An investigation is under way in Jacksonville, Florida on the abuse of a pit bull mix named Flo. On Friday morning Flo was found with severe head injuries. She was brought to the Jacksonville Humane Society where they performed emergency surgery to save her life.

City officials in Los Angeles will consider a proposed ordinance that would put a three-year ban on the sale of commercially bred dogs, cat and rabbits in pet stores. The main goal of the ordinance is to help with overcrowding in L.A. animal shelters and reduce the number of animals that those shelters have to euthanize.

Laura Hughes noticed that her 3-year-old Pomeranian Ginger had developed a rash on her abdomen that seemed to be causing pain. Ginger turned out to be life-threatening ill and the cause for her illness was the dog shampoo used by the dog groomer.

Clare and Ceri Morgan had planned their dream honeymoon to Las Vegas, but they never went on it. The Welsh couple learned that their five-year-old American bulldog Teeto had cancer and without hesitation cancelled their dream honeymoon to use the money to help pay for his treatment.

Dennis Brown’s friend Ron Holtrop had gone hiking in June with Dennis’ dog Charlie and his own dog Indy near their home in Lynden, Washington. While on the hike both dogs had gone off exploring. Indy returned but seven-year-old Charlie didn’t. Holtrop searched for three hours trying to find Charlie until finally he broke the news to his friend that Charlie was missing.

As professional golfer Paul Casey lined up a 20-foot putt for eagle on the 12th green at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Friday an unexpected hazard occurred. As Casey was preparing for his putt a dog named Digby ran onto the green snatching Casey’s ball up.

When employees at Luke’s Donut Shop in Avon, Connecticut came to open up at 4 a.m. on Friday they found a nine-year old black lab named Molly devouring doughnuts. Molly went missing from her owner Betsy Vanloon almost four weeks ago. Vanloon, who had adopted Molly only six months ago, had been taking Molly to the veterinarian for an appointment last month when Molly took off from the parking lot.

In May 2012 a new law passed in Ohio changed how dogs are classified as vicious dogs. Before the law pit bull type dogs were automatically classified as inherently dangerous, regardless of their behavior or temperament.

When Bruce Gardner received a phone call from his home in Orem, Utah at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning he was a little surprised. Gardner became concerned as it sounded like someone was robbing his home and contacted police.