Cops: Drugs, dogs, gator found (The Herald News)
MONEE TOWNSHIP Drugs, a rooster, a Cayman alligator, 12 pit bull terriers, and weights and treadmills to train the dogs for fighting were found when authorities executed a search warrant at a home Thursday, police said.

Cockroaches, like dogs, can be conditioned (Duluth News Tribune)
SENDAI, Japan — Life scientists at Tohoku University have confirmed conditioned reflexes in cockroaches, just like Pavlov’s drooling dogs.

Dogs drink whatever for Mardi Gras (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
It was a little chilly, and yes, Fat Tuesday had passed and Lent was already under way. But that didn’t stop The Blue Dogs from making Saturday’s Mardi Gras Myrtle Beach at Broadway at the Beach a rocking and rollicking affair.

Dogs search farm; cistern drained (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Lexington police used cadaver dogs and drained an underground cistern yesterday as they searched a farm in rural Fayette County on Athens-Boonesboro Road.

Go, dogs, go!! (Daily Inter Lake)
Musher Steve Riggs of Condon calls his four sled dogs back as they enthusiastically bound off the trail Saturday afternoon during the short course near downtown Polebridge.

Dogs’ breakfast protects beach birdlife (The Mercury)
FOR humans, breakfast meetings are a normal part of the business schedule but now North-West Coast dogs are getting in on the act. Last week at Ulverstone a dogs’ breakfast was enlisted as the latest weapon in the battle to protect Tasmania’s vulnerable shorebirds.

Dogs used to illegally hunt deer and hares in Lothians (The Scotsman)
PACKS of dogs are being used to illegally hunt wild deer and hares in growing numbers in the Lothians, police warned today.

Gone to the dogs (Argus Observer)
Stray dogs, and where local entities will be able to take them is a major concern now that the area’s only shelter is up for sale. Owners for Atherton Kennels, which takes all dogs, said there is no guarantee a new owner will continue operating the facility as a shelter.

Rescued dogs desperately need homes (News 14 Charlotte)
A Statesville man must find homes for 15 rescued dogs soon or they will be put to sleep. Some people have pitched in to raise money for temporary shelter to house the animals.

Rescued dogs desperately need homes (News 14 Charlotte)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. A Statesville man must find homes for 15 dogs soon or they will be put to sleep. Now some people have pitched in to raise money for temporary shelter to house the animals, all of whom were rescued from the streets and have suffered greatly.