The $12 Million Dog

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- The $12 Million Dog
- ‘Hundreds’ involved in dog fights
- Paisley call for dog law review
- New law on vicious dogs gives officers tools to pursue owners:…
- About 30 dogs other animals found dead at kennel.
- Homemade food keeps dog trim

The $12 Million Dog
Newsweek – Aug 31, 2007
Temma EhrenfeldNewsweek Web ExclusiveAug 31 2007 | Updated: 3:46  p. ET ct 10 2007All dogs may go to heaven but few will spend their time on earth quite as pampered as the late Leona Helmsley’s eight-year-old white Maltese Trouble. In her will the billionaire hotelier left her beloved pooch $12 million in trust making the animal the single biggest beneficiary of her estate.

‘Hundreds’ involved in dog fights
BBC News – Aug 31, 2007
The warning follows a BBC investigation that uncovered a network of criminal gangs who supply illegal pit bull terriers for fighting. The RSPCA said the popularity of dog fighting had been on the rise since 2000 following a lull in the 1990s. Betting large sums of money on fights could partly explain the increase. Pit bulls have been banned in the UK since 1991 and dog fighting has been illegal since the 19th Century.

Paisley call for dog law review
BBC News – Aug 31, 2007
His call followed an investigation into dog fighting and the illegal trade in the animals by the BBC’s Spotlight. The programme showed how the dogs were being smuggled into Northern Ireland through the Irish Republic. “It is clear that the Irish Republic’s law on the licensing of dogs is being exploited to forward this outrageous activity” he added. “All who saw those pictures will have been horrified by the vicious and grotesque scenes.

New law on vicious dogs gives officers tools to pursue owners:…
Free with registration – Dallas Morning News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 31, 2007
31–n paper it’s an aggressive cut to the chase. Beginning Saturday the owner of a dog that kills or seriously injures someone could go to prison under a new Texas law.

About 30 dogs other animals found dead at kennel.
Free with registration – Houston Chronicle – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 31, 2007
(31-AUG-07) Houston Chronicle (Houston TX). 31–Dozens of dead dogs along with at least 50 other animals — mostly American bulldogs — were seized Thursday at a north Houston kennel.

Homemade food keeps dog trim
Houston Chronicle – Aug 31, 2007
MICHAEL FX United Feature SyndicateAug. 31 2007 12:17AM Share.

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