Owner charged in dog’s death row escape
A California pit bull was sprung from death row by the couple who owns him, police say, and he’s apparently being driven across the country in an attempt to elude euthanasia. Police say an Alameda...
View ArticleBeagles rescued from bankrupt lab
One hundred and twenty beagles who faced lifetimes being used in medical research experiments have been freed — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research...
View Article500 dogs in China saved from slaughterhouse
More than 500 dogs being trucked to a slaughterhouse in China were freed from that fate when an animal activist spotted the truck transporting them on the highway, went on line and used social media to...
View ArticleCalling all “Freegles”: Beagles rescued from N.J. lab will celebrate one year...
It’s the one-year anniversary for 120 beagles who, around this time last year, learned the true meaning of independence. Up until then, even here in the land of the free, they weren’t. Instead, like...
View Article“Jughead” freed from his jug in Virginia
A dog seen wandering around Danville, Virginia last week with a plastic container stuck over his head — in the fashion of a spaceman or deep sea diver — has been captured and relieved of his...
View ArticleDog’s head in pipe was tip of the iceberg
A six-inch wide piece of steel pipe had sat in Kay Simmons backyard in Colorado for a long time, but only this week did her wolf-dog hybrid, Marina, decide, for reasons unknown, to stick her head in...
View ArticleDog that ate police car bumper is freed
Winston, the dog that chewed the bumper off a police car in Chattanooga, got his day in court yesterday, and the judge ruled he could go home. The boxer-pit bull mix had been confined for two weeks...
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