Amber Alerts for Pets Help Owners Locate Missing Pals
Organizations and new websites like FindToto.com and AmberAlertforPets.com help pet owners find their lost cats and dogs, ABC News reports.
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Dog Dodges Death in Neighbor Assault
Rolo the dog, who got loose last summer and bit a neighbor as she held her toddler, has dodged a death sentence for the second time. In what dog owners hailed as a victory, Arvada Municipal Judge Mike Graber on Wednesday gave the 5-year-old German Shepherd Dog a reprieve, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Pit Bull Shot in the Leg After Attacking Another Dog
A New Jersey pit bull was shot in the hind leg Wednesday afternoon by a next-door neighbor after it attacked the neighbor's dog and wouldn't let go, police said. No criminal charges were filed against the man who fired the shotgun because he legally owned the gun, police said, Newsday reports.
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Disaster Training Seeks to Ease Pet Worries
If a disaster hits Nashville, a response team for animal welfare will be ready, freshly armed with lessons learned from the Feb. 5 storms in Macon County. The Nashville Humane Associations’s mobile veterinary clinic ROVER will help Nashville join other counties with animal crisis response teams, The Tennessean reports.
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Man Refuses to Pay Dog Walk Fine
A factory worker could be brought to court after refusing to pay a £75 fine for walking his dog in a cemetery. Paul Perrins argues there were no signs warning him not to walk his dog through Wood Green Cemetery, BBC News reports.
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