Dogs

Humane officers find two dogs chained to a tree off of Slack Street in Charleston. One of those dogs was starving to death. Firefighters had to use a bolt cutter to relieve the strain of a heavy chain and padlock.  

It's a rescue several years in the making. A momma dog and her eight puppies are now safe after living along a road. The Tri-Cities had "Chocolate" the lab.  

Many aspects of Louisiana culture imply bigger is better, but the opposite may be true for Louisiana's dogs. Sportsman's Paradise are bigger breeds. Richard Byrd, East Baton Rouge Animal Control and Rescue Center operations manager, said the most common dog at the shelter is a Labrador retriever or Lab mix.  

Akshaye Khanna has been missing his Spirit -- a four-month old puppy he adopted three months ago while visiting Mandwa in Maharashtra. Couldn't resist her! Akshaye, who has been shooting for Priyadarshan's Garam Hawa in Madurai for a month now, says, "I saw a white, month-old puppy in Mandwa. She appeared to be all alone and I couldn't find her mom. She was all skin and bones but she had such a beautiful spirit and looked so happy that I picked her up and took her home."

I miss Spirit her but she's too small to bring to Madurai. But no complaints, I am working with a very nice team of people. This is my fifth film with Priyan. I have also worked with Ajay (Devgn) before and Paresh (Rawal) and they are all great co-stars. They are all my friends so life becomes much easier when working with them.   -Akshaye Khanna

 

Given everything from the "Craigslist killer" to Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal's campaign against the site to the escalating battle over prostitution ads , you'd have to live under a rock to miss Craigslist's sensational presence in the media. Lost in the discussions of illicit or criminal activity, though, are the everyday scams--and every category on the site has them. From garden-variety pyramid schemes to complex money laundering ploys to pet frauds, the sheer diversity of ways to get stiffed on Craigslist is unmatched.  

Some of the 35 dogs rescued from a suspected puppy mill in Mississippi over the weekend could be available for adoption as early as Friday. Andrea Peacock, Director of Admissions at the Atlanta Humane Society says a vet has checked out all of the animals and found few serious problems. "Several are being treated for fleas and scabies and some will have to regrow some hair, but otherwise they're in pretty good shape," Peacock said.  

A dog breeder is facing charges for animal cruelty in S andusky C ounty. M ore than 30 dogs were seized from a home on F angboner R oad in R ice T ownship . Authorities say the animals were living in filth and feces.  

Long-stalled improvements to Rancho Palos Verdes' Point Vicente Interpretive Center may finally be realized, thanks to funding from a charitable organization that wants to build a large project next door. The Annenberg Foundation has pledged $4 million to $5 million to fund new trails, a parking lot and other improvements at the city-owned marine educational center. Tonight, the Planning Commission will weigh those plans, most of which were originally approved in 1998 but were not completed ...

They've got fixed sources of revenue. They can't quite complete everything   -Leonard Aube

 

A 22-year-old man was arrested for stringing up his dog by the hind legs and firing three airsoft gun pellets into the dog's genitals. Police recently received information that on at least one occasion on Dec. 24, Emilio Hoy shot his Jack Russell Terrier in the presence of a crowd of people at his residence near 1400 N. 200 West in Logan. Hoy was arrested Feb. 5 for investigation of cruelty to animals.

It appears the dog is okay, but we don't know how many times this has occurred   -Police