Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
On Tuesday, August 22, 2008, Four Paws Products Ltd. issued a recall of its Rough & Rugged® Pimple Ball with Bell, due to reports of devastating injuries to dogs that resulted from a manufacturing defect.
One of those injured dogs is Daniel Rechelbacher's 10-year-old lab-mix "Chai." On June 22, 2008, while ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The American Kennel Club has counted over 42,000 votes, and the poodle comes out as top dog in the hotly contested race for the Obama family dog. The five dogs in the running are all considered to be hypoallergenic. One of the Obama children is said to have allergies.
The ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Rasa sent a new Deer in the Yard video, featuring beautiful Starseed music. Relax, watch, listen, enjoy:
Further Information:
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
One thousand breeding dogs and puppies were rescued from Whispering Oaks Kennels in West Virginia on Saturday, August 24, 2008, through the efforts of the Humane Society of Parkersburg, the Woods County Sheriff's Office and PetSmart Charities' Emergency Relief Waggin'. The pure bred dogs included Dachshunds and Shih Tzus.
Stop Puppy ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
A 14-year old mother abandoned her newborn baby in a field in a rural area outside La Plata, Argentina on Wednesday, August 20, 2008. It is winter in Argentina and the temperature at night can get below 40° F this time of year. An eight-year old dog named La China ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
First the whale is harpooned with a Penthrite Grenade, shocking his central nervous system. Then he is bombarded with shotgun blasts and traditional harpoons. The 48-ton animal is dead in about 15 minutes. This is considered a "humane" kill. And in case you are interested, the penthrite grenade does not ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
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Angel, a two-year-old mixed-breed Pit Bull-Boxer dog surrendered to the Nevada Humane Society is credited with saving the lives of six kittens. Shelter volunteers Frank Gomez and Joel Fontes, his 9-year-old stepson, were on a brisk walk with Angel on Monday, August 18, 2008, when ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
The accomplishments of Michael Phelps in Beijing this week have been truly inspiring. The Olympic champion won his eighth gold medal of the 2008 summer games, when team USA placed first in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay on Sunday, August 17, 2008. "Nothing is impossible," Phelps said. "With so many ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
The Oakland A's hosted their third annual Dog Day at the Park on Friday, August 15, 2008. Fans over age 18 were invited to bring their dogs, along with a copy of a current vaccination document from a licensed veterinarian. The dogs were required to wear an identification tag.
Prior to ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Before Senator John Edwards' 42-year-old mistress moved to Los Angeles and started calling herself Rielle Hunter, she was a New York party girl named Lisa Druck. She was also a race horse owner in Ocala, Florida. Her horse, Henry the Hawk, was the victim of a killing-for-hire, staged so Ms. ...
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