Bomb-sniffing dogs unleashed on trains, buses (The San Francisco Examiner)
SAN CARLOS Commuters could see two new bomb-sniffing dogs on the public transit beat by spring. County supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to approve $550,000 to be spent over two years for canine deputy training and two dogs trained to detect explosives.

Animal protection organisations request sterilisation of stray dogs (Nine O’Clock)
BUCHAREST - The animal protection organisations request the authorities to seek reasonable alternatives to settle the problem of the stray dogs, backing the variant of their sterilisation, which has actually been raised also by the General Mayor Adriean Videanu.

Quigley Receives FDA Clearance to Study Its Experimental Arthritis Drug on Dogs (Money Sense)
Quigley Corp. said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration cleared the company to study its experimental anti-inflammatory drug in dogs.

Dogs involved in attack to leave C.P. (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
CROWN POINT | The city and the owner of two dogs that attacked a mixed-breed dog last week came to an agreement Tuesday that will allow the animals to live, as long as it’s outside of Crown Point.

Melanoma Vaccine for Dogs May Aid Humans (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — An anti-cancer vaccine for dogs with melanoma shows promise, and may help in the development of similar cancer treatments for humans.

India stray dogs get police jobs (BBC News)
Police in India’s Bihar state are so hard up they are using stray dogs to protect themselves against rebels.

Council gets tough on unregistered dogs (Scoop.co.nz)
North Shore City Council is getting tough on owners who have not registered their dogs, and will begin issuing fines this month to those who have not done so.