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Conroe car crash survivor seeks help

April 7, 2020

A car crash survivor who is recovering from her injuries is pleading for the Conroe community to help her find her dog. “Exhausted and devastated,” Kristi Hinds continues to post on social media and missing pet pages that she has lost her dog Grace after hydroplaning and hitting a tree on Saturday at New Bethlehem […]

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Principal dies in fire, family searching for dog who ran from scene

April 7, 2020

Kanawha County school officials have confirmed the woman who died in a fire last week in Big Chimney was a former principal. Melissa Cisco died in a house fire that was reported around 9 a.m. Friday in the 4500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, according to a spokesperson with Kanawha County Schools. Cisco retired in 2001 from […]

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Police watchdog clears West Shore RCMP in altercation

April 7, 2020

The West Shore RCMP has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to a suicidal man who was seriously injured after being subdued by a conducted energy weapon (CEW) and police service dog last spring. Because the man’s injuries occurred in connection to the actions of police, the Independent Investigation Office (IIO) was notified to […]

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Local doggy daycare offers free care

April 7, 2020

As first responders and medical workers take care of COVID-19 patients throughout metro Detroit, a local animal daycare is working to take care of their pets. Canine to Five and Detroit Dog Rescue partnered to provide free doggy daycare or overnight boarding to first responders and those in the medical field. “The only thing that […]

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Animal shelter runs out of dogs

April 7, 2020

A Chicago animal control service has completely run out of adoptable dogs for the first time ever, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chicago Animal Care and Control says the last two available dogs, Penn and Alley, were adopted this week. While there are other dogs at the shelter, they are not for direct adoption yet, […]

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Meet our Pet Cover Contest winner

April 7, 2020

Admittedly, it’s one of our favorite editions of the year: encore’s Pet Cover Contest. It brings sheer joy to the staff to do nothing but look at pictures of dogs, cats, parrots, ferrets and whatever other animals people cuddle and love in their households. This year proved no exception. If anything it was more necessary to […]

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Therapy Dog, Handler Deliver Pizzas

April 7, 2020

A heartwarming story out of Tennessee, where a man and his therapy dog have been delivering food to health care workers at Tristar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage. Ron Leonard, a retired member of the Army National Guard, and his therapy dog, Molly, visited the hospital last Thursday to bring free pizzas to those helping […]

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WOOF THE BILL Edinburgh dog walker awarded £3000

April 7, 2020

AN EDINBURGH dog walker has been forced to pay a business rival £3,000 in damages after accusing her of leaving pets locked inside a van on a hot day in a viral video. Alana Mullen, who worked for Pilrig Paws, posted a clip on Facebook about Heather Hiram, who runs the Safe and Sound Hound dog […]

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PETS AT RISK OF CATCHING COVID-19

April 7, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic could wreak havoc in a frightening new way, because your house pets could be at risk of coming down with COVID-19. An expert at the National Institute of Health tells TMZ … while people might be worried about catching the coronavirus from their pets, it’s actually the other way around, and the […]

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Pet care

April 7, 2020

Nancy Schwickrath and Kelly Green decided to foster a dog in the middle of a pandemic. Schwickrath, an administrative assistant at the Liberty Theatre, volunteers at the Clatsop County Animal Shelter. The shelter often temporarily places animals that aren’t quite ready to be adopted with volunteers. Schwickrath and Green had previously done a hospice foster […]

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