How heroic! If anyone has heard how Tess is doing, please bark in.
Thanks to AFP for this article.
Dog fights for life after saving owner from snake
SYDNEY (AFP) — An Australian sheepdog is fighting for its life after being bitten while saving its owner from a huge and deadly snake, local media reported Wednesday.
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Thanks to China Daily for this article.
It’s not a dog’s life,it’s a pony’s life
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-10-31
A dog is doing the job of a pony for a disabled man who is a street vendor in Taiyuan, North China’s Shanxi Province.
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Yay Diesel! I bet that’s one taxi driver who won’t object to dogs in his cab!
Thanks to TheStar.com for this article.
Police dog credited with arrests
Oct 23, 2007
Emma Reilly
Staff Reporter
Police are crediting a canine officer and his pooch for sniffing out three robbery suspects.
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Thanks to Boston.com for this article.
Pa. man jailed on dog taunting charge
October 10, 2007
PITTSBURGH –A Pittsburgh man accused of taunting a police dog on Sunday was being held in jail on $100,000 bail. Police say Kenneth King, 23, taunted Benny, a German shepherd, as he walked by a police vehicle.
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Rest in peace, Bo.
Thanks to the Chicago Tribune for this article.
Man who killed police dog gets 20 years
Associated Press
October 11, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS - A convicted burglar who fatally shot a police dog has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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I know we have recently been hearing about K9 cops betraying the trust of their canine partners. Good news! Here’s a really good guy who saved his partner Sammo from choking on a tennis ball. Big barks for Officer Josh Halsey!
Follow this link to watch the video.
A moment of silence for two brave dogs, please.
Thanks to The Age.com.au for this article.
Memorial to be held for dead army dogs
September 26, 2007
Two dogs killed while serving Australia in Afghanistan will be honoured at a special memorial to be set up in Sydney.
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Autoblog reports that the Hilliard, Ohio K-9 Unit is being funded by BMW Financial Services:
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How stupid or cruel do you have to be to leave a dog in a car for five days? How terrible for Rookie and his person!
Thanks to the Herald Sun for this article.
Prison sniffer dog ‘left to die horribly’
By Kelvin Bissett
September 18, 2007
ROOKIE the sniffer dog did not deserve to die in such a miserable, agonising way.
The 11-year-old border collie had been the undisputed top dog in the 50-strong NSW Corrective Services Department’s dog drug detection unit.
But some time between March 22 and March 26, 2007, Rookie died from dehydration and heatstroke in circumstances that have generated uproar in the department.
Rookie was left locked in a department station wagon for five days in a car park at the John Moroney Correctional Centre near Windsor.
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Thanks to the Times of India for this article.
Dogs guard big cats at rescue centre
24 Sep 2007
The lion may well be the king of the jungle, but in an animal rescue centre in Rajasthan the roaring cats are at the mercy of two dogs.
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