Family Mourns Dog Shot During Home Robbery
A New York family is devastated by the violent death of a beloved family pet dubbed the “gentle giant." Tiny, a 160-pound male Rottweiler was shot to death Wednesday during a midday home invasion, Newsday reports.
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Dog Goes to Work, Learns to Help People
The black Labrador Retriever wearing the blue vest behind the checkout counter at Tractor Supply Co. isn’t a clerk, but he has an important job. Cobra is service dog-in-training, the Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette reports.
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Pit Bull Put to Death on Judge’s Order
Despite a campaign to save Lucy the pit bull that included more than 12,000 online signatures, the 8-year-old dog died Thursday at the Humane Society Silicon Valley just before 3 p.m. in accordance with a judge's order for killing a neighbor’s Chihuahua, the Palo Alto (Calif.) Daily News reports.
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Firefighter Jailed Again on Dogfighting Charge
A Shreveport, La., firefighter who was acquitted of a dogfighting charge in 2005 was jailed Thursday on the same accusation, The Shreveport Times reports.
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Connecticut Animal Control Officer Accused of Cruelty to Dog
An animal control officer has been charged with one count of cruelty to animals involving a dog. The arrest follows an investigation into a malnourished dog who was under her care at the animal welfare league facility, FOX News reports.
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