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Gyeonggi’s Nanum Center Sends Away 1,500 Dogs for Adoption
May 4, 2020
SUWON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced Sunday that more than 1,500 abandoned dogs found new families after receiving protection and training at the Nanum Dog Protection Center. The news comes six years and six months after the center’s first dog was adopted in Nov. 2013, and 14 months after the 1,000th dog adoption in […]
Malaysia’s 1st Guide Dog Passes Away After Serving Owner For 6 Years
May 4, 2020
LaShawn was fighting leptospirosis in a veterinary clinic for five days, but sadly lost the battle on Sunday, reported Sin Chew Daily. The eight-year-old guide dog took his last breath at the clinic alone last night as his owner, Stevens Chan Kum Fai, could not be with him due to the Movement Control Order (MCO). […]
Coronavirus: Queenstown Search And Rescue Dog Stuck In United States
May 4, 2020
A Queenstown-based avalanche search and rescue dog is stranded in the United States. Brad Saville, a 38-year-old ski patroller, is “devastated” his 18-month-old curly-coated retriever is stuck in Colorado where the pair had been undertaking avalanche dog training as part of a ski patrol exchange programme. The pair had been in Colorado since December and were […]
Animal Care Services Encourages San Antonio Residents To Have An Emergency Pet Plan
May 4, 2020
San Antonio Animal Care Officer Adrianna Preciado washes the animal compartments of her vehicle in a plastic container last month. After the compartments dry, she sprays them with sanitizer. Animal Care Services encourages pet owners to have an emergency plan in place for pets if they contract the coronavirus. Animal Care Services officers are responding […]
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit Trains at Goodwill Manasota
May 4, 2020
While the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the temporary closure of Goodwill Manasota’s stores and offices, its Corporate Campus was instrumental in a recent law enforcement exercise. The facility played host to a group of officers and service dogs from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit to train the dogs to sniff out “drugs” […]
Strip District’s Colony Cafe, Pittsburgh’s First Cat Cafe, To Close Amid COVID-19 Shutdown
May 4, 2020
The latest small business to announce it will be closing soon due to economic strains brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic not only affects a number of human employees, but a fair amount of felines as well. Colony Cafe, Pittsburgh’s first cat cafe, will be closing for good later this month after three years in […]
Puppies Being Their Adorable Selves
May 4, 2020
Lockdown is tough. It now feels quite a lot like Groundhog Day as all of the days blur into one. But, of course, staying at home means we are doing our bit to slow the spread of coronavirus. And if you’re Netflixed out and looking for some light relief, we may have found […]
Dogs Trained To Detect Oak Wilt, Invasive Species In NY
May 4, 2020
ITHACA — Dogs have highly sensitive noses, a trait environmental conservationists, land managers and plant disease specialists are harnessing to sniff out invasive species. A group at the NY NJ Trial Conference, which hosts the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM), a partner with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), started training dogs in […]
Dogs in Corsica in COVID-19 Emergency Service Detection Trials
May 4, 2020
Dogs in Corsica are being trained by the emergency services to try to detect people who may be infected with coronavirus. Firefighters in Ajaccio are doing this by using sweat samples from COVID-19 patients who’ve agreed to be part of the trial. Corporal Mar Anto Costa, a firefighter based in Ajaccio, said: “Dogs are […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers $1K For Information In Wisconsin Dog, Coyote Poisonings
May 4, 2020
WISCONSIN — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in teaming up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate several dog poisonings in northern Wisconsin. Four domestic dogs have died since April 1 while walking on U.S. Forest Service land in the Town of Alvin in Forest County. Now, the DNR and Fish and […]
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