Dog News

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.

It was only two years ago that Remi was in need of a home and was unsure of what his future would be. Then Tom Dropik came into her life. Now Remi is a two-time dock-jumping world champion and most importantly a loving member of the Dropik family.

Animal lovers have not stopped calling the Lorain Animal Clinic. They all want to help Herbie, a pit bull found abandoned on Saturday. Herbie was emaciated and injured. The Ohio clinic has been receiving phone calls from places as far away as California and Louisiana with people wanting to know what they can do to help Herbie.

Diondre Brown says he acted as a lookout for Adell Zeigler, but that he tried to get him to stop.