Article Archive for January 2009
A taxi driver has been ordered to pay £2,175 after refusing to allow a partially sighted woman and her guide dog travel in his car.
The incident happened when a hotel booked Jarnail Singh, of Slough, …
BioArts International announced today that they have delivered the world’s first commercially cloned dog, a 10-week old Labrador named Lancey, to Florida residents Edgar and Nina Otto.
“We can’t believe this day is finally here,” said …
A talented narcotics detection dog has had to be put to sleep having been diagnosed with nose cancer. Max, an English Springer Spaniel, has been involved in a host of successful drug finds and who’s …
The Kennel Club has today released its annual registration figures.
Volumes are fairly static – 271,719 puppies registered in 2008 (at £12 per pup, that’s £3,260,628 in revenue – nice work if you can get it!)
The …
Nature wasn’t kind to Bing, a puppy born deaf, almost completely blind and very weak. Bing was born pure white – an ominous sign of the genetic problems he was to suffer in life. Perhaps …
For those who saw the shocking and upsetting documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, some of the most frequent feedback we have received relates to the footage of the German Shepherds being shown. The poor dogs seemed …
Every once in a while a ‘dog’ story makes the pages of this blog that brings out the curiosity in all of us.
Last year we had the world famous Montauk Monster – and today, it’s …
Following another high profile dog attack in Australia, the government has announced it will launch a web-based register of dog attacks that will enable councils to directly submit details of dog attacks to the department …
A Memphis police dog named Gunner is recovering from multiple stab wounds he suffered while chasing down a burglary suspect. The suspect, meanwhile, and an accused accomplice are in jail charged with burglary and other …
“Don’t Put Woolies Dog to Sleep!”
As the newly elected US president pontificates about one of his earliest White House pledges – to adopt a shelter dog – the UK’s leading dog adoption service has offered …
A former stray dog that has been trained to alert his deaf owner to sounds in the home has been given the accolade of being named Hearing Dog of the Month by the charity that …
In 2005, the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals began an ambitious ten-year initiative to transform New York City into a no-kill community – where no dog or cat of reasonable health or temperament is killed …
For the 18th consecutive year, the Labrador Retriever is the most popular purebred dog in America, according to 2008 registration statistics released today by the American Kennel Club(R) (AKC). But, while more than twice as …
Warning | Warning | Warning – This is NOT a fake headline. This is NOT a fake headline.
Former French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own ‘clinically depressed’ pet …
That’s according to the latest voting in a poll at PEOPLE pets who have (at time of writing) voted 54% in favour of the president getting a Doodle ahead of his other choice, Portugese Water …
Before the industrial revolution, canine nutrition for working class dogs was much like the diet of their working-class owners – basic, simple, and sometimes not up to much in terms of gourmet dining!
Although they worked …
2008 was a tumultuous year in the organised world of dogdom.
The year began with dogs in the headlines as the fallout erupted following the late December death of tragic dog attack victim Archie – Lee …
The latest Disney film – Beverley Hills Chihuahua, has been an instant hit at the American box office and is due for the same popularity over here in the UK.
It follows a high society Chihuahua …
In a quite hillarious and transparently bitter fit of pedigree breed snobbery, the Labrador Retriever Club and Poodle Club of America are ‘voicing their concerns’ about the decision of president Barack Obama to consider a …
George, a courageous Jack Russell from New Zealand, is to be awarded a posthumous PDSA Gold Medal – the animals’ George Cross – for saving five children from the jaws of two Pit Bull terriers.
I wonder if the dinosaurs had any notion that they were about to become a footnote in the history of the world?
Self awareness is probably not something that dinosaurs had in abundance.
They got up, went …
Pamela Anderson, former Baywatch star and Hollywood’s sweetheart has called for stray dogs in India’s Mumbai to be sterilised rather than killed.
The BBC website reported that Ms Anderson was soon to react after hearing from …
Video footage of kennels belonging to professional greyhound trainer Eve Blanchard who is attached to Poole stadium, clearly confirms the racing industry’s failure to provide basic welfare conditions for greyhounds or comply with environmental and …
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