Shelter officials seek owner of 12 neglected dogs with mange (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
VALPARAISO | The hairless and scabbed skin of the mange-ridden dogs in quarantine at the Porter County Animal Shelter tells a story of months of neglect.

Sons come in second to dogs for parents’ affection (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Dear Abby: You advised the 16-year-old girl who said she had been “replaced” by her mother’s dogs that you could guarantee that her mom loved her and her brother more than the dogs. Don’t be so sure! When I first met my husband, one of the first things he told me was that the only family member that received any attention from his parents was their dog. I laughed, thinking it was funny, but it

Valdosta’s dogs get ready for canine competition (The Valdosta Daily Times)
VALDOSTA Pups across town are gearing up for the fourth annual Hottest Dogs in the Park event taking place this Saturday at Drexel Park.

Man sues over shot dogs (The Scotsman)
AN OIL worker is suing a gamekeeper for 750 after his pet dogs were shot while out walking on a Highland estate.

Lion shot, killed by rancher as it attacked his dogs (Bismarck Tribune)
A rancher s A rancher shot and killed a mountain lion that was fighting with his dogs Sunday morning on his ranch east of Watford City, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department said Monday.

Activist: 30,000 cats and dogs euthanized in Utah (Provo Daily Herald)
SALT LAKE CITY — Each year, 30,000 cats and dogs are put to death in animal shelters, an anti-euthanization organization said. Davis County was responsible for 21 percent of the euthanizations last year, followed by Utah County with 19 percent, said Holly Sizemore of No More Homeless Pets in Utah..

Stray dogs a new draw among Delhiites (Hindustan Times)
More and more animal lovers are now preferring to adopt as pets stray dogs rather than expensive pedigree ones, giving these homeless creatures a new lease of life.

Two dogs euthanized after attacking Southlake residents (McKinney Messenger)
The two dogs that were involved in an attack on two Southlake women earlier this week have been euthanized and their bodies sent to Austin for testing for rabies, according to Rhonda Voshalike, public information officer for the Southlake Department of Public Safety.

SPCS on Reservoir Dogs Game Ban (Scoop.co.nz)
The Society is pleased that the Office of Film and Literature Classification (see Scoop 7 July) has applied the censorship law correctly and banned the computer game Reservoir Dogs that is based on the Quentin Taranantino’s ultra-violent sick film of the same name.

Deadline for tags for dogs off leash pushed back (Rocky Mountain News)
Enforcement of tags on dogs that are controlled by voice and sight only in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, has been pushed back to Aug. 7 due to a huge volume of people wanting to buy tags online.