Dogs From Vick’s Kennel Have to Pass a Behavior Test
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- Dogs From Vick’s Kennel Have to Pass a Behavior Test
- What’s Up With the Dow Dogs?
- SPCA moves to end dog fights for good
- Government Plays Down Mohammed Dog
- Renewed appeal over dog’s death
- Dog owners warned of faeces risk
Dogs From Vick’s Kennel Have to Pass a Behavior Test
New York Times – Aug 29, 2007
wore an altered Michael Vick jersey on Monday outside the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Prosecutors in the dogfighting case have asked animal experts to evaluate the pit bulls from Vick’s kennel to see if they can be safely adopted.
What’s Up With the Dow Dogs?
TheStreet.com – TheStreet.com (subscription) – Aug 29, 2007
htmlInvestors who bought into the well-known “Dogs of the Dow” strategy at the beginning of the year are up 2. 8% year to date according to dogsofthedow. And while that trails the overall Dow performance of 6. 5% Dog-fund manager Neil Hennessy is telling the skeptics to heel.
SPCA moves to end dog fights for good
Independent nline – Aug 29, 2007
And the people being targeted in the SPCA’s crackdown are professionals: lawyers businessmen dog breeders – and even a veterinarian and a pastor. They are pitting their dogs against each other in homemade rings empty swimming pools abandoned warehouses and suburban homes and believe their actions are not cruel but are designed to maintain the American Pit Bull Terrier’s (APBT) fighting bloodline. ‘We are totally and utterly against any form of dog fighting’When dogs refuse to fight either jumping out of the ring trying to flee their opponent or lying down and submitting to another dog’s attack their owners either destroy or sell them because they are “curs” and do not have “game” – the necessary aggression and tenacity to take on another dog in the ring and to fight sometimes to the death. That’s just some of the information obtained by the SPCA over a period of “several years” says the organisation’s Cape of Good Hope branch CE Allan Perrins.
Government Plays Down Mohammed Dog
Sveriges Radio – Aug 29, 2007
headContainer{border:none;}. A spokeswoman for Foreign Mininster Carl Bildt told the newspaper ”Dagens Nyheter” that the Swedish government does not get involved in what newspapers write. The Foreign Ministry says it now considers the incident closed. The drawing by Swedish artist Lars Vilks appeared in a local newspaper in the city of Örebro on August 19. Vilks originally produced three drawings depicting Mohammed as a roundabout or traffic circle dog.
Renewed appeal over dog’s death
BBC News – Aug 29, 2007
The dog thought to be aged between two and three was found at the edge of Sulby Reservoir on 5 February. Its muzzle had been bound and its legs tied with duct tape. A reward of £10000 is being offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the dog’s death. Memorial stoneActing Inspector Phil Shimmin of Manx Constabulary said officers would particularly like to hear from someone who wrote an anonymous letter to the investigating team in April. “A number of people have been spoken to in connection with the matter arising from information from the public” he added.
Dog owners warned of faeces risk
BBC News – Aug 29, 2007
ne cow tested positive for neospora caninum and results are being awaited on two other animals which have also suffered miscarriages. A council spokesman said the vet who tested the affected cow believed that dogs were the parasite’s host. People not clearing up after their dogs risked a £75 fixed penalty he added. Cattle affected by the parasite harbour the bug in their uterus.
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