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Ever Seen Arctic Wolves in Action?

Have you ever seen an Arctic Wolf in a full hunting mode pursuing wildfowl? Well, unless you’ve ever spent some time wandering around the Canadian Arctic or Greenland you haven’t, because they’ve never been filmed doing it, that is until NOW.
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I Love Dogs, So Why Did I Have to Kill a Happy, Healthy Animal?

written by Andrew McInnis. Appearing in K9 Magazine issue 23 Celine Jacobs is a 37 year old dog warden, employed by South Gloucestershire Council. Up until very recently, she enjoyed her job. She found that helping dogs and educating dog owners was very rewarding. She took great pride
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An Open Message to the British Media: Keep up the Devil Dog Hype, be Prepared to Live With THIS

At the start of this week a man died on a British street. He wasn’t stabbed, shot or run over by a car. In fact, at the time of this being written, we don’t actually know how he died. What we
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Animal Shelters and Rescues ‘to blame’ for Rottweiler Attacks - Sensational Claim

A recent meeting between Rottweiler breed club representatives and the Kennel Club produced a sensational claim that it was re-homed Rottweilers, placed into unsuitable homes that had ’caused most of the problems’ in relation to the highly publicised Rottweiler attacks of the past few years, according notes made by a
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Rescue Dogs Get a Helping Paw From Snoopy

One of the leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced the auctioning of a rare collection of Charles Schulz “Snoopy” and other “Peanuts” animations. Nineteen lots of Schulz’ material, from the collection of past CBS president Dr. Frank Stanton, will be offered within Skinner’s upcoming American & European Paintings and Prints sale [...]

Vets Report ‘Unusual’ Chocolate Poisoning in Dogs

Vets Now, an emergency out of hours veterinary clinic provider, has admitted an unusually high number of dogs recently who have been sniffing out the leftover Christmas chocolates, with almost fatal consequences.
The Vets Now Sheffield clinic alone has seen three cases in the past few weeks, highlighting the fact that [...]

Retired Greyhound Trust volunteer is recognised with national award

Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) volunteer, Alison Bandurak, was chosen to receive an award for ‘services to retired greyhounds’ at this year’s British Greyhound Racing Board (BGRB) Awards ceremony. As the manager of Monmore Green RGT near Wolverhampton, Alison recently celebrated rehoming her 1,000th greyhound. The BGRB Award [...]

Study Claims Cross Breed Dogs are Cleverer Than Pedigrees

 According to an interesting article in today’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, new research is suggesting cross breed dogs are smarter than their pedigreed counterparts:
A study by Dr David Smith of Aberdeen University’s department of animal sciences shows that crossbred dogs have better spatial awareness and problem-solving abilities than pedigrees, and are better suited for work as [...]

Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill - what I propose, and why I am proposing it

I am writing in response Alison Green’s article “what we have here is failure to communicate” , in which she comments on the proposed Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill which I launched last week at the Scottish Parliament. I of course welcome all feedback on my proposals – positive and
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US Economic Recession No Worry for Pet Industry Businesses

A national pet owner survey released today at the North American Veterinary Conference showed that if financial issues caused pet owners to curtail their monthly expenses they are far more likely to cut back on luxury items, electronics — and even groceries and household goods — than on care or supplies for their pets.
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Disgraced Footballer’s ‘Fighting Dogs’ Now Rehomed

US NFL footballer Michael Vick may be doing time, but three of his dogs are free at last, and enjoying their first taste of living in an Atlanta based foster care program. The home of the Atlanta Falcons is also home to the All Or Nothing Rescue
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Mother of Fatal Dog Attack Boy Archie-Lee Hirst ‘Mobbed’ in Street for ‘Killing Baby’

Reports in today’s media suggest the mother of tragic dog attack victim Archie-Lee Hirst has been attacked in the street by an angry mob. In an exclusive Daily Mirror story, the paper outlines events:
The mum of a toddler killed by a pet Rottweiler was in hiding last night after being beaten up [...]

Council Destroys ‘Reprieved’ Dog

Fearing for public safety, Belfast City Council officials, took into their ‘care’ Irene Chamber’s two mongrels after complaints they were dangerous breeds. After a year long wait, her two dogs were returned to her only for Mrs Chamber’s to be forced to have one of them destroyed
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Communication Breakdown Will Seriously Hinder Dangerous Dog Legislation

What we have here is failure to communicate, writes Alison Green I have tried, really tried, for the last two days to make sense of the proposal for a Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill by MPS Alex Neil. I have forced everyone I know to listen to me asking [...]

2008 Set to be Breakthrough Year in Fight Against Rabies

A new year in the fight against rabies and animal suffering in Nepal 2008 will be our best year yet – that’s the confident prediction from staff at the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT) as they move into a new year in the fight against rabies and
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