After West Seattle Home Burglarized
Marsha Lubetkin knew something was wrong Monday evening when her Pugs Bandit and Pippin didn't greet her at the door of her West Seattle home. Then she saw that the screen on her open dining-room window had been bent and tossed on the deck. Her box of costume jewelry had been emptied on her bed, and the contents of her dresser drawers and old tax returns lay scattered on the floor. But the only things that were missing were two men's gold rings, and the most important thing to Lubetkin: the dogs, The Seattle Times reports.
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