Outback drought drives wild dogs to attack farmers (Times Online)
PACKS of wild dogs are emerging from Australia s drought-scorched inland, attacking farmers. The dogs, offspring of escaped farm or hunting dogs, are encroaching on inhabited areas as they follow their prey kangaroos to the shrinking band of irrigated farmland.

B-Mets’ power surge too much for Sea Dogs (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
PORTLAND — Ambiorix Concepcion and Corey Ragsdale each had three hits and Carlos Gomez extended his hitting streak to a season-high 14 games as the Binghamton Mets held off the Portland Sea Dogs, 8-7, in an Eastern League game Friday at Hadlock Field.

Reward upped to $5,500 for owner of neglected dogs (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
The bounty on the owner of mange-ridden dogs picked up by Porter County Animal Shelter increased to $5,500 on Friday, as animal control officials recovered nine more animals.

Heat plain hairy for dogs in summer (Akron Beacon Journal)
Carol Frederick calls it the “guilts.'’ These pangs of pet indebtedness lead to bizarre, desperate behavior. Like the lady who locks her dogs in her car with the air conditioner running.

More shelter dogs victims of parvovirus (Provo Daily Herald)
Two more families that adopted from the North Utah County Animal Shelter say their dogs have died of parvovirus. On Friday the shelter stopped all dog adoptions and called the three families who had adopted dogs since July 12 to warn them about a parvo outbreak, said shelter director Tug Gettling..

The Search is On … for America’s Top Dogs (PR Web)
Do you own one of America’s Top Dogs? The search is on for the top dogs in America for inclusion in the 1st edition of the American Dogs of Distinction. Destined to be a collector’s item, the 1st release will be a comprehensive historical compilation of biographical profiles and achievements made by ‘American dogs of distinction’ as well as being a colorful and informative history of dogs and

Plan to move prairie dogs put on hold (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 2:16:17 PM- CEDAR CITY, Utah - A project to relocate prairie dogs from Cedar Ridge Golf Course and from land owned by the Paiute Tribe of Utah has been halted because of environmental group’s objection to the plans.

Animal Cruelty Charges Against Man Living In Bus With 32 Dogs (WMUR News 9)
A man who says he was forced out of New Hampshire because of complaints about his dogs is facing charges for what police called a stunning case of animal abuse.

Fair board: Pretty dogs needn’t apply (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
For years, pretty dogs have been the secret shame of the Sonoma-Marin Fair’s World’s Ugliest Dog Contest.

Bennettsville Humane Society operator dies; dogs to die after deadline (WIS-TV Columbia)
WIS has received word that the death of the Bennettsville Humane Society operator could also mean the deaths of the dogs in her care.