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Animals News tagged with Dog

Dog Attacks Likely Underreported
Animals  (tags: Dog, people, chimp )

Nancy
- 7 days ago - news.discovery.com
When an exotic "pet" attacks people, such as when a Connecticut women was mauled in February by "Travis" the chimp, the news makes headlines. But data remains unclear on how often smaller attacks -- most commonly by dogs -- actually occur.
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Titan the Great Dane Named the World's Tallest Dog
Animals  (tags: GoodNews, World's tallest, dog, titan, Guiness World Record )

Barbaroca
- 11 days ago - pawnation.com
Titan the world's tallest dog has something to really bark about-he was named World's Tallest Dog by the Guiness World Record, reports Sign On San Diego. At 42.24 inches tall the dog is deaf, epiletic and partly blind...
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Up and Running, the 'Bionic' Hound Who Chewed His Limbs Off to Get Out of a Hunting Trap
Animals  (tags: dog, re, bravery, survivor, caught hunting trap, chewed limbs off, courageous )

Simone
- 15 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Tearing across the park, Andre the mongrel looks just like any other dog. But a closer look at the Alsation-Rottweiler mix reveals that his ability to walk - let alone run - is something of a miracle. That's because Andre only has two legs - after
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World's Oldest Dog Dies in NY at 21 _ or 147
Animals  (tags: dog, pet, died, oldest, record, sadness )

Lone
- 85 days ago - washingtonpost.com
NEW YORK -- A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog and celebrated its last birthday with a party at a dog hotel and spa has died at age 21 - or 147 in
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Wounded Police Dog Makes Strides, But Outlook Unclear
Animals  (tags: bosco, wounded, police, dog, paralysed, recovering, brave, courageous )

Simone
- 87 days ago - columbusdispatch.com
Bosco, the Zanesville police dog who was shot this week, took his first steps with his back legs during rehabilitation yesterday at Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital. "The daily rehabilitation went very well," said Kristine McComis, assistant
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STARVING OWN PET DOG Take Action
Animals  (tags: dog, starved dog, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, sadness, pets, suffering )

Lone
- 93 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Hi, this is Balakrishna again with another animal rights petition. The place is India, Kerala, Trichur. Someone recently asked me what's the point submitting a Petition about something happenning in India, when they can do nothing about it
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Man Escapes Charges for Barbecuing Pet Dog
Animals  (tags: dog, animalcruelty, death, cruelty, cooked, sicko )

Lone
- 97 days ago - cnn.com
We were in a dilemma at seeing something we were fairly upset about -- but being in a position of being able to do absolutely nothing about it," said Garth Halliday, of the Auckland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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Reward Offered for Stolen Dog
Animals  (tags: Dog, stolen, Reward offered, Humane Society )

Lone
- 99 days ago - ksl.com
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Humane Society of Utah is offering a $1,000 reward for the safe return of a stolen Chihuahua. The dog was taken during a home burglary. The Humane Society of Utah doesn't usually put up large rewards for stolen pets, but it felt
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Britain's Ugliest Dog Attacked
Animals  (tags: dog, ugliest dog, mugly, attacked, gang, police, crime, abused )

Simone
- 99 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Police in Cambridgeshire are appealing for information after Mugly - who won the Britain's Ugliest Dog title in 2005 - was apparently set upon by a gang. The Shitzu-Chinese Crested cross was rescued by a passer-by who chased off the thugs, who were a
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Hero Rescues Dog Blown Off Brighton Pier.
Animals  (tags: hero man, australian hero, recued, dog, brighton pier, kindness )

Simone
- 99 days ago - petstreet.co.uk
A man was on Brighton pier (in Victoria, Australia) scattering his grandmothers ashes when a dog was blown into the water. So he stripped off and got in the water to rescue it! There were galeforce winds in Victoria and Maltese-shitzu cross BiBi
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Lost and Found Dog Saves Life of Boy With Down Syndrome --Paw Nation
Animals  (tags: goodnews, pet, dog, rescues, boy, down syndrome, Bittersweet News )

Barbaroca
- 103 days ago - pawnation.com
Do you believe in canine guardian angels and the kindness of strangers? You just might after you read this.
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Homelessness, Man's Best Friend and a Hard Choice
Animals  (tags: homeless man, lost apartment, shelters, dog, companion, foster homes )

Simone
- 104 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tony Aponte refers to his 45-pound pit bull, Rocky, as his child. But after losing his apartment and moving into a homeless shelter, he was at a loss over how to care for him. "It was heartbreaking," Mr. Aponte said. "I felt like garbage because I
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ACTION ALERT: Harshest Penalty Allowed By Law for Dixie's Killer!!!!
Animals  (tags: dog, family member, killed, intgentionally run down, harshest punishment, court, justice for dixie, laws )

Simone
- 104 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
She was accidentally let into the back yard (fenced) by my old roommate and she jumped the fence. We heard it and took off running. When we found her a little while later, she was dead. Seven witnesses called the police and stated that this was intention
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World's Tallest Dog, Gibson From Grass Valley, Dies
Animals  (tags: dog, death, cancer, sadness, didn't want suffering, Love of animals )

Lone
- 105 days ago - sacbee.com
Gibson, a harlequin Great Dane from Grass Valley that was labeled the world's tallest dog by Guinness World Records, has died.
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Woman Struck By Lightning Possibly Saved By Dog
Animals  (tags: dog, killed, saved, woman, life, sadness, environment )

Lone
- 105 days ago - ksl.com
-- A Utah woman is recovering from injuries she suffered when a lightning bolt zigzagged across her backyard and killed her dog. In fact, the dog may have saved the woman's life
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