Police launch illegal dogs amnesty (ITV.com)
Police on Merseyside have launched an illegal dogs amnesty following the fatal mauling of five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson in St Helens on New Year’s Day.

Mutts are the new top dogs (USA Today)
Growing numbers of dog lovers are rejecting the pursuit of pedigrees to embrace instead what can only be called mongrels or mutts. Short-haired or long, tiny or tall, mixed-breed dogs of uncertain background are enjoying unprecedented popularity. “It’s more fashionable to have a standard, old-fashioned mutt,” says Michael Mountain of Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah.

Patrol dogs, partners show skills to public (The Oregonian)
Last year, the dogs — three work patrol and one works narcotics detection — were called into service 3,601 times, with 1,378 of those calls to assist neighboring police agencies.

Dogs, owners digging new park (The Arizona Republic)
The first section of the refurbished off-leash park opened at Chaparral Park on Monday, and dogs brought lots of owners to the debut.

Birds, cat, dogs die of suspected poisoning at park in Osaka (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Birds, including nine pigeons and eight sparrows, a cat and two dogs died Wednesday morning of suspected poisoning at and near a park in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, police said.

Little Flock To Crack Down On Dogs Running Loose (The Morning News)
LITTLE FLOCK — The days when dogs roamed freely through the streets of Little Flock is coming to an end.

Warning Out About Dogs Advertised In Newspaper (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
There is a warning for people looking to buy dogs featured in newspaper ads.

Dangerous dogs amnesty starts (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Police urged owners of illegal dangerous dogs such as pit bull terriers to give them up on Wednesday at the start of a week-long amnesty.