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- Taiwan Guide Dog Association holds awareness event
- Four dogs die in morning house fire
- New twist in Delhi dog lover’s death case
- Man’s best friend steps up to the job in 2007
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San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 25, 2007
- Sorry comments are closed for this story. President Mwai Kibaki who is seeking a second five-year term has created a new administrative district to please his constituents.
Putin says he wants satellite positioning device for his dog
Hindu – Dec 25, 2007
Code Ends here –>. Putin on Sunday listened to First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as he briefed the Cabinet on the development of GLNASS the acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System. The Russian leader then asked “When will I be able to buy the necessary equipment for my dog Koni so that she doesn’t run too far?” Ivanov responded that collars for dogs and cats with satellite-guided positioning equipment will be available for private consumers in the middle of next year. GLNASS was developed during the Soviet times as a response to the US Global Positioning System or GPS. The system originally had 24 satellites but their number had dwindled after the 1991 Soviet collapse.
Taiwan Guide Dog Association holds awareness event
Taipei Times – Dec 25, 2007
Two guide dogs Journey and Diane rode the number 52 bus operated by Shin Shin Bus Company with association members in tow showing bus riders the correct way to interact with guide dogs and their owners. “Guide dogs are highly-trained animals. People need not fear that they will attack or otherwise behave inappropriately” Feng said.
Four dogs die in morning house fire
Globe and Mail – Dec 25, 2007
Lyle and Wendy Bell left their Neilson Drive home in Dartmouth around 10:45 a. to visit Wendy’s mother who happens to own a police scanner. Minutes later they heard reports of a structure fire at their address and raced back home as quickly as they could.
New twist in Delhi dog lover’s death case
Times of India – Dec 25, 2007
The cops have now learnt that a pimp from Mumbaispoke to Kumar hours before his death. A murder case was registered on Sundayand the probe handed over to the crimebranch. Call details of Kumar’smobile number revealed that a pimp from Mumbai had spoken to him around 10 pm onThursday night. Cops now suspect that the 65-year-old Kumar who returned to hisfarmhouse around 11 pm that night was accompanied by anotherperson.
Man’s best friend steps up to the job in 2007
stuff.co.nz – Dec 25, 2007
His heroism did not go unnoticed – George received two posthumous medals a bravery award from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and a Purple Heart medal awarded to American Vietnam War veteran Jerrell Hudman who was moved by the tale of the dog's sacrifice after reading of it on the internet. And in ctober a bronze statue was unveiled in the Manaia town centre in memory of the brave little pooch. Another canine who made the ultimate sacrifice this year was police dog Enzo a german shepherd who drowned during the pursuit of an offender in the Bay of Plenty in August. Enzo three was described as a great little dog by his handler Constable Kayne Cording who was shattered by the death of his "wee mate". The dog had been sent into dense bush to help arrest 27-year-old Tairyn Murphy. Mr Cording's concerns were raised when his dog's bark fell silent and his worst fears were proven right when Enzo's lifeless body was found by a stream two hours later. Murphy denies killing Enzo and will stand trial next year.
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