Squirrels need saving, too
More than 100 baby squirrels from North Carolina’s coastal regions will be growing up in North Carolina’s mountains after being rescued during Hurricane Irene. I’ll have to admit that, in my worries...
View ArticleAnother dog saved from river, on video
There will always be a sourpuss or two who points out “it’s only a dog” and complains it’s a waste of taxpayer money, but I like this trend of rescue workers saving dogs — and capturing their own...
View ArticleMan dies trying to save little dogs from fire
The Portland Press Herald described Sherwood Campbell as a large man who adored his small dogs. Sixty-four and living with his parents, upwards of 300 pounds, Campbell (shown above in a family photo...
View ArticleCar accident kills dog rescuer and pup
That amazing network of humans that transports dogs from places they are not wanted to places where they might find a better life has lost one of its members. Catherine Bugg, while driving an...
View ArticleWoman drowns trying to save her dog
A North Dakota woman died trying to save her dog from the Sheyenne River. Thirty-eight-year-old Jodi Kvien Opatz of Valley City called authorities Friday morning, asking for help getting her spaniel...
View ArticleCNN scrutinizes Operation Baghdad Pups
A recent CNN report raises questions about Operation Baghdad Pups, and the charity that oversees the program, SPCA International. CNN, whose sister network presented a positive and heartwarming...
View ArticleHusband and wife drown trying to save dog
A Massachusetts couple drowned Monday after jumping off their pontoon boat to save their dog in Hampton Ponds. Police said Daniel Cyr, 64, jumped in the pond to retrieve the couple’s West Highland...
View ArticleThree believed drowned trying to rescue dog
Three members of a Eureka, Calif., family are being mourned after they were swept into the ocean while trying to rescue their dog. Mary Elena Scott, 57, and her husband Howard Kuljian, 54, died at Big...
View ArticleNew PSA supports spay-neuter effort
Animal advocates in Maryland will probably recognize a familiar face or two in this public service announcement, scheduled to premier this week at Maryland Humane Lobby Day. The video was created by...
View ArticleFacial surgeries begin for hero dog Kabang
It has been a long wait, but Kabang, the Filipino dog who lost the top half of her snout when she saved two young girls from an oncoming motorcycle, has received the first in a series of dental and...
View ArticleTwo owners die trying to save their dogs
In Houston and Philadelphia, sad stories emerged at the end of the last week of humans who, while trying to save the lives of their dogs, lost their own. In Philadelphia, a woman was struck and killed...
View ArticleWhat the Vick dogs taught humans
In 2007, it was one of the most sickening, disheartening stories of the year — NFL quarterback Michael Vick’s arrest and imprisonment on dogfighting charges. Revelations of what transpired at Bad Newz...
View ArticleWoman killed after rescuing dog from traffic
A makeshift memorial was constructed Sunday night in honor of a California woman who was struck by a car and killed after rescuing a dog that had wandered into traffic. Mara Steves, 48, of Laguna...
View ArticleMan dies in fall trying to save his dog
A South Carolina man fell 125 feet to his death after trying to keep his dog from going over the ledge at an isolated waterfall. David A. Lewis, 29, died Saturday on a hike in Greenville County with...
View ArticleTrying to save his dog, man in wheelchair is killed by train in California
A man in a wheelchair who witnesses say was trying to save his dog was struck by a train and killed Friday. Jim Boswell, an amputee who lived at a mobile home park in Wheatland, Calif., was said to be...
View ArticleHow I got free kitchen knives for $1,678
For those of you who expect dog news — and only dog news — on this website, I apologize, but I thought I’d share this tale of how I, as a savvy consumer, got nearly an entire set of free kitchen knives...
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