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Twins to be tried again in dog burning

Prosecutors said today that Travers and Tremayne Johnson, the twin brothers accused of fatally setting fire to a pitbull in 2009, will be tried again. The first trial ended Monday in a hung jury. The...

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ASPCA: Chihuahua dies after beating

The ASPCA has made its first felony arrest of the year — a 265-pound Queens man accused of punching his 8-pound Chihuahua, the New York Post reported. ASPCA officials say Jerry Melendez, 33, struck his...

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Objections mount to ‘Dog Wars’ app

Opposition is mounting to the new game app “Dog Wars,” and among those speaking out is Michael Vick. According to the NBC blog, Digital Life, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, who served 21 months...

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21 legislators seek justice for pit bull mix

More than 20 Connecticut state legislators have asked a judge not to show leniency in the case of a New Haven man charged with stabbing a young pit bull mix 29 times. The legislators, led by state Rep....

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Stark, crowded aquariums lead to violence

Fish who live in cramped and barren aquariums are more likely to get violent, a new study from Case Western Reserve University has found. The scientist behind the study, biology professor Ronald...

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Harlem Globetrotter shows his soft side

The city of Baltimore has released the fourth ad in its continuing campaign urging young people to “Show Your Soft Side,” and treat animals with kindness. It features Dizzy Grant, one of the world...

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Man charged with beating wife with her dog

An Atlanta area man is facing upgraded charges in connection with a fight he had with his wife two months ago in which he beat her with her dog, then killed the Pomeranian by snapping its neck, police...

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New Zealand SPCA releases “List of Shame”

A cat hacked to pieces, a terrier beaten by youths with a cricket bat and a dog whose owner inserted a caribiner through its neck all made the Royal New Zealand SPCA’s 2012 “List of Shame.” The list of...

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Dog wins restraining order in Massachusetts

Panzer, a 6-year-old Labrador mix, has become the first animal in Massachusetts to win protection from a new state law that allows pets to be included in domestic violence restraining orders. A week...

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“Humane” rankings put California at the top, Dakotas at the bottom

California earned first place for the fourth year in a row, while South Dakota remained in last place in the Humane Society of the United States fourth annual “Humane State Ranking” report. The HSUS...

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Children pelt tied dog with rocks and bricks

On Easter Sunday, a bloodied 1-year-old dog who’d been pelted with rocks and bricks was brought into Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter. Staff named her Christy. Christy was treated for injuries...

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Numerous animals were permanently harmed in the making of this nasty and...

  The American Humane Association is urging Congress to act immediately in light of Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down a federal law that prohibited videos, photographs and other...

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Riot Dog becoming a familiar figure in Greece

A mystery mutt has become an unofficial mascot of the riots in Greece by turning up at every major demonstration in Athens for the past two years. As this video shows, when there’s violence and unrest...

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Dr. Phil, Rescue Ink and Paris Hilton

Dr. Phil’s not one of my favorites — nor are most of the others who appeared on his show yesterday — but at least the program brought the scourge of dogfighting to the afternoon TV talk show forefront....

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Baltimore dog attacked with machete

A dog attacked yesterday by a neighbor wielding a machete is scheduled to undergo surgery tomorrow. On Tuesday evening, a man walked into his neighbor’s yard and attacked the dog in the face and head...

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Ace goes to school for a lesson in love

Ace made a big impression on pre-k and kindergarten students at Baltimore’s Lakewood Elementary School yesterday, dazzling them with tricks, soaking up their pats and hugs and swearing in two...

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Pit bulls: Trials and tribulations

We can’t remember a week — at least not since 2007, when federal authorities raided 1915 Moonlight Road – that pit bulls have grabbed so many headlines … without even biting anyone. Here in Baltimore,...

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Puck, yeah: Dog-friendly hockey games

We’ve written a lot about dog-friendly baseball – days (or nights) set aside by Major League and, more often, Minor League teams for fans to bring their dogs to the ballpark. But dog-friendly hockey...

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Google-owned company abusing robot dogs?

Here we have proof, on video, that a Google-owned company is abusing dogs. Robot dogs, that is. Boston Dynamics, a company Google purchased two years ago, designs robots for the U.S. military and...

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In the cartoon world, some offenses are considered especially anus

Blood, gore and violence? No problem. But censors at Adult Swim, a cartoon network, apparently have issued an edict prohibiting showing a dog’s anus. The frames in question reportedly would have...

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