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RSPCA Heavily Criticised as Cruelty Case Collapses

A lawyer has slammed the RSPCA siting “witness rehearsal” amongst a number of other accusations about the conduct of the anti animal cruelty organisation. Solicitor Nigel Weller at Harwich Magistrates Court on Tuesday 11 December 2007 was defending in an RSPCA case.  As a result of the
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Pet Dog Discovers £500,000 Stash

A dog has unearthed a drugs stash with a street value of half a million pounds whilst out on a walk with his owner. The BBC reports:
The three-year-old found the drugs - believed to be amphetamine sulphate - hidden in undergrowth in a lane in the Blackmill area on Friday. [...]

K9 Magazine’s Most Popular Dog Stories of 2007

Sorry, it’s the end of the year and you’re going to be bombarded with the ‘top this or that lists’ over the next few days or so. But anyway, far from wanting to buck the trend we thought we’d hop, skip and jump our way straight onto it instead. So
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Jail Sentence Handed Down to ‘Nazi’ Dog Trainer

A German man has been given a jail term for teach his cross breed GSD to perform a Nazi salute on command. The dog, named ‘Adolf’, was trained by owner Roland ‘T’ to raise his paw sharply when given the command ‘Heil Hitler, mimicking the salute given
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Dog Attacks, Now Legalised by the State

 Here in the UK, we like to have the odd moan about dog related legislation but it’s not often we get a law passed like this one in the state of Victoria, Australia:
THE State Government has been accused of effectively legalising dog attacks through a recent legislative amendment described as potentially exposing people and pets [...]

Prostitutes, Puppies and the Press

What, you may ask, do prostitutes and puppies have in common?
On the surface, very little. Actually, that’s rubbish. On the surface, nothing. Nothing at all.

This week deputy prime minister Harriet Harman has called for a tightening of the screw, if you’ll excuse the expression, on the availability of paid-for-sex in Great Britain. She’s concerned that [...]

Brave Springer Spaniel Awarded Animal George Cross

Orkney canine hero honoured with the animals’ George Cross Ghillie, a two-year-old Springer Spaniel from Kirkwall, Orkney was today (20 December) awarded the prestigious PDSA Gold Medal - the animals’ George Cross – for his gallantry and life-saving devotion at a special presentation. The
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World Sheep Dog Trials Set to Break Records

More countries and competitors will take part than ever before and the overall champion will receive a unique golden whistle worth thousands of pounds. “This will be the third World Championship and will be the biggest yet,” said Organiser, Meirion Owen, after the trials were officially launched
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Merry Christmas from K9 Magazine

To all of our readers and dog lovers wherever you happen to be, we wish you a very merry Christmas period and hope you have a truly prosperous and new year Send this eCard to friends and family (along with other dog related eGreetings) at www.petcrash.com [...]

Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan Gives His Top Canine Christmas Tips

During the busy Festive season, it is important to keep your dogs in mind. Here, TV dog trainer Cesar Millan gives his own personal tips for a balanced dog and owner relationship throughout the Christmas and Winter period: 1.) Exercise your dog out of doors
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Lost Dog Returned Just in Time for Christmas

A missing dog has been reunited with its owners after disappearing for more than two years, proving that in this case, a dog isn’t just for life, it’s also for Christmas
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross was handed to Hounslow Council’s animal warden team who discovered that the pet had been micro-chipped by the legal owners.
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Wales is Dog Ownership Capital of Great Britain

More people per head of population own a dog in Wales than  any other country in Great Britain according to a new pet census. Other findings reveal that dog owners are splashing out more than ever on their pets, according to the results of this year’s Pet
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Prozac for Dogs - One of the Dumbest Business Ideas Ever. It’s Official.

US business publication Fortune magazine has declared the decision by Eli Lilly (pharmacuetical company) to create and market chewy, beef flavoured prozac tablets for dogs as a means to treat seperation anxiety as the second ‘dumbest of the dumb’ business decisions of 2007. The magazine, a bible
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Rabies Vaccine Research Underway

One of the most important vaccine research studies in veterinary medicine is underway at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison.  Dr. Ronald Schultz, a leading authority on veterinary vaccines and Chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, has begun concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge studies to determine the long-term duration [...]

Smelling and sore - owner demands a police enquiry:

London dog owner, Glynis Walker was left shocked and upset after collecting her pet dog Kodee from a North London Police station last week. Kodee was returned after being seized from her son as a pit bull type on the 26th August under the Dangerous Dogs Act legislation; West London
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