Thankful for the Animals
This Thanksgiving, a USA Today contributor gives thanks for animal companions and for the hundreds of organizations and thousands of people who take notice of such creatures throughout the nation — rescuing them, defending them, and finding them homes.
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Dogs Travel in Style in Flights to Isles
A charter flight company catering to dog owners will start trips from California to Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports.
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Displaced Pets Increasing, Mall Sponsors New Adoption Center
The Chicago-based company that owns Landmark Mall is sponsoring a pet adoption center inside the Alexandria shopping center beginning this weekend to help find homes for pets displaced as a result of the nation’s growing financial crisis, the Washington Post reports.
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Monroe Dog Ordinance Skips Label for Some Breeds
Pit bulls, Akitas, and other breeds targeted by a city proposal as potentially dangerous are out of the dog house — for now. The Monroe City Council, bombarded by unhappy dog owners, passed an interim ordinance that keeps a warning strike for all dogs, but does not contain any language that targets certain breeds, HeraldNet.com (Wash.) reports.
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Florida Cops Shut Down Alleged ‘Puppy Mill’
Authorities say they raided an alleged puppy mill in Florida, removing more than 100 dogs from conditions described as deplorable. Polk County sheriff’s deputies said 117 canines, including Pugs and Yorkshire Terriers, were confiscated at the site in Lakeland, along with five cats and a parrot, United Press International reports.
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