Man Who Sold Pit Bull to Vick Gets Probation
The fifth defendant in the Michael Vick dogfighting case isn't going to jail. Oscar Allen has been sentenced to three years probation and fined $500 for selling a pit bull to Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation in 2001, becoming the final defendant in the federal case to be sentenced, WLOS-TV (North Carolina) reports.
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Either Pets Go or Hubby Will
The “Ask Amy” columnist advises a husband who complains that his wife keeps sneaking pets into their apartment behind their landlord’s back and worries that her behavior will get them evicted, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Dating People With Fur Children
From an outsider's perspective, spending more on your dog’s boarding kennel than your own hotel room might seem ludicrous. You may have laughed and assumed this was an exaggeration, or such behavior would no longer happen once you were in the picture. How adorably naïve, the Star Tribune reports.
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Board Orders Dog To Be Euthanized
In less than one minute of discussion Wednesday night, members of the Burlington, Iowa, Animal Hearing Board signed the fate of a pit bull, classifying it as a vicious animal and starting the clock for it to be euthanized in five days after attacking a neighbor and her small dog, The Hawk Eye (Iowa) reports.
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Thieves Try to Pawn Stolen Dog
A suspect is arrested after he tried to pawn a dog who was stolen during a burglary. The dog is still missing and his owners are offering a reward for his safe return, the Miami Herald reports.
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