tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35360204372950016182012-02-01T12:04:07.594-05:00Shining a light on the plight of pets in Southern shelters, advocating for no-kill, pitbulls, home prepared pet food; exposing the terrible truth about PETA and other pet slaughterhouses; taking on the false and dangerous claims made by the pet food industry; generally standing up and jumping around in the Status Quo boat.YesBiscuit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13827466504671715047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536020437295001618.post-85366847455481920552010-03-21T09:44:00.007-04:002010-03-21T09:53:52.362-04:00

This blog has moved.Please visit us athttp://yesbiscuit.wordpress.com/

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Reminder: This blog is now living at yesbiscuit.wordpress.com*** How would you expect a dog who looked like this to score in a shelter evaluation? To find out how this dog actually scored and what will happen to her as a result, click here. Every shelter dog deserves a fair evaluation.

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Reminder: This blog is now living at yesbiscuit.wordpress.com***The Memphis Animal Shelter killed around 13,000 pets in 2009. In 2010, they hired Matthew Pepper to take over the helm. I was thinking he was going to work toward reducing the killing at the shelter. Now I'm not so sure. This week, the community gathered at a city council meeting to discuss a proposal regarding mandatory spay

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Reminder: This blog is now living at yesbiscuit.wordpress.com***A Mother in NC left 4 kids home alone 2 weeks ago with a Pitbull puppy in a crate. The house caught fire and firefighters were able to save a 4 year old and a 7 year old but were sadly too late to save the two babies in the home. A neighbor mentioned there was a dog inside and firefighters rescued her from the flames: The 8-

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Reminder: This blog is now living at yesbiscuit.wordpress.com***This sounds like a pretty good dogWe all use stamps, even if we use them less frequently than we did in the before time - why not buy these?Rescuers in Houston would like to take a dog at BARC to a veterinary specialist to see if her sight can be saved but BARC is refusing to release herAustin is encouraging the community to get

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Update, 3-17: The new blog address is http://yesbiscuit.wordpress.com/It's working (knock on wood).***I'm not an overly skilled computer geek but I can generally get around ok. Today, not so much apparently. In trying to address some problems I was having at the new blog, I seem to have kerplunk/kerplooey'd the whole damn thing. Unless some sort of blogmiracle befalls me, Ima hafta start over

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This video depicts a dog in obvious need of veterinary care (long overdue). It was allegedly shot inside the Webster County dog pound in KY. The conditions the surrounding dogs are living in are evident in the clip. After seeing the video and some photographs, the local TV station went to the pound with the KY state police. The dog warden, John Dunn, did not want the camera crew inside the

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Update: 9am, 3-17-10: The new blog is up: http://yesbiscuit.wordpress.com/***Added: 4pm, 3-16-10: The new blog is currently down. My bad. Will update this post as soon as I figure the bugger out.***I'm doing that annoying thing bloggers sometimes do - moving my blog. I'll leave this one up as an archive source (although I have moved some of the posts to the new blog). To allow everyone time

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There is another article in the local paper regarding allegations of cruelty at the Robeson Co Animal Shelter (RCAS). It's basically a he said/she said type deal with the shelter manager countering one eyewitness report with this handy retort: “She did not witness anything. What she thinks she saw was not the truth.” Beyond the back and forth, there are a couple of noteworthy items: Robeson Co

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Border Wars has a post about someone claiming to have stolen a mixed breed puppy and advertised her on Craigslist for $125. Although I have no way of verifying the story, I do hope police will look into the matter. If it is true that the pup was stolen, let's hope she is returned to her rightful owners and that police take the crime seriously. If it turns out to be a hoax, dude - not funny.

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PETA has roughly 187 employees in addition to interns and volunteers. The group has 2 million supporters. If we make the assumption that PETA is like most organizations who kill pets, we can assume that employees, interns, volunteers and supporters will, on occasion, save a pet from being killed by adopting that pet themselves. This is common practice and easily understandable - people who

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From the home page of The Hope Sanctuary's website:We are about to be evicted from our premises. We need to fundraise and FAST. We desperately need $1 million US to buy the Sanctuary before March 31st. If not and heaven forbid, we may have to put down all the dogs and cats we shelter. That's over 100 dogs and 25+ cats. Please pass this on to anyone and everyone - local and overseas.

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The owners of a Dachshund who bit a CO veterinary technician have been granted a 6 month deferred prosecution by a judge. So long as Spork doesn't bite anyone during the next 6 months, the charges will be dropped.One of the many things I've learned from Cesar Millan would potentially be applicable in Spork's case: Hand little dogs off backwards. That is, when Person A is holding a little dog

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Matthew Pepper, the new director of the Memphis Animal Shelter (MAS), met with the Animal Services Advisory Board this week to discuss his plans for turning the shelter around. He will meet with them again next week:Pepper plans to join the Animal Services Advisory Board for a public discussion next Tuesday on the issue of spaying and neutering. The meeting is scheduled for March 16th at 4pm at

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The following info is snipped from state inspections of the Robeson Co Animal Shelter over the past two years. These snippets are summaries - not direct quotes. You can click the links to view the original reports (pdfs). My notes are in parentheses.April 16, 2008 inspection: 108 enclosures with 54 dogs and 4 cats in the shelter. Cross contamination issues.April 22, 2008 inspection: 108

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The city codes in Emmetsburg, Iowa deem Pitbulls to be dangerous dogs. City residents Andrea and Jeremy Bowman have a dog in Emmetsburg who may be part Pitbull (the dog is a mixed breed and those breeds are in dispute). I want to make clear at this point there is no mention of allegations of biting or even growling at any person or animal by the dog. The Bowmans, along with one of their

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City Council voted this morning to make Austin a no kill city!NC Governor's Facebook page has received thousands of complaints regarding the Robeson Co Animal Shelter. Her office posted an intention to look into the complaints.The Baltimore dog groomer who police had depicted as a "nurse" to dogs used in fights has had animal cruelty charges against her dropped. (H/T to Heather who predicted

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Why do we kill pets in shelters? I no longer believe in the"too many pets, not enough homes" reasoning because the math does not add up. But I understand this is a point of contention for many who cling to the old thinking. I'm guilty of clinging sometimes myself so I understand. So let's say, for the sake of argument, it's true that we have too many pets and not enough homes. Don't ask me

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You are invited:When: 10am Thursday, March 11, 2010Where: City Hall in the Council Chambers (301 W. Second St in downtown Austin)What: The city council will vote on adopting a plan to make Austin a no kill city.Why: The city shelter currently kills pets even when they have space for them. Sometimes they kill them just because they're young. The community does not want this happening in

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An online search turns up countless stories of neglect, cruelty and killings alleged to have taken place at Robeson County Animal Shelter in NC. As with all things posted on the net, you have to judge for yourself what seems credible to you. Stories include:1997 video of pets being cruelly killed by shelter workers (Warning - graphic)After the lawsuit which followed the video, the shelter

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I just love these nutjobs who are all anti-government until they want clean drinking water or a road to drive on or a way to get across a river besides swimming. And who do they call when their barn goes up in flames? The government, of course:[William] Stewart's criminal activities were first discovered by White County authorities when they responded to a fire at a barn on his property

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I can announce after watching this video that it is indeed possible to tear up while tapping your toes to a Monkees tune and smiling at pictures of happy pets.

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Brett Wadsworth, the attorney representing Boost's owner against the Walker County Humane Society (you might remember that the shelter killed Boost immediately upon admission and then lied about it), says that last week, the shelter made the owner an offer of $2000. They are refusing the offer and pursuing their lawsuit.Good on them. You can read all the posts on this case here.

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In this terrible economy, I'm inclined to feel sympathy for anyone who gets evicted from his home and has to move to another city. He's obviously not moving by choice and who knows why he was evicted - maybe he just fell on hard times financially. In the case of someone who has 7 Pitbulls (a male, a female and a litter of 5 pups), that's going to be a tough situation. I can't think of many

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A follow up on the 65 year old woman in SC who died during a dog attack last week:Lee County Coroner Alford Elmore told The Item of Sumter that an autopsy Friday showed that Ethel Horton had an enlarged heart and died before the dog did much damage to her.The woman died of a heart attack. The husband, who was attacked first, remains in the hospital. The dog was killed following the attack.

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I was watching a show yesterday with Dave Salmoni interacting with crocodiles in Africa. He mentioned that despite the widely perceived threat to humans in Africa from crocs (unless you're a pregnant woman defending your man, that is), they are not responsible for the largest number of human deaths by animal attack in Africa per year. That animal, per Salmoni, is the hippopotamus. (Eek - I may

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You may remember in 2008 when the Houston SPCA "rescued" and then killed 187 unevaluated dogs in a massive dogfighting bust. The Hair Balls blog in Houston has an update on the legal cases against those arrested in connection with the case:[C]ourt records filed in Harris County show that -- even though much of the dog fighting was caught on videotape and witnessed by law enforcement officers --

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This is the story of how I adopted my dog Emily several years ago. I am intentionally leaving out the name of the shelter where I adopted her because this was my one and only dealing with this shelter and may not have been typical. Since they didn't kill a dog or anything even close, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt.When I was looking for a little dog, I had been laid off from my

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I come across postings regularly on various internet sites listing puppies in need of homes. On occasion, I pick one out to share. In this one, I have changed the breeds to breeds of similar size to protect the innocent (dogs): Hi!! I have three puppies that are ready for new homes. There is one boy and two girls. Their mama is a Newfoundland mix and the daddy is a Chow/Lab mix. These are very

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Tragedy: A 65 year old Lee Co woman who was feeding a relative's chained dogs got attacked and killed by one of them - a Pitbull. The other chained dogs in the yard were Beagles and Huskies.***A TV station in Charlotte, NC (close to York Co, SC) did an investigative piece on chained Pitbulls and their living conditions in York Co. Video included:[A] reported owner of seven pits, was charged

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Two family pets got out of their yard through a hole in the fence last week in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control picked them up and told the owner he needed to fix the fence before he could take his dogs home. Since it was raining, it took the owner a couple of days to get the repairs done. Once completed, the owner showed up to redeem his Pitbulls but the shelter

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This is a subject that is a part of every pet owner's life - how to handle a pet's last days.My first dog I ever had to put to sleep was terminal with cancer. I asked my then Vet more than once, "How will I know when it's time?" and she always answered, "You'll just know". This was not at all helpful to me. When I did make the decision, I questioned myself right up to the emergency clinic. I

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Proposed MS bill to make torturing pets a felony is going nowhereRhode Island state Veterinarian and self-professed "cat lover" wants to kill feral catsPositive changes at WI shelterBill proposes that drowning and group gassing of shelter pets be replaced by lethal injection and solitary gassing in UT kill sheltersMemphis police officer charged with cruelty after 4 starving dogs were found

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I'm not elderly mind you but I am old enough to notice how much things have changed since I was a kid, particularly with regard to pets. For example:When I was a kid...We were told to stay well clear of the path of a chained dog.We were told that if we were riding our bikes and a loose dog came around, we should stop and walk the bike home because if we sped away, the dog would chase us.If a

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Sponsored results FailYorkie rats out cheating wife to familySpeaking of rats - not for microwave useFrenchie just wants to have funIs this every dog owner's worst nightmare?Cat on catI'm sure this coffee table is expensive but I bet your kitty would say "Buy!"Cat head found in cat food can

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The differences between what constitutes a responsible dog breeder and an irresponsible one are often the subject of debate among dog people. One pretty reliable sign that ur doin it rong as a breeder is if you rent a U-Haul to load up with your breeding stock and drive them to a kill shelter:Twenty-two dogs were dropped off at the Greenville County Animal Shelter in a U-Haul truck. The shelter

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Sea World reportedly quashed a 2007 report from OSHA which warned of additional killer whale attacks at the park. What's that? You didn't realize a company could say "Thanks but no thanks" to a government issued workplace safety report? Me neither. But apparently "SeaWorld successfully argued that Cal/OSHA was not qualified to draw conclusions about marine mammals and the report was killed[..

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Alonzo Esco, the MS animal control officer who was fired after it was discovered he was shooting pets and dumping them in a creek instead of taking them to the shelter, will not be getting a slap on the wrist from the judicial system. Because he'll be whistling dixie instead:Canton Police Chief Vickie McNeill, however, said she will not authorize her investigator to file the paperwork [to bring

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"Sire", a Bulldog puppy in Sioux City, peed on the carpet last June. He peed on the carpet because his owner had fed him several bowls of beer and then didn't take him out to pee. By way of accepting responsibility for his own bad judgment and mistakes, the owner beat the puppy to death in front of his friends:[The owner, Bobby Loggins] straddled the pup and restrained it with one hand while

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The keys to canine longevity: Play with dogs your own size, socialize with people, get your owner to share his meals with youBrampton, Ontario hires slick lawyers in hopes of winning the right to kill 2 nice dogsA New Zealand man who fed 5 kittens to his Pitbull gets sentenced to 7 months in jailThe remains of 14 dogs were found this month in garbage bags in a wooded area in HoustonSince 2007, a

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After the death of a killer whale trainer this week (most excellent commentary here), Sea World has been thrust into brand crisis management mode:After decades of cultivating a corporate image around one of the ocean's greatest predators, SeaWorld managers must reassure visitors that a killer whale's fatal mauling of its trainer doesn't mean the parks aren't safe.[...]Marketing and public

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The state of Florida is apparently at the end of its rope in terms of how to deal with the python population explosion in the Everglades:Local authorities tried all kinds of population control. They captured females, implanted them with the snake equivalent of LoJacks, then released into the wild—tracking them to their love lairs, in hope of snagging the lurking lotharios. There was a brief

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What goes around, comes around - that's the saying that came to my mind when Sioux City, IA councilman Aaron Rochester's Labrador Jake was declared "vicious" and condemned to death. Mr. Rochester had successfully campaigned for a Pitbull ban in Sioux City not long before Jake bit someone and was taken to the animal shelter. Mystery of mysteries - Jake was sold by Mr. Rochester (for $1) while at

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Snippet from a press release (pdf) from Donald Dodge, owner of Jasper Animal Hospital - the vet clinic Spork is scared of:The bite was serious. Our technician required immediate medical attention. [...] When an animal bites a person who seeks medical care, it is normal procedure for the hospital to alert animal control officers. This is what happened here.[...]The veterinary technician then

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The city of Lafayette, CO has declared a 10 year old dog named "Spork" to be vicious and filed charges against the owners. Based upon your knowledge of these type of cases, have a go at these multiple guess questions:What specifically did this "vicious dog" do?Kill livestock?Bite a neighborhood kid?Attack someone's pet?How about the owners - what are they accused of doing?Allowing their dog to

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Today, additional information on the dogfighting bust in York Co, SC which included the discovery of a fighting pit in a wooded area. Three men were charged with dogfighting and thirteen Pitbulls were seized:The trail through the woods led to a pit. Among the branches of the surrounding trees, temporary lights had been strung.The base of the wooden pit was stained with blood, and buckets of

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Playgirl wants Michael Vick to pose nude for the magazine and is willing make a $1 million donation to PETA as payment. Just imagine how many more pets PETA could kill with an extra million bucks! That notion probably has a dog torturer like Vick all hot and bothered. A Playgirl spokesman says:"It’s kind of a win-win situation.”Yeah, kind of. Unless you're a dog. Then it's more of a

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Humane Watch has a full page ad in the New York Times today about HSUS. The ad reads, in part:The Humane Society of the United States is NOT your local animal shelter. In fact, it gives less than one-half of one percent of its $100 million budget to hands-on pet shelters.It's always good to research any group before making a donation. Learning how your money will be spent goes a long way toward

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Well, this should result in something great:Things have been scary on a neighborhood list serv this week. There was a report of a large dog -- one post says it's a puppy, about 70 pounds -- that was attacked in Elysian Park by a loose pit bull and badly hurt. The pit bull was described as a brindle, its owner as looking a bit like Danny Devito. According to the puppy's owner, the pit bull's owner

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Note: This is a breaking story so hopefully more information will become available as the case progresses.Thirteen Pitbulls were seized over the weekend in McConnells (York County), SC and three men have been charged with animal fighting and baiting:The York County Sheriff's Department received an anonymous tip on Saturday, February 20 about a dog fight that was in progress behind a home at 1350

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Matthew Pepper is set to become the director of the Memphis Animal Shelter (MAS) on March 1st. He worked his final days as head of the Caddo parish shelter in Louisiana last week. He had been there for almost two years:More than anything, parish leaders and nonprofits credit Pepper with improving the department's public relations campaign[...]Mr. Pepper was reportedly hired by MAS due, in part,

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A candlelight vigil was held last week in memory of the 146 Wilkes Co Pitbulls who were killed by HSUS one year ago. Photos from the event here.Before you get a pet, watch this vid.Memphis Police Department reportedly shoots a lot of dogs (for example, this dog). The new director of the Memphis Animal Shelter is hoping to work with police to get them additional training on the issue.Two Boxer

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Some of you may remember when a South Carolina politician, Kent Williams, adopted a German Shepherd bitch from the Marion Co Animal Shelter in order to breed her (in violation of state law). In 2008, after the bitch was left to roam the streets regularly and while in heat, she became pregnant and Senator Williams decided he didn't want to deal with the problem he created so called Animal Control

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Daddy, Cesar Millan's beloved Pitbull, has died at the age of 16. This is a time to pay respects to a truly awesome dog, the human-canine bond that was so evident to everyone and all the good public education Cesar and Daddy did for the breed. Shame on those who are using Daddy's death to take jabs at Cesar Millan's training techniques.Thank you Cesar for sharing this special dog with us. Be

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I was just checking back on NC's Alexander Co shelter site to see if the senior dog who looked like she had just whelped a litter was still listed. She isn't although the 2 puppies still are. I wonder what happened to her.While browsing the listings, I came across this dog (pictured) who is listed as a "Hound mix" but looks like a Pointer to me, albeit an emaciated one. He was picked up as a

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Mike Fry received a heads up in January that the Spring issue of The American Dog Magazine contained an article addressing no kill and mandatory spay-neuter:After reading the article in question, I requested an opportunity to write a rebuttal in the next issue. The publisher agreed and the rebuttal was written. Upon submission, however, the article was rejected, with the publisher simply stating

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Remember this guy's name. I think we'll be hearing from him again. Raymond Bagaybagayan [...] pleaded guilty in Rolling Meadows [IL] branch court to animal torture.The 22 year old man beat 2 cats so severely last year they had to be euthanized. A third cat "suffered injuries after he sprayed a lime dissolving liquid in its face". The sentence? Probation and community service. As I say, we'll

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This is a continuation of the discussion in the following posts on KC Dog Blog and One Bark at a Time:No Kill Communities vs No Kill Shelters -- and why confusing the two endangers the movementNo-kill: it can't be impossible if someone's already doing itI want to live in a no kill nation.Sounds like a simple enough statement. But of course it isn't because - it seems like lately anyway -

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I didn't watch Westminster on TV so I don't know if this made the live broadcast or if it happened during a commercial break but:Two protestors from the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals were hauled out of the center ring and charged with criminal trespass, according to The Associated Press, after interrupting the main event by holding up signs reading "Mutts Rule" and "Breeders Kill

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Kansas City dog advocate goes door to door to educate and help ownersKC Dog Blog on why you can't pick and choose which pets get saved if you are a no kill shelterThree captive wolves "set free" in MN by criminals - they are unable to survive in the wildIf this dog really weighs 115 pounds, it's not a PitbullI guess it's World Cat Day - which makes some people hungryPolitical cartoon about Lady

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Emily was an adult dog of undetermined age when we adopted her from a local shelter. She was old enough to have so much build-up on her teeth that a canine fell out when I gave her a turkey neck but no one seemed to be able to assign her an age. She is some sort of Chihuahua mix with a terrier coat. Over the years, she's had a few "episodes" (possibly seizures) which leave her disoriented and

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Personally, I am anti-fur. You know why I think more people are not anti-fur? Cos we can't even broach the subject in our society without bringing the Batshit Crazy:[U.S. Olympic figure skater Johnny] Weir was criticized by animal-rights activists after he donned a costume in nationals with white fox fur on the shoulder.[...][H]e received threats from anti-fur activists that made him fear for

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Although this story seems complicated, from what I can tell, these are the basics:A Pitbull called Butch somehow escaped from his Craigmont, ID home when the owner wasn't there and ran up to a 3 year old boy in August 2009.The kid happened to be the son of the town's "dog catcher".The owner talked to the Mother of the kid the day the escape occurred and was told the boy had not been bitten.At

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This is a posting from Alexander County Animal Shelter in North Carolina:This female Pit mix came in as a stray from the area of Polk St. Animal # 10157.Interested? Call: 828-632-1199 or Email UsShelter is located off Hwy 16 N near the National Guard Armory. Address 116 Waggin Trail Taylorsville, NC 28681 Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30 am - 12pm, 1pm-4:

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A couple who visited the Memphis Animal Shelter last year (prior to the raid by authorities) took home three dogs including an "injured and bleeding dog that had not received any veterinary care". This was the beginning of their "Streetdog Foundation" rescue which is currently caring for a dozen dogs. They have been boarding dogs, paying their Vet bills and fostering a couple at their home -

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Yellow Gold Potatoes starting to grow legs so after a quick wash and trim - into the dog pot. Carrots getting whiskers so likewise with them. Chicken on markdown at the grocery store and voila! Dinner.

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Most years, we don't see snow. In fact this is the first snow my two youngest dogs, Linus and Patty, have ever seen - and they will be 4 next month. We all had a lot of fun in the white stuff today so please indulge me in a buncha dogsinsnow pix:LinusGrahamPatty & Charlie patrol the fence for all things abominableCharlieCharlie managed to find a tennis ball, natch.RandiPatty

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Does this sound like a news story to you?A lady was walking her dogs on leash when a loose Poodle ran up to her, knocking her down. The local mailman picked up a stick to go after the Poodle with and a neighbor came out to show solidarity. The Poodle wandered off and the police were called. They located the owner and returned the dog who had escaped from his fenced yard.Maybe if you're in a

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Fired Animal Control officer Alonzo Esco, accused of shooting pets and dumping them in a MS creek, will likely face chargesAKC lists most popular AKC registered dog breeds for 2009 - Labs, GSDs, Yorkies, Goldens and Beagles are topsResidents of Chatham Co, NC can get their Pitbulls neutered for free this monthLegislation allowing TNR of feral cats in Idaho has been introduced - two commenters

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Did you know that no kill shelters are places where "enslaved" pets are kept alive for our pleasure? Me neither but that's what one reader wrote in a letter to a MA newspaper:Folks, put yourself in their position. Wouldn't you rather be dead?God but I hope I don't get this guy on my insurance company "death panel".Another reader wrote a letter in response:No-kill shelters aren't there to just

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If you sell a product - be it lipstick, soap, or pet food - is it too much to ask for you to list clearly on your label's ingredient list "dogs" or "cats" if in fact you use dogs and/or cats to make your product? I have a thing about reading labels and specifically ingredient lists. Call me wacky but I really like to know what it is I'm buying before I buy it. And I don't want to have to slog

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The fired Director of the Memphis Animal Shelter will be returned to TN to face felony animal cruelty charges after waiving extradition in NM. Albuquerque police arrested Ernest Alexander last week on a fugitive-from-justice warrant and he has been held without bond since. He is presumably being given food and water and therefore in much better shape than the pets he was paid nearly $100,000 a

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American Humane Association responds to shooting of shelter pets in Houston, AKNYT article: A Neuroscientist Studying the Structure of Dog BrainsFebruary 23 is Spay Day, originally started by Doris Day Animal League, now run by HSUSNY man who killed 5 of his girlfriend's cats gets no jail timeBasic physiological explanation of the roles of carbohydrates, fats and proteins in a dog's dietSC police

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A low income family in New Zealand took their puppy, who had been hit by a car, to the local Vet. The Vet diagnosed a broken leg and gave the family a quote on repair as well as a less expensive option - amputation. Since the family could afford neither cost all at once, they offered to pay a small amount each week but the Vet declined. The Vet then refused to return the puppy saying he needed

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Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton is campaigning for Congress. It was on his watch that the Memphis Animal Shelter abused and starved pets to death. But he thinks the indictment of 3 former shelter employees on cruelty charges is just dumb. And besides, they only got indicted because they're black:He referred specifically to Friday’s word that three Memphis Animal Shelter employees,

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I used to think guarding grain silos from the starving masses in a third world country would be the worst job ever. Standing between human suffering and the means to relieve that suffering while threatening violence seems like misery defined. But as much as that job would suck, it is a fact that distributing food without proper order merely hurts starving people more while local organized crime

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In answer to the recipe requests I received, I offer the following (this fulfills the request for a soft treat and for one without eggs or cheese):3 C whole wheat flour1/2 C oats2 tsp baking powder1 1/2 C milk1 T blackstrap molasses1 1/4 C peanut butter1/4 C unsweetened applesauceCombine all ingredients in a bowl and roll dough out as desired. Bake for 20 minutes at 375 degrees F. When cool,

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Nye Co, NV:[Animal Control officer Tim] McCarty was able to convince the owners of FLOCK (For the Love of Cats and Kittens) to surrender ownership and custody of the some 700 or more cats to the county which, in turn, placed the animals in the care of a rescue organization, Best Friends Animal Society.[...]Nye County then filed charges of animal neglect against FLOCK for failure to provide food,

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A grisly discovery in a creek in Madison Co, Indiana:Sheriff Ron Richardson says, "Possibly Greyhounds. There are eight animals in the water. It looks like none have heads. Heads have been removed. We'll know more once we get them out of the water."[...]It's unclear how long the dogs were in the water. Blood still appears to be around the carcasses. And there may be more dog carcasses

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Out with the old, in with the new:Former Memphis Animal Shelter director Ernest Alexander was arrested on animal-cruelty charges at his Albuquerque apartment Friday night.He had been reported to be on the lam most of the day following his indictment the previous day. Police in New Mexico found Alexander at about 6:45 p.m. Central time after the Shelby County Sheriff's Office tracked him to his

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Hoosick, New York: [Note: one click only for free, after that subscription required]As animal control officer, [Matthew] Beck should have taken loose or stray dogs that he picked up to a local animal shelter. Instead, Beck killed the dogs, disposed of their remains and then forged state documents and filed false reports to cover up.And to be specific, he picked up dogs, shot them & tossed

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Ernest Alexander, the former Director of the troubled Memphis Animal Shelter has been indicted on six counts of aggravated animal cruelty after shelter dogs starved to death on his watch. He is on the lam and anyone with information as to his whereabouts is asked to contact the Fugitive Squad:To contact the Shelby County Sheriff’s Fugitive Division, call 901-545-5625.Brave enough to kill dogs

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This is a meal I fix a lot - oats soaked overnight in buttermilk or yogurt. Before adding the dairy, I mix in flaxseed meal and coconut (pictured) or almond meal or other ground nuts, depending on what's in the cupboard. I usually stir in applesauce too but in this case, I had some leftover dried dates to use up so I added those instead. This is a convenient, one bowl meal and I just add

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KC Dog Blog on Killing Animals with HomesSmartdogs on giving a dog a treat when he sits and how that's different from what Josef Mengele did to Jews at AuschwitzHSUS launches a vegan dog food product called "Humane Choice" (first ingredient is organic ground canola seed)NYT posts a Q & A with a Vet as a follow-up to their story on debarkingSloth slideshow - I love sloths and I think the world

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The ironically named Animal Protection and Safety Shelter in Houston, Alaska had 4 dogs and 4 cats in need of homes, until this week:Some of the four dogs and four cats had been unclaimed at the facility since November, and the city wasn't prepared to keep them forever, said department head Sgt. Charlie Seidl, who shot them."We stretched out as long as we could," Seidl said. [...] "And like I

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Residents of Barnwell Co, South Carolina are reportedly concerned about the high number of stray pets in the area. There is an animal shelter so I wonder why people don't take strays there so they can be cared for until they find permanent homes. Maybe it's because they know that's probably not what will happen to pets admitted to that shelter. Standard operating procedure at the shelter

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It seems like the debate over whether debarking a dog is cruel often comes down to this:“You may think it’s horrible,” she said. “But if I had to give up my dog or get the surgery, I would choose the surgery.”It's a hard point to fault. Most owners are aware when they get a dog that the dog will bark. But some dogs turn out to be really, really good at it. And while the owner cycles through

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In September of last year, a group called Second Chance Dog Rescue, along with HSUS, seized 172 dogs from a breeder in Turner Co, South Dakota. The entire investigation and seizure was riddled with problems - of the U.S. Constitution variety - and a pdf detailing the case can be found here. A judge ruled this week that the seizure was illegal. At the time of the seizure, HSUS stated it was "

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Baltimore Co police documents portray dog groomer as a "nurse" to dogs used in alleged dogfighting ring18 year old in NC charged with dogfighting, aspired to be the "next Michael Vick"21 dogs seized in VA from man with previous cruelty convictions in and out of stateOwner of a dog who died at ASPCA veterinary hospital files suit after allegations the Vet kicked the dogAVMA threatens Veterinary

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Harry Whittier Frees (1879 - 1953) photographed live animals in costumes and elaborate settings without special effects. He is best known for his picture postcards which were a new and popular medium at the time. Frees' original photos are black and white, some were colorized after his death. I have read that he "rented" his subjects from breeders and pet shops in addition to using his own pets

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Puerto Rico is a little smaller than the state of Connecticut. Like some of the southern states, rescues in Puerto Rico send some of its stray dogs (known as "satos" locally) to the Northeast for adoption. Since shelters in the Northeast are short on dogs and Puerto Rico has an estimated 150,000 stray dogs, it makes sense to network on rescue efforts:After nearly 15 years of Sato importation,

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I can't point to a specific reason why this story bothers me so much but it probably has to do with the Mother pushing the kid off that dark, point-of-no-return cliff called compassion:As punishment for bad grades, a Georgia mother forced her 12-year-old son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer, police said.The Mother has been arrested and charged with animal and child cruelty, along with

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TN taxpayers still paying the salaries of suspended Memphis Animal Shelter staffKC Dog Blog: The False Solace of VilificationSC Lt. Gov. Bauer finds himself in a hole, keeps diggingLAFD defends rescue of German Shepherd from L.A. RiverPet Connection: Do Animals Need Laws Protecting Them from Shelters?Chicago requiring criminal background checks & fingerprinting for shelter volunteersAnyone seen

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If the power company called and asked if it was ok if they turn off your power briefly while someone rescues a cat stuck on a power pole, would you be ok with that? I would. Normally when my power goes out, it just happens - I don't get any advance notice. And I, like everyone else, deal with the situation until it comes back on. But in the case of a cat in need of help in Houston, no one

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I'm not familiar with screwworms but apparently they are as nasty as they sound (pdf):Screwworms are fly larvae (maggots) that feed on living flesh. These parasites infest all mammals and, rarely, birds.[...]Female flies lay their eggs at the edges of wounds or on mucous membranes. When they hatch, the larvae enter the body, grow and feed, progressively enlarging the wound. Eventually, they drop

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Clarksdale, MS: We have space at our shelter for 60 pets but do you think we could make room for just one more?(Repeat times 400 or so):The ASPCA removed more than 400 cats and dogs from the Clarksdale, Mississippi shelter on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Tim Rickey, the ASPCA's Senior Director of Field Investigations and Response, says many of the animals appear to be healthy, but some have

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All aspects of the No Kill Equation are intertwined and it would be foolish to think we can single out one or two tenets and solve the problem of killing pets in shelters. Having said that, I sometimes think about doing something along those very lines. That is, I consider what single thing could happen today to bring us dramatically closer to being a no kill nation. The two most obvious to me

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In case you were wondering why SC Governor Mark Sanford wasn't tossed out on his Appalachian Trail hiking ass, it's because our Lt. Governor, who would have been his replacement, is a freak. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination and as such, spoke at a town hall meeting last night on the subject of providing government assistance to those in need:"My grandmother

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The news hasn't been very good this week but it cheers me to know that there is still room in our hearts to make the saving of one dog national news. Thank you LAFD for rescuing this poor dog who had gotten himself trapped in the L.A. River. The heart stopping end of the rescue is on video here.

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I have no idea why Karen Erby of York Co, SC allowed her puppy to deteriorate to the point where she couldn't walk or even lift her head. Maybe she really was trying to nurse her back to health as she claimed when surrendering the dog to authorities and maybe somehow, despite the dog's deathly physical appearance, she actually believed she was making progress. Or maybe she just did not care

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