Pet Therapy Dogs Spend Time at Community Medical Center
A pet therapy program now in its fourth year has 20 active dogs. Two of them visit patients each day, The Asbury Park (N.J.) Press reports.
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Dog Home at Last Thanks to a Caring Spirit
Nearly 20 months after a woman’s three dogs were lost in Hurricane Katrina, a Florida man returned one of her pets during Easter weekend, The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reports.
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Dogs Spared from Likely Death Find Homes
Twenty dogs arrived in New Hampshire from Alabama last week as part of a program that finds homes for shelter dogs, The Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph reports.
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Canine Treatments May Shed Light on Cancer
Dogs and humans react similarly to the disease, so a new vaccine approved for the animals may yield insights into treating people, The Los Angeles Times reports. (Site registration may be required.)
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Dozens of Animals Die in Florida Fire
The Jacksonville, Fla., Humane Society is picking up the pieces after a devastating fire demolished the shelter over the weekend, The (Florida) News-Press reports.
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