Loading ...A dog’s nose is a powerful tool for finding rare species
By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
FERN BUTTE, WEST OF EUGENE — Rogue, a 4-year-old Belgian sheepdog, bounded through the knee-high grass…
In the last decade, scientists have started using dogs — and their sensitive noses — to locate hard-to-find plants and animals. Just as […]
shred the surf to be top dog
San Diego Union Tribune, United States
About 60 canines, big and small, competed for medals and bragging rights yesterday at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach. Prizes included a pet vacation at the resort and a feature in Modern Dog Magazine.
excess
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
Americans spent a record $41.2 billion on their pets last year. But our resident wag asks, does your dog really need bottled water? …
For about a year now, I’ve been O.D.’ing on dog culture. Not the real kind, the bond between people and pets, but the mushrooming industry that capitalizes on that […]
as racing season ends early
KJCT8.com, CO
Track officials say they couldn’t reach a financial agreement with kennel owners who race the dogs to keep running races until September. …
Mile High general manager Bruce Seymore says the track ran a full season in 2007 and lost $700,000. It already decided not to hold races this coming winter.
some dogs cope
The Columbian, WA - 2 hours ago
By TOM VOGT, Columbian staff writer Two dogs are relaxing on the patio at a Fourth of July cookout, maybe waiting for a potato chip or a chunk of charred …
“With fear, the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated; a dog’s body goes into stress mode. Dogs with extreme […]
Find Temporary Shelter in Iowa
New York Times, United States
Within days, what had started as a makeshift shelter had grown into a sprawling operation housing nearly 1000 animals — dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, lizards, …
“The biggest thing learned by everyone from Katrina is the importance of animals in people’s lives,” said Diane Webber, disaster preparedness […]
A Paws-up
KHON2, HI
Dogs already love it just the way it is, and 9-year-old dog grooming entrepreneur Hailey Pandolfe highly recommends a visit.
“This is probably the model for public dog parks in the future,” said Elaine Dobashi, organizer of Hui Ilio. “The city just doesn’t have enough money in the budget to support public dog parks, […]
rescued by Chinese woman
The Associated Press
Now he’s among some 100 “quake dogs” rescued by the former businesswoman, who has created something extremely rare in China: a private animal shelter. …
One of her superstar mutts from the quake zone was a small, brown, short-haired terrier with alert brown eyes named “Qianjin,” or “Forward.” Rescuers said […]
thriving in preserve
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
The latest additions to Wolf Haven International’s small population of the endangered Mexican gray wolves are in good health. Wolf Haven staff members and a …
Tami Williams, conservation specialist with Wolf Haven for the last 10 years, explained that the wolves are bred in captivity and, through the […]
Love ‘em or hate ‘em,
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME
but let’s find out if they’re back in Maine…
Here in Maine, where state wildlife officials say the gray wolf was extinct by the 1890s — an assertion contradicted by wolf advocates — efforts by wolf-lovers and conservationists to promote the animal’s reintroduction have met with […]