Archive for February, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
After being rescued and nursed back to health by the soldiers of Charlie Company in Iraq, a little black and white puppy, named Charlie, became the unit's mascot. Because the unit is constantly on the move, the soldiers were afraid that they would have to leave the dog behind. The ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Cape May is the peninsula located at the southern tip of New Jersey between the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay. Settled by whalers in the 1600's, Cape May's 30 miles of white sand beaches are paradise to fishermen and birdwatchers. It is also home to the endangered piping plover ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Parvovirus is a potentially serious and even deadly disease in dogs. There is a vaccine against it, so the dogs most vulnerable to infection are puppies under the age of one year that have not undergone a series of immunization shots. The most common form of parvo infection is intestinal. ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
After reaching the number one spot in the New Zealand charts just before Christmas, A Very Silent Night may soon be released in North American and Australian markets. CritterBlog reported on this song on December 5, 2007, the day after its release (see A Very Silent Night).
Created by advertising ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The voluntary recall of approximately 143,383, 823 pounds of raw and frozen beef products processed by the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. of Chino, California, was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Sunday, February 17 2008. "I am dismayed at the inhumane handling of cattle that has ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
On February 17, 2008, in one of Afghanistan's deadliest terrorist suicide bombing attacks since 2001, as many as 80 people were killed and 100 wounded at a dog fighting festival outside the southern city of Kandahar.
Dog fighting was banned under Taliban rule, and is forbidden under current law. However, it ...
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
On her Friday, February 8th show, Ellen DeGeneres admonished Paris Hilton to spay and neuter her pets. The pop tartlette had just confessed to having 17 dogs, because she couldn't bring herself to give up any of their babies. Meanwhile, some anonymous animal rescue group complained to the Los Angeles ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
A 15-inch Beagle named Ch K-Run's Park Me In First, aka Uno, took Best in Show Tuesday night in Madison Square Garden at the 2008 Westminster Dog Show. This is the first time in the prestigious show's 132-year history that a Beagle has claimed the top dog prize.
Here are the ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Tom Lantos (D-CA) , the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in the United States Congress, lost his battle against cancer on February 11, 2008. Just last month, Congressman Lantos was presented with the The Animal Welfare Institute's Profiles in Compassion award for his uncompromising leadership on animal welfare issues ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
When Peter Neesley learned that his friend died in action in Iraq, leaving behind a wife a two children, he re-enlisted in the Army. "He didn’t want anyone else with a child and wife to get killed.... He wanted to go in their place," said his sister, Carey Neesley.
The ...
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