Flat-faced dogs banned on Cathay Pacific
Short-snouted dogs can no longer fly Cathay Pacific. The airline Monday banned the brachycephalic breeds from air travel because of the risks of breathing problems and overheating. The ban covers pugs,...
View ArticleVictorious: A g’day for dogs in Australia
Appalled at the images of abused and helpless puppies in Australia, Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu vowed last month to crack down on puppy mills. Baillieu outlined his tough new proposals at the Lost...
View ArticleGreat Danes and other “attack dogs” would be euthanized under Cumberland...
(An update to this story can be found here.) Apparently gunning down stray dogs on the streets wasn’t enough for the dog unfriendly officials of Cumberland County, North Carolina. Now they want to...
View ArticleTornado survivors aren’t welcome in this town
A tornado that whipped through Joplin, Missouri, spared Kain, a pit bull, and Kita, a Rottweiler, even though the house collapsed around them. Less forgiving is the town of Carl Junction, where their...
View ArticleVigil to be held for actor and his pit bull
A vigil is being held in New York Saturday in honor of Nick Santino, the soap opera actor who took his own life after putting his dog down. Santino, according to friends and family, was distraught and...
View ArticleIt’s official (and about time): Pit bulls no longer singled out under Ohio law
Ohio Gov. John Kasich yesterday signed a bill that repeals the 25-year-old state law that automatically declared pit bulls vicious. Once the new law takes effect, in 90 days, shelters will be able to...
View ArticleTime runs out for Lennox
Lennox, locked up as he has been, hasn’t been running for two years now, but his story has, around the world. Now it appears, despite a massive online campaign to save him, his time has run out. After...
View ArticleLennox: Execution scheduled this week as international protests continue
Lennox the alleged pit bull is scheduled to be euthanized in Belfast this week, despite continuing international efforts to save him. A protest Saturday in Belfast included demonstrators who flew in...
View ArticleMissouri town denies “pit bull roundup”
To hear Fox 2 in St. Louis tell it, a massive round up of pit bulls was underway last week in the small town of Sikeston, Missouri. According to the Fox report (above), animal control officers were...
View ArticleViriginia town bans dog tethering
The Virginia city of Suffolk has approved a ban on dog-tethering, effective the first of September. After months of wrangling over details and considering compromises, the city council voted 6-2 to...
View ArticleTests may save dogs from Marine breed ban
Marine and Army bases that have banned pit bulls, Rottweilers and other “dangerous dogs” — and with all due respect, sir, we’d suggest they review the previous post about Ella — are in some cases...
View Article83 S.C. dogs exempted from Marine breed ban
Of 85 dogs in South Carolina that belong to the three breeds banned from Marine housing, only two proved to be potentially dangerous when tested by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
View ArticleFive California cities look at declawing bans
Several California cities are looking at prohibiting cat declawing, the Los Angeles Times blog “Unleashed,” reports. The city of Los Angeles’ public safety committee was scheduled to discuss the issue...
View ArticleNo more dogs in Ann Arbor bookstore
The Borders bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor is dog-friendly no more. After years of allowing dogs, the bookstore has decided to enforce the chain’s company-wide policy prohibiting pets from entering....
View ArticleShop owner “sorry” he kicked out service dog
The owner of a western wear shop in North Carolina has apologized for kicking a 5-year-old girl’s service dog out of his store — but not until after threats of a boycott and lawsuit surfaced. “I had no...
View ArticleAdventures in househunting, Craigslist style
Where I’d like to live and what I can afford are two different realms, two very different realms – a fact I bring up not because I’m the first person to experience that phenomenon, but because it is...
View ArticleDelta Air Lines stops flying bulldogs
Your bulldog is no longer welcome on Delta Air Lines, and it’s for their own good. As we reported last summer, short-snouted dogs run a far higher risk of death when it comes to air travel, with...
View ArticleDenver eradicating pit bulls, but not dog bites
The city of Denver, while it has killed 1,667 pit bulls since reinstituting its ban on the breed in 2005 — that’s about one a day — says it can’t say “with certainty” whether the ban is working....
View ArticleMiami’s pit bull ban takes a hit
Breed specific legislation against pit bulls took another much deserved hit last week when a Dade County court ruled that Miami’s pit bull ban is too vague to be used as grounds for euthanizing...
View ArticleHome of Huskies bans dogs from buildings
The University of Washington — home, ironically enough, of the Huskies — has banned dogs from campus buildings. The UW Board of Regents decided in a meeting last month that non-service animals will no...
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