Texas Inmate Drowns During Prison Dog Training Session
The man, who helped train dogs to track escapees by “laying tracks,” drowned trying to cross a rain-swollen creek, the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Woman Walking Dog on Florida Beach Finds World War II Bomb
Authorities later detonated the live, barnacle-encrusted, 100-pound bomb that a woman found while walking her dog, the Miami Herald reports.
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Couple, Labrador Retriever Rescued in High Water in Aspen, Colo.
About 60 rescuers from local fire departments and other organizations left July 4 parade to rescue the three from an icy culvert, the Denver Post reports.
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Hilton’s Used Dog Food Can Fetches $305
The can, taken from Paris Hilton’s trash, had generated a bogus bid of more than $1.5 million in an eBay auction, WCBS reports.
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The Fix Is in for Pet Control
Subsidy programs help nip the problem of unwanted animals, and is proving much more effective than adopting out the pet overpopulation, USA Today reports.
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