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 ArticleTruckload of dogs saved by activists in China
Another truckload of dogs have been saved from being slaughtered and sold in restaurants after a standoff between a dog trader and animal activists over the weekend in China. Two animal protection...
View ArticleCarnage in Zanesville
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Dozens of wild animals who escaped from a wildlife preserve in Ohio have been gunned down by police and sheriff’s deputies, and only two — a...
View ArticleTony, the truck stop tiger, to make his exit
Tony, the Siberian tiger who has spent the last 11 years as a tourist attraction at a truck stop outside Baton Rouge — either suffering or living the cushy life, depending on your point of view – will...
View ArticleWho let the dogs out? Video holds answer
It was five years ago when strange things started happening at the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. Somehow, the same group of dogs were escaping from their pens at the shelter at night and proceeding...
View ArticleIn memory of Sheba: Queen of the streets
The homeless and formerly homeless gathered on Skid Row in Los Angeles late last week to remember one of their own — Sheba, a shepherd mix who spent 17 years living on the streets. On Tuesday, at about...
View ArticleWhat’s great, horned, and behind the grill?
A near-death experience turned into a free ride for an owl that was struck by an SUV on the Florida Turnpike and became lodged behind the vehicle’s grill. Sonji Coney Williams was headed south on the...
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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