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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 […]
Best Dog Food Delivery Services: Pet Plate, Ollie and more
May 4, 2020
With most of us on lockdown and doing our best to #socialdistance, #flattenthecurve and not #loseourminds, limiting trips to the store is one of the best moves you can make. But we still gotta eat — and so do dogs — so if you’re a dog owner, you may want to consider one of these […]
Delaware Nonprofit, Rescue Dogs Find Home With Veterans In Need
May 4, 2020
Life hasn’t been easy for Mark Harris since he retired from the Ohio National Guard in 2018. Though he is proud of his service to his country, problems with his back and post-traumatic stress disorder have plagued the 46-year-old as a result of a year-long deployment to Afghanistan in 2013. An animal, he thought, […]
St. Jude Music Therapists Organize Backyard Jams For Kids
May 4, 2020
Amy Love had to leave the Memphis hospital where she brings music to severely ill children — she and other support staff couldn’t take the risk of spreading COVID-19 to these frail patients. But she was determined: The music must not stop. So her house became a recording studio, and Love, fellow music therapist Celeste […]
Strata Can’t Force Family To Give Up Disabled Teenager’s Support Dog, Tribunal Rules
May 4, 2020
VANCOUVER — A strata bylaw banning residents from having dogs can’t be used against a B.C. teenager who uses her pet to manage her disabilities, the province’s Human Rights Tribunal has ruled. In a decision that was posted online this week, tribunal member Devyn Cousineau found the strata’s bylaw to be discriminatory because losing the dog […]
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