Volunteers help to raise service dogs (The Sentinel)
Sadie Mae is ready for retirement. After giving birth to 33 puppies over the past couple years most of which will become service dogs the 5-year-old black Labrador supermom is taking a permanent vacation.

Study quantifies affect of prarie dogs on weight of livestock (High Plains Journal)
The impact prairie dogs have on livestock grazing on Western rangeland has been a confounding issue for both conservationists and ranchers, and part of the problem has been a lack of data that clearly measure the effect.

Lady Purple’Dogs Dealing With Illness, Injuries (The Morning News)
FAYETTEVILLE — Absolutely nothing has been easy for the Fayetteville Lady Purple’Dogs this season.

Two pet dogs perish in Pocono Twp. fire (Pocono Record)
ANALOMINK A quick-spreading fire destroyed a Pocono Township home and killed two family pets Monday afternoon. The homeowners were not home at the time of the blaze around 1:30, but two pet dogs in the home were killed, according to Pocono Township Fire Chief Michael Shay.

Three dogs, three cats taken from apparently abandoned home (The Yuma Sun)
The Humane Society of Yuma rescued three dogs and three cats from an apparently abandoned home around 3 p.m. Monday at 3077 S. 47th Drive in Barkley Ranch.

Dangerous dogs amnesty launched (BBC News)
Owners of dangerous dogs on Merseyside are given a week to hand their animals over without prosecution.

Danger dogs amnesty set for Merseyside (Liverpool Echo)
A DANGEROUS dogs amnesty is expected to be launched in Liverpool today. The Merseyside Police initiative would be the first of its kind on the UK mainland and means owners of illegal or dangerous dogs, such as pit bull terriers, will be able to hand them over without being prosecuted or arrested.