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Cities all over the world, not just Detroit, have serious homeless dog problems. Credit: Getty A reality TV show about stray dogs in Detroit, canceled after officials denied the Discovery Channel permission to film, may still help the Motor City's needy canines. In frustration at the decision by Mayor David Bing's film office, two of the filmmakers have continued the fight -- online, on the airwaves and onto the streets of Detroit. Executive producer Monica Martino and location scout Dan Carlisle -- a local rapper known as Hush -- began by posting a short but shocking video about the problem on YouTube on Jan. 31, shortly after the city's refusal to grant the permit. The four-minute film ...
AP It's traumatic enough to have to put your dog down. it's even more shocking to wake up and find the animal you thought was dead still sitting at its food bowl the next day, waiting for you to feed it. When his 10-year-old rottweiler, Mia, suffered from a debilitating spinal issue that let her barely able to walk, Matt Olivarez made the tough decision to put his faithful friend down. Sure he was making the right decision, Olivarez took his suffering friend to the Westcott Veterinary Care Center for her lethal injection. After saying his final goodbyes, Olivarez took Mia's body home for a fitting burial. However, before he could get her in the ground, the pouch shrugged off her blanket ...