Gone to the dogs (The Daily Times)
People have parks, skateboarders have parks, animals have parks, so why not dogs? Indeed, Salisbury’s City Park Committee is busy looking into the possibility of a dog park.

County wants to put aggressive dogs on short leash (Yakima Herald-Republic)
Yakima County is proposing to put some teeth in its animal control ordinance in an effort to deal with the problem of aggressive dogs running loose in the county.

Man gives shelter to unwanted dogs, cats (Poughkeepsie Journal)
LAKE KATRINE Bruce Van Bramer’s dogs go through 200 cans of dog food and 50 pounds of kibble a day. His cats consume about 160 cans of moist food plus 20 pounds of dry food in a day.

Animal Control Kills 43 Dogs (The Ledger)
Polk County Animal Control workers have euthanized 43 of the 139 dogs seized last week after a Mulberry man was charged with breeding the animals to fight, the Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies found the dogs, including some puppies, emaciated and malnourished at a home on Pump Road southwest of Mulberry.

Third attack by killer dogs (Independent Online)
An evening stroll with a group of friends turned into a nightmare for a KwaMashu man who was attacked and mauled by two vicious dogs just a few kilometres from his home.

Beach safe for dogs after alert (BBC News)
A beach which appeared to have claimed the lives of six dogs is now safe, a council says.

Actions questioned in fire that killed 2 dogs (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
OAK HILL — For the second time in a week, a fire left a family homeless and two dogs dead. Dean and Becky Davis were not home when the blaze was discovered at their Dixie Lane home about 12:20 p.m. Monday. The fire, which started in the kitchen, blackened much of the interior of the residence.