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We know that social networking sites are great places to spread information, but does that information really make a difference? Last weekend, Michelle Ingrodi, founder of Charm City Animal Rescue, learned just how powerful a weapon Facebook can be in the battle to stop animal abuse. And we thought it was just a great place to brag about our cute pets! According to WBALTV in Baltimore, Ingrodi was visiting relatives in Cumberland, Md., when she made a startling discovery -- four dogs were living at a seemingly unoccupied home. After visiting the dogs, some of which were chained up outside with others confined inside, Ingrodi managed to slip them some food through an open window, as shown in ...
Anyone who's ever fed a puppy by hand knows it comes with risks. Jane Curley knew this when she offered her 11-week-old German Shepherd puppy, Greta, a bit of bacon. Not surprisingly, the puppy overshot and ended up biting Curley's finger -- an injury that required three stitches, reports FOX Charlotte. Curley also wasn't surprised to see animal control show up at her door after her hospital visit, but when the officer said he'd have to take the puppy with him, Curley told FOX Charlotte, "[O]ur jaws dropped to the floor and we just panicked." Greta is currently being quarantined for 10 days under state law 130A-196, which states that any dog without a rabies vaccine who bites must be ...
Steve Trezon An animal control officer in Stoughton, Mass. found a woman's lost dog -- only to give it away as a gift. As reported by the Brockton Enterprise, an animal control officer, Kristin Bousquet, was fired after an internal investigation and hearing revealed that she had found a lost dog belonging to Janet Torren, and inexplicably gave it away to a police officer and his girlfriend to keep as a pet, all the while telling Torren that she had not found the dog, a four year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Shai, who went missing on September 18. "Shai is like my child," says Torren, 59. "How could [Bousquet] think that I didn't love my pet enough to go all out to try to get her back?" ...
Photo: Paul Sancya, AP Somebody should have explained to Kenneth Lang Jr. that "101 Dalmatians" is not a training video. Last week, Lang was found with over 100 Chihuahuas living with him in his Dearborn, Mich. home. According to the Detroit News, Animal Control officials made the startling discovery last week when they were called to investigate a man suspected of having feral cats. After finding four kittens hiding under a lawnmower, authorities returned with a search warrant and entered Lang's home. Once inside, they discovered approximately 112 Chihuahuas in the house, and far more tragically -- 150 dead Chihuahuas stored in freezers. Lang's attorney, James Schmiel, says ...