Dog Law
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28.4K1414 Dogs Found Dead in Truck After Air Conditioning Unit Fails
Fourteen dogs in total – 13 Golden retrievers and one Brittany spaniel – were found dead in the back of a box truck after...
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21.6K1California Police K-9 Dies in Hot Patrol Car
A Porterville, California police dog died after he was left unattended in a patrol car for 90 minutes while his handler worked inside...
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Professional Athletes Make Plea to End Dog Fighting: ‘It’s animal cruelty, plain and simple’
Seattle Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright, along with former Seahawks safety Jordan Babineaux, and MMA legend Matt Hume, are speaking out in a...
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18.6K1Florida Dog Gets Mugshot & Pawprints Taken After Refusing to Tell Officers Who She Was
When the Tarpon Springs Police Department was called to a residential neighborhood to pick up a lost dog, she refused to tell...
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36.6K13(Another) K9 Officer Dies in Hot Patrol Car
Another police K9 was found dead of apparent heat exhaustion, in the back of a parked patrol car in Gainesville, Florida. Alachua...
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Police Rescue Dog Hanging from Truck in Walmart Parking Lot
Arkansas City, Kansas police responding to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart came to the rescue after an employee noticed a small dog...
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12.9K7Another Police K9 Dies After Being Locked in Hot Car
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections initiated a fact-finding investigation when a drug-detection K-9 with the department died after being left in a hot...
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6.1KMichigan Mall Shuts Down Puppy Store After Public Outcry
Less than one week after opening their doors to the public, a Michigan puppy store will close it’s doors for good. The...
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10.5K2Good News! Vermont Law Allows Citizens to Save Dogs From Hot Cars
Good news for Vermont’s dogs! A new Vermont law that took effect July 1 will shield people from civil liability when they...
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Columbus Zoo Staff Rescue Dog From Hot Car in Parking Lot
Staff at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio, were forced to break into a vehicle in the zoo’s parking lot...
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Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Intentionally Scaring Dog With Fireworks
A Fulton County, Georgia man is facing animal cruelty charges after video posted to Facebook shows him intentionally terrifying his dog with...
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UPDATE! Officer Whose K9 Died in Hot Patrol Car Now Linked With Third K9 Death
A Cherokee County, Georgia police K-9 was found dead in a patrol car on June 10 after her handler, Cherokee County Lt. Dan...
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Kennel Owners Responsible for 23 Dog Deaths Will Serve 23 Days in Jail
It was two years ago last month when tragedy struck at the Green Acre boarding facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Twenty-three dogs, now known...
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Mailman Caught on Tape Pepper Spraying Dogs Through Fence
A northwest Houston mail carrier is under internal investigation after home surveillance captured video of him pepper spraying a family’s three small...
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Dog Dies Following Nail Trim at California PetSmart
When Katherine Rhodes took her 6-year old, 7-pound Chihuahua, Terri Lynn to her local California PetSmart for a simple nail trim on...
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Dog Sitter Accused of Animal Cruelty, Theft Hired Through Popular Online Service
When a Massachusetts firefighter planned to travel to Mexico for a week long vacation, he worried about how his senior dog would fare...
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Bystanders Smash Window to Rescue Dog from Hot Car
It was a sunny Sunday in Katy, Texas, with temperatures reaching into the low 90’s when concerned dog lovers gathered around a...
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Service Dog Dies Saving Florida Man From Alligator Attack
A South Florida man is devastated and angry after, he says, unsafe conditions at the marina where he resides led to the...
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UPDATE! Officer Whose K9 Died in Hot Patrol Car Now Linked With Second K9 Death
A Cherokee County, Georgia police K-9 was found dead in a patrol car on June 10 after her handler, Cherokee County Lt. Dan...
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Dozens of U.S. Military Working Dogs Dead in Alleged ‘Revenge Killing’ in Kuwait
An American securities company operating in Kuwait is under investigation after photos leaked to social media, along with allegations of a “revenge...
