Rescue & Help

Rescue & Help
CNN articles about Vick's former fighting champs.
Yay for pitties with new lives.... http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/vick.dogs.rehab/index.html?iref=newssearch http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/27/vick.dogs.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
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Woman's Lost Pug Given as Christmas Present
Help Find Scooter. Scooter is a one year old Pug, living in Dallas with his humans Rob and Kim Velevis. On Christmas Eve, he went out the doggie door, and slipped under the fence and disappeared. The family scoured the neighborhood, put up fliers, checked with local shelters. They couldn't find Scooter...
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spay/neuter bill in CA
This bill would make spaying/neutering mandatory for cats and dogs in California by 6 months of age. There are a bunch of exemptions: show dogs, athletes, therapy dogs, etc. It was pulled out last session, but it's just been re-introduced. There's a story on it here: http://dogtime.com/spay-neuter...
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Just came across
An interesting article I came across. taken from : http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/282/RipOff0282213.htm Beware of any puppy/dog online store or corporation run by James Schwinn (i.e. AnyPets.com or DogSales.com) Myself and many included (hundreds of people) have received sick, disease infested...
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Doggie Boots?
Im in great need of some small dog boots. Sasha has white paws and its very rainy/muddy where I live. Everytime I take her out she comes in with her paws wet/muddy or peed on. Her fur is already starting to look yellowish and I think some boots may be the answer. I'd be willing to trade, I have...
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What if you find a dead dog?!
Here's how it goes... I've been walking across the fields with my dog when suddenly he started to act odd around one bush. I went over to him, to see what it is, and I found a carrion of one dog, and near it, there was a black plastic bag, and inside was another dog (although I could see only...
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Save these girls - desperate in Maine!
If anyone can save these girls...I know the person who temperament tested them, and I think that you can rely on this being an accurate description. If you PM me and leave an addy, I can forward the email with photos of the dogs. Two pit bull/hound mixes are slated to be PTS before the end of this week...
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"Melamine" Indictments
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01792.html Hope these people are severely penalized for the misery they caused in the name of greed.
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Mandatory Spay/Neuter: A Thousand Snakes in the Grass
from here By Margaret Anne Cleek “Better the dragon you see than a thousand snakes in the grass.” This Chinese Proverb should be recognized and heeded by pet owners and fanciers. Currently anyone who breeds animals is the target of animal rights activists who wish to abolish the purpose breeding...
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Pet law enforcement
Just been reading the posts about the new spay/neuter bill in CA, BSL, etc., and it seems to me that if communities would just start enforcing the laws already on the books, they wouldn't need new laws! How many communities have 100% compliance on licensing or rabies vax? I haven't read the CA...
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Seeing what others think about vibrating collars.
I, myself, am an animal activist and when I got my new foster dog, Star, today and found out she was deaf I started doing some research about how to train her. My human roommate is deaf and from him I know that he told me that in order to get his attention when he's not looking that I should stop...
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whats up with the difference in animal care
i saw that animal cop show on animal planet where they have an ambulance for animals, pay for animals vet bills before putting them up for adoption. then they pay for vet bills for owners on public assistance, but take dogs away from people who cnt afford et bills but arnt on assistance. im not sure...
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Papillon Haven Rescue Fund Raiser
I'm a volunteer foster for Papillon Haven Rescue. As the name implies we are a rescue of Papillons & Papillon mix dogs. We are a 501c3 organization. We survive only through donations, fund-raisers & volunteers. We are having a fund-raiser... www.paphavenaid.com . The page explains it all...
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Rescued from High Kill only to be murdered in her own yard.
Please Crosspost everywhere we want the person who did this caught. Help get justice for Rita..... In the dark of night on Sunday, January 27, 2008, a coward sneaked up on a yard in Raymond, Washington, and shot a young dog named Rita to death. Rita had time to creep into the house before collapsing...
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An interesting view on an "attack"
I must say I am a bit torn over this article. I mean, the child WAS annoying the dog, and the dog reacted accordingly. I do not think the dog should not be put down....it bothers me that there seems to me a "this lady is crazy" slant to the article. But it is very sad about how badly the child...
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Foster homes urgently needed in No California
We just heard our Northern California Rescue is in DIRE need of foster homes for 15 RRs and RRXs . If you could help please let me know and I will forward your info to the Rescue director. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are truly awesome dogs, they get under your skin ! If you enjoy an acitve outside play time...
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Update 02/01/08 - transport filled
Please PM me for Lucy's contact information. Dakota, a 45 lb. male black and white PB husky, UTD, neutered, microchipped. Good with animals, kids, dogs; rides well crated or uncrated; partially housebroken; traveling with leash, collar, toys, papers. Hold tight, loves to run, but is a good...
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Help us Help Dogs!
In Two weeks the million dog mosaic will be featured at Times Square. We want it to be as robust as it can be and raise as many dollars as we can. Please upload you photos if you haven't done so already and forward this information on on to as many of you friends and family that you can. Help us...
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Pets Are Victims......
This from today's paper, Corpus Chrisit Caller Times Pets Emerge As new Victim Of home Forclosures Shelters trying to keep up with abandonment. Stockton, Calif.--The house was ravaged--it's floors ripped, walls busted, and lights smansed by owners who trashed their home befoe a bank...
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