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In a ceremony held on Monday morning, a two-year-old golden retriever named Buddy became the official mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Menemsha in Massachusetts.

Bunk’s family gave him the best birthday ever: an apartment filled with balloons.

Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri held a memorial for one of its fallen heroes on Tuesday. Tygo was an award-winning bomb-sniffing dog that was killed in Afghanistan last month.

Police rescued at least seven dogs when they broke up a dog fighting ring in Dolton, Illinois. Eight people were arrested during the bust.

The life of a 6 year old autistic girl has changed dramatically, thanks to her dog. About a year ago, Rolo came into Holly’s life and the young girl who could not stand to be away from her mother now has some much needed independence.

Four years ago a law was passed in Bosnia making it illegal for people to kill stray dogs. Unfortunately, no provisions were made to enforce the law, or prevent the proliferation of stray dogs and so the practice continues to be rampant.

A Nova Scotia rescue group is saving the life of a one year old stray from Ontario that has the misfortune of looking like a pit bull. Ontario banned the breed and similar breeds including Staffordshire bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and American pit bull terriers in 2005 and since then advocates of the breed have been trying to save their lives.

Only four days after the Newman family brought Bear home he became the family hero. Bear’s barking in the middle of the night alerted the family to a huge brush fire right outside their home.

Thanks to a landmark muscle transplant surgery at the Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, Bella has made a remarkable recovery following a crippling accident.