Critter News
DECEMBER 28, 2008
An old stray dog was wounded in the Mumbai attacks and rescued. Sadly, he is the lucky one in a city filled with starving strays. Sheru was a stray dog hit by an errant bullet when two gunmen opened fire in a crowded railway station during the first night of the assault.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
This weekend Lagos Town Hall executives are expected to sign a landmark protocol drawn up in collaboration with animal protection association Cadela Carlota, in which it is decreed that the two organisations will endeavour to put a stop to the extermination of healthy unwanted and stray animals being held in the municipal kennel.
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. They say cats and dogs at the lab get excellent veterinary care and survivors are placed into a volunteer-run adoption program. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.
Critter News
MARCH 26, 2009
In return, the company can use some of the unwanted dogs for animal research. Tags: animal shelter management animal experimentation strays medical research. The county has a contract with R&R Research in Howard City to euthanize the county's unwanted animals.
Critter News
DECEMBER 2, 2008
The hourlong film is an unflinching commentary on the overpopulation of stray dogs in Mexico, who even outnumber us humans in some regions. Macho culture, argues {Dallas-based director Bill} Buchanan, goes some way to explaining why Mexicans are so reluctant to sterilize their male dogs. You can watch the trailer at [link].
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 8, 2010
A New York Times story that ran in 2001 about a homeless dog wandering around a suburban part of New York City, struck a chord with me. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died.
Critter News
MARCH 17, 2009
We've blogged quite a bit here about the poor conditions for stray dogs in Puerto Rico. She is currently having an auction to benefit Island Dog Inc. Here is Island Dog's site. Tags: puerto rico dogs. Here is a documentary on Youtube narrated by actress Selena Gomez.
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