Dog Care News Archive

23-Sep-2006

 

It?s not your average dog pound (McKinney Messenger)
Coppell Animal Services has a new director, and she is operating the shelter more like a community business than a dog pound. With new initiatives, such as staff training on customer service, and a greater presence in the community, more and more abandoned animals are finding their permanent home.

Dispute over dog ends up in court (Centre Daily Times)
EAST FREEDOM -- Tied up in a backyard and lying on the ground, old Jake was a sad sight to Tammy Grimes. So the dog-lover said she removed the 19-year-old German Shepherd mix from his chain and took Jake to get care. Grimes called it an act of compassion. Police say she stole the dog. Owners Steve and Lori Arnold want Jake back.

The Sentinel (The Sentinel)
EAST FREEDOM (AP) -- Tied up in a backyard and lying on the ground, old Jake was a sad sight to Tammy Grimes. So the dog-lover said she removed the 19-year-old German Shepherd mix from his chain and took Jake to get care.

Kennel Club sponsors Responsible Dog Ownership Day today (The Oshkosh Northwestern)
Nobody will be barking up the wrong tree when they come to Responsible Dog Ownership Day today.

Records seized in raid of city dog pound (Chicago Sun-Times)
City investigators seized boxes of documents and computer files from Chicago's Commission on Animal Care and Control on Thursday -- and took pictures of conditions at the city pound -- amid allegations that a dog was mistakenly euthanized and that employees may have tried to cover up their mistake.

Woman pleads guilty to negligent care of an animal (North Platte Bulletin)
A South Carolina woman paid a $100 fine for negligent care of an animal after the dog she left in the cab of her truck died last July. Leticia Kellar, 41, from Hartsville S.C., pleaded guilty to animal neglect and paid the fine in Lincoln County Court.

Are You Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago? Do You Care? (New York Times)
Despite an apparently imminent slowdown, economic policy and the general state of the economy have hardly made it onto the evening news of late.

Probe of Chicago's dog pound revealed (UPI)
CHICAGO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The city of Chicago is investigating allegations that a dog was mistakenly euthanized at the city pound and employees tried to cover it up.

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