Posted: January 26, 2009, 5 a.m. EST
Honor Marks Final Farewells to Police Dogs
If you think you cried at the ending of "Marley & Me," you've never attended the funeral of a police dog. Throughout the country, K9 officers are recognized as valuable members of police departments and treated with respect, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Montana Dog Owners Protest House Bill
A Montana house bill seeking to ban pit bulls and other similar dogs had canine owners around the state and even the country up in arms Thursday, MSNBC.com reports.
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Missing Dog Found After Accident
A pet dog who went missing from a car involved in a crash has been found and reunited two weeks later, BBC News (U.K.) reports.
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Sumo the Depressed Lap Dog Bites Chirac
France's former president Jacques Chirac has been bitten by his lap dog Sumo, who is being treated for depression, in a dramatic incident that rattled his wife Bernadette, she told a magazine, Agence France-Presse reports.
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Dog Found Dead in Bag Set on Fire in Long Beach
A small dog was found inside a bag set on fire at a park in Long Beach, Calif., and authorities said it is eerily similar to another arson case in which two small dogs were found burned in a dog kennel in 2006, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports.
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