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California’s SB 250

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Have you heard about California’s SB 250 – The Pet Responsibility Act?
Consider this: According to the 2009 ca shelter report, in the 61 days since January 1: 84,801 pets have been killed in CA shelters, and  $42,349,973 in taxes spent to house & kill them.
Each year, over $250 million dollars is spent housing and euthanizing homeless dogs [...]

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Dog Fighting Involvement Could Link To Personality Disorder: Case In Point, Michael Vick

Photo courtesy of PETA.

Michael Vick is going to be released from prison soon, and according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), recently released government evidence indicates he “enjoyed putting his own family pet dogs into the ring with fighting pit bulls.”
As such, PETA is urging the NFL to make Vick take a test for anti-social [...]

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Hotel For Dogs: Where Dogs Are The Stars

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The recently-released film, Hotel For Dogs, features a young cast of up and coming actors/actresses, but the real stars are of the four-legged variety.
The film features Friday, a white Benji-esque Jack Russell Terrier; Lenny, a Bullmastiff; Georgia, a Boston Terrier; hairless Chinese Crested Romeo; Cooper the English Bulldog; Shep the Border Collie; Juliet the Poodle; [...]

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Amazing Puppy Rescue By 9-Year-Old Girl

A puppy, but not the puppy Calli rescued.

Last summer, 9-year-old Calli Vanderaa found seven-week-old puppies in the garbage dumpster behind her house. In November, she wrote a letter to her local newspaper, the Winnipeg Free Press, detailing her rescue efforts.
Here is the letter:
Dear Sir
My name is Calli Vanderaa.
I’m 9 years old and I live with my daddy.
One day we found a little puppy in [...]

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The Plight Of Greyhounds

Greta, on the day we adopted her.

Over here, I often talk about my greyhound, Greta. And just last week, I shared a story on this blog about an amazing greyhound in the U.K.
If I had property and enough money and a husband who would let me, I would most likely have adopted a dozen greyhounds by now. Until I win the [...]

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Yet Another Reason To Love Greyhounds

Jasmine and Roxy, the fox. Photo courtesy of Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary.

It seems that hardly a day goes by that I’m not explaining to someone about my greyhound, Greta, and how she came to be a part of my family. (Seriously, she gets attention everywhere we go!) She’s sweet, gentle and pretty lazy (most of the time). She’s also quite beautiful, if I do say so [...]

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