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Archives for April 2011
Police Dogs Missing in Fukushima
April 19, 2011 by
Benji (JEARS)Update from JEARS: As we were driving through an abandoned area around Fukushima we saw a dog wandering down the street. Unsure of where he was headed we slowed down and stopped. He glanced over at us and continued on his way. We were close enough to notice a cut over his swollen … [Read more...]
Iranian Lawmakers Proposing Ban on Owning of Dogs
April 19, 2011 by
Iranian Man Walking Dog (Reuters)The Iranian Government has proposed a new law that would make it illegal to have a dog in public places as well as private apartments and in cars on the road. While traditionally Muslims believe that most dogs are unclean in recent years dogs have begun appearing … [Read more...]
Reward Offered for San Diego Dog Poisonings
April 19, 2011 by
Puppy whose mother was killed by the poison. (NBC)A $1000 reward is being offered by the San Diego Humane Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the poisoning deaths of ten dogs from Sunday to Monday in a Logan Heights trailer neighborhood.Police were called on … [Read more...]
Yakota Airbase Japan Annual Dog Pool Party
April 19, 2011 by
With so much talk of US Military Families and their pets in Japan recently when I found this video I knew I had to post. Each year at the end of the summer Yakota Airbase in Japan has a pool party for their canine residents. Residents on the base were looking for some more activities they could do … [Read more...]
Make a New Friend Tuesdays Charlie the Cavalier
April 19, 2011 by
Every Tuesday we introduce you to a new blogging friend. We know that Blog Hops can get overwhelming and you don't really get to know everyone. You just want to be able to stop by to say hello in order to get all the way through the list.We came up with Make a New Friend Tuesdays. … [Read more...]
Miami Dade Animal Shelter Update
April 18, 2011 by
Miami Dade Animal Services had a large distemper, parvo and CAV breakout, multiple cases confirmed, which means you probably have the other diseases as well, plus they have a rodent infestation that has tested positive for lepto. In an attempt to bring the outbreak under control the shelter director … [Read more...]
Japan’s Heavy Hearted Farmers
April 18, 2011 by
A lot of people have been spending way too much time degrading the farmers who were forced to flee their farms in the Exclusion Zone in Japan. Finger pointing, demands, going so far as to petition the government to created a law to prosecute them for leaving their animals behind. Yes if the … [Read more...]
Yakuza Helping People and Animals
April 18, 2011 by
Yakuza Woman full body tattoosThis is a story I have been following for some time since I learned that some of the rescue groups going into the Exclusion Zone are from the Yakuza. Literally the Japanese Mafia. The truth was that the first time I heard their name in association with a rescued dog I … [Read more...]
