Couple provides air conditioning for hot dogs through August (KMOV St. Louis)
During last month’s power outage, two dogs died at St. Louis County’s two animal shelters during the heat wave. The shelters don’t have air conditioning, but the power outage kept the fans off too.

Up to 500,000 dogs in China face death amid rabies outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Up to half a million dogs in eastern China face extermination following the deaths of 16 people from rabies in the past eight months, state media have reported.

Seized dogs remain in custody, likely to be euthanized (Dayton Daily News)
It has been nearly two weeks since 31 pit bulls and pit bull mixes were removed from Hoover Avenue and police say more weeks will pass before the criminal investigation determines the fate of the dogs and their owner, Simon Denby.

Woman saves dogs from attacking otter (The Daily Comet)
A Boca woman jumped into a canal to save her dogs after a crazed otter attacked the animals. Leah Vanon was walking her lab, Jasmine, and toy terrier, Wiley, this week, along a grassy stretch near a canal. The petite mother of two spotted the four otters and decided to stop and watch them play.

‘Seeing shoes’ may replace guide dogs (INQ7.net)
HONG KONG - Guide dogs may soon be out of a job thanks to a high-tech pair of glasses and shoes invented by Hong Kong scientists that help blind people navigate the trickiest of terrain, a report said Sunday.

Itchy dogs try homeopathic cures (BBC News)
Bristol dogs take part in a clinical trial to gauge the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies for a common skin disease.

China orders mass slaughter of dogs (AP via Yahoo! News)
For the second time in days, Chinese authorities have ordered a mass slaughter of dogs to curb a rabies outbreak drawing criticism from animal lovers but also support from many who say it’s the only way to contain a disease that kills more than 2,000 Chinese a year.