Australian dog found 9 years on 1200 miles away
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- Australian dog found 9 years on 1200 miles away
- Third annual Dog Day Afternoon at ur Lady of the Angels cathedral
- Dog accidentally rides from Indiana to Quad Cities
- Cupertino council approves trial off-leash plan for dogs
- The Humane Society of the United States’ quest against dog fighting
Australian dog found 9 years on 1200 miles away
The Associated Press
Inspectors with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were investigating a possible animal cruelty case at a home in the southern city of Melbourne two weeks ago when they found the fluffy white mutt sleeping outside on a scrap of cardboard Victoria state RSPCA spokesman Tim Pilgrim said. A microchip in Muffy’s neck identified her owners and after a few days of searching for a current phone number officials tracked down Natalie Lampard who hadn’t seen Muffy since the pooch disappeared from her backyard in the eastern city of Brisbane nine years ago. “When the RSPCA described her I told them her name; I knew immediately it was our Muffy” Lampard said. “It was totally out of the blue — after nine years I thought she was long gone.
Third annual Dog Day Afternoon at ur Lady of the Angels cathedral
Los Angeles Times
It was the third annual Downtown Dog Day Afternoon co-sponsored by the cathedral and the. (Not to be confused with the blessing of the animals that happens on the feast of St.
Dog accidentally rides from Indiana to Quad Cities
Chicago Tribune
- Employees at an East Moline metalfinishing plant found more than steel casings when they started tounload a the trailer of a semi from Rockport Ind. Part of the morning delivery Tuesday turned out to be anelderly but friendly — and very thirsty — mixed-breed dog. Mike sborn who drives a truck for KVF-Quad Corp. said the dogjust drank water for two minutes straight after she climbed out ofthe trailer. A telephone check with the warehouse in Indiana revealed thatthe dog was named Jughead and that she had apparently climbed intothe trailer 28 hours earlier.
Cupertino council approves trial off-leash plan for dogs
San Jose Mercury News
Neighbors came out in large numbers to a July 21 city council meeting to hear the council vote unanimously to look into a trial period for off-leash hours at Jollyman Memorial and Linda Vista parks as well as the field near the Cupertino Library. For the trial to go forward members of a citizen group will work with city staff to gather neighborhood support near the parks and the field. Selected group members will use a city-created survey to gauge support. More than 50 percent of park users and neighbors living within 1500 feet of the parks must approve the plan.
The Humane Society of the United States’ quest against dog fighting
Examiner.com
The tip line calls resolved that. Compiling information from a half dozen or so tips HSUS investigators approached Georgia’s Appalacian County District Attorney and secured a search warrant for Al White’s property. And on July 17 2008 state troopers animal control officers and HSUS investigators raided White’s home and rescued 22 fighting dogs. Not long afterwards White found himself sentenced to 20 years in prison. Typical CallsAlthough the number of calls fluctuates from week to week generally depending on what’s going on in the media (news coverage of Michael Vick’s latest status or a large animal fighting bust often spurs an influx of calls) the types of calls are always varied—coming from both rural and urban areas motivated either by a desire to collect reward money or a genuine concern for animal welfare or both. Citizens concerned about suspicious activities at a residence where a large number of chained or kenneled pit bulls are kept.
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