Injured military dogs back on duty, but without handler (Stars and Stripes)
BAGHDAD The three military working dogs injured in this month’s deadly suicide attack on a Ramadi police recruiting event have been treated and returned to duty, medical officials told Stars and Stripes this week.

Health ministry seeks evacuation of vagrant dogs that could be bird flu infection source (Moldova.org)
The Health Ministry has asked the municipal and district extraordinary anti-epidemic commissions along with local public administrations to start isolating and evacuating the vagrant dogs that could be a bird flu infection source. Ion Bahnarel, director of the National Centre of Preventive Medicine, stated to BASA that researching institutions in countries affected by bird flu have confirmed that ….

Educators laud drug-sniffing dogs (Honolulu Advertiser)
The two private schools using drug-sniffing dogs to keep contraband off campus say they’re satisfied with the program, and one principal has this advice for the Department of Education:

Dogs Alert Deputy; Help Save Collapsed Owner’s Life (WGAL.com)
A sheriff’s deputy who found a man who had collapsed in a cornfield said the man’s dogs are a major reason why he survived.

Last of Polejewski dogs missing, authorities say (Great Falls Tribune)
Prosecutors are investigating why the last dogs at Pamela Polejewski’s property vanished before deputies could take them to be adopted. In mid-December, deputies and volunteers seized more than 100 dogs, including 33 puppies from Polejewski’s property west of Great Falls.