Posted: April 22, 2008, 5 a.m. EST
Dog Crosses Deserts, Mountains, and Somehow Gets Back Home
A dog who ran off during a road-trip rest stop apparently made her way nearly 80 miles across Nevada's high desert and two mountain ranges to return home a week later. Moon, a Siberian Husky, was reunited April 14 with her owner, who had last seen her April 6 about 77 miles from his home, The Associated Press reports.
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Animal Shelter Accused of Inhumanely Euthanizing Cats, Dogs
A state agency is accusing the St. Clair County, Mich., Animal Shelter of inhumanely euthanizing dogs and cats and then failing to ensure the animals are dead before tossing them in trash bags, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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City Dogs Discovering Sheep, Cattle, Hidden Talents
Border Collie Selkie isn't really a stock dog but she plays one at Drummond Ranch, which isn't really a livestock ranch, but a 40-acre haven an hour outside Los Angeles. There, city dogs escape their leash-and-lounge existence and learn to get in touch with their inner herder, The Associate Press reports.
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Carcasses Probably Those Of Foxes, Not Cats or Dogs
The pile of animal carcasses discovered in a wooded area of Frederick County, Md., this week appears to be the remains of foxes, not dogs and cats as originally reported by animal control officers there. Officials continue to examine the remains, but the idea that someone left behind dozens of dead pets no longer seems to be a possibility, The Washington Post reports.
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Quarantine Being Lifted at Guide Dog Foundation
Both puppies and adult dogs at the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, N.Y., have been under quarantine for two weeks following an influenza-type of outbreak that killed one dog. The quarantine will be lifted, according to officials at the organization, and the canines soon will be reunited with their families, Newsday reports.
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