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KOCHI: The swirling multicolour LED lights that give dance floors their zing have found a totally different use in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The forest department has deployed .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67016900.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst ..

"Pit bull adoption bans do not reduce dog bites or dog severity, but they do kill a lot of dogs (and, according to an article in the Washington Post, are likely motivated by racism). They are, however, supported by Merritt Clifton. Indeed, a columnist for The Huffington Post called Clifton “the academic impostor behind the pit bull hysteria”.

DALLAS — Teresa Needham may not have loved her dog more than most. But when 10-year-old Tiffin was diagnosed with cancer, she was willing and able to do more than most to save his life. She flew the dog to a veterinary hospital in Los Angeles specializing in a blood treatment that can cure lymphoma in dogs. The procedure is a bone marrow transplant that uses the animal's own healthy cells and radiation to beat the cancer. “We thought that if we don't do everything that's out there that there is to do, I don't think I could live with...

When Chris Cooley walked out to the Bass Pro Shop parking lot Tuesday evening and discovered his truck had been stolen, his first thought wasn't about the cost of losing the new Ford F-250, or the 20-foot trailer loaded with six new cattle gates that was attached. His first thought was about his puppy J.B., an 11-month-old, fourth-generation champion golden retriever in the back of the truck. “He's just really sweet,” Cooley, 45, said. “He just loves everybody.” In hopes of getting his dog back, Cooley said he's offering a $10,000 reward. “I don't care about the truck or the...

King County prosecutors have charged a Bellevue man with assault, alleging that a dog poo dispute between neighbors took a violent turn. In charging documents, prosecutors contend Igor S. Kouzminykh, 46, threatened his neighbors with a pistol after their dog defecated on his lawn. According to charging documents, Bellevue police were called to the home at 8:40 p.m. on Dec. 12 following a report that a man was pointing a gun at his neighbor. Officers arrived at the home, in the 14600 block of Northeast Third Street and found Kouzminykh on his lawn, Bellevue Police Officer Travess Forbush told the...

DELTA — A 4-year-old Grand Junction boy who was visiting his father’s relatives near Delta on Sunday evening was attacked by a pack of at least nine dogs, resulting in bites and puncture wounds covering 90 percent of his body. The boy is being treated at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, where he was airlifted after being transported by private vehicle to Delta County Memorial Hospital, Undersheriff Mark Taylor said. The multi-dog attack occurred about 6 p.m. Sunday on the Peach Valley property of Duane and Nancy Bloom, relatives of the boy’s father, Taylor said. “There are several —...