The DogChannel Newswire (08-26-08)

California Lawmakers OK New Protections for Animal Researchers
The emergency measure would strengthen laws protecting academics against violence and make it unlawful to publish information about them on the Internet, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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New Trial Denied in Fatal S.F. Dog Mauling Case
A woman whose dog mauled her neighbor to death could go back to prison for several years after a superior court judge reinstated on Friday the jury’s original second degree murder conviction, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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Man Sentenced to 23½ Years for Role in Dog-Mauling Case
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced in a case in which he ordered his Rottweiler to attack a Phoenix police officer who spotted him in a stolen car, the Arizona Republic reports.
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Approximately 1,000 Dogs Rescued From West Virginia Kennel
Around 1,000 dogs were taken from a Parkersburg-area kennel after authorities said they were kept in cages for breeding and were never let out and rarely, if ever, touched by a human being, The Associated Press reports.
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