Council opens two borough parks to dogs (Centre Daily Times)
STATE COLLEGE — They had to tangle with a zoning amendment, contract bids and fire-safety rules. But a simple measure to allow dogs in two parks caused the most divisive debate among Borough Council members on Monday night.

Experts are vocal about debarking dogs (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
When a central Minnesota man’s vision for a 600-dog commercial dog-breeding kennel surfaced in January, many dog owners and animal-rights advocates bristled, with much of the protest targeting the breeder’s intention to surgically silence, or “debark,” some of the dogs. Debarking — surgically altering a dog’s vocal cords — has long been a disputed procedure. John King, executive director of the

Hunt begins for dogs that bit boys (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
LIBERTY TWP. Authorities need your help finding a pair of dogs that bit two little boys over the weekend. If the dogs aren’t found within 10 days of Sunday’s attack, the boys must endure a series of painful rabies shots, said Kimberly Sterling, Butler County deputy dog warden. Sterling said she learned about the incident Tuesday and that authorities are searching for the dogs. The animals are

Dangerous Dogs Dumped in Seneca County (WTOL News 11)
JACKSON TOWNSHIP — Wild dogs are attacking people’s pets in Seneca County and that has some people on edge. The county’s dog warden says someone has been dumping vicious dogs in Jackson Township just north of Fostoria.

Benicia kids train guide dogs for blind (Contra Costa Times)
Fifth-graders Kyle Smith and Caitlin Fitzgerald are training Tamiko, a yellow Labrador puppy, to become a seeing eye dog through the Guide Dogs for the Blind program.

Dead, Emaciated Dogs Taken From Vacant McKeesport Homes (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Four dogs were taken from two dilapidated, vacant houses in McKeesport, Channel 4 Action News reporter Sheldon Ingram said.

Counties set up wall for prairie dogs (Casper Star-Tribune)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — To some, prairie dogs are an important native species. To others, they’re vermin.

Who Let the Dogs In? (Incentive)
Pet-friendly policies put workers at ease. MARCH 01, 2006 - — Did you hear the one about the guy who worked with a bunch of dogs? He loved going to the office.

Kitty Hawk Council hears comments on dogs, parking (Outer Banks Sentinel)
During its March 6 meeting, Kitty Hawk Town Council held public hearings on two issues; dogs on the beach and minimum parking requirements for restaurants, cafes and public eating places.

Endangered Amami rabbits falling prey to feral dogs: study (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Amami rabbits, endangered dark-furred rabbits often called the living fossil, have been falling prey to feral dogs in the forest of Amami Oshima Island in Japan’s southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture, according to a recent study.