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Exotic Hound, Flickr Name: Ginger Location: Chicago Age: 2.5 years Dog Breed: American Pit Bull Terrier Favorite Toy: Green nylon bone. Favorite Treat: Bacon Beggin Strips. Likes: Walks in the park, playing tug, hide-and-seek and snuggling. Dislikes: Baths. Weird Quirks: Runs in circles full speed in the yard -- not chasing anything. Fun Fact: Was the only female out of 12 puppies in her litter. Congratulations to our submitter, Exotic Hound. If you'd like to submit your pet, upload your favorite pet photos to our Flickr pool! More Cute Pets ...

Prescott Valley Police Department When animal control isn't available, police officers in Prescott Valley, Ariz. sometimes respond to calls about animals, but rarely do they nab one dog and arrive at the station with two in their squad car. Yet that's exactly what happened when Sgt. Brandon Bonney arrived to impound pit-bull mix Dutchess and hand her over to animal control. When Sgt. Bonney arrived to pick up the dog, the woman caring for Dutchess said the dog wasn't pregnant. However, she was proved wrong when he arrived at the station to find not one dog in his backseat, but two. Shortly thereafter, animal control officials arrived and Dutchess gave birth to two more puppies in their ...

Cupid, a pit bull who got a bad rap, Best Friends All over the country, shelters provide not only a safe haven for homeless animals but also offer critical veterinary care, rehabilitation and most importantly, love. In Paw Nation's newest column, Rescue Tales, we will share with you the stories of these amazing organizations and some of the fortunate pets who have gone on to find permanent, happy homes. Best Friends Animal Society- Kanab, Utah Best Friends is a Utah-based animal sanctuary home to about 1,700 animals. The no-kill organization specializes in special-needs animals and unique cases, providing shelter even to horses and waterfowl. The 3,700-acre ranch houses the animals but ...

Westminster-winning Sadie's got nothing on Prince. The three-legged pit-bull mix won "Best in Show" at a shelter dog talent competition at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The two-year-old wowed the crowd at the New York City event by catching three baseballs thrown by his handler/pitcher. Prince's major league talent won over the judges, who included singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, actress Bernadette Peters, ballroom dance champion and So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Melanie LaPatin, and Assistant Director of ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement Joseph Pentangelo. Prince lost his leg after being hit by a car, but Gail Buchwald, Senior Vice President of the ...

Gilles Bensimon/Cesar's Way Magazine The "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan is mourning the death of his cherished pit bull, Daddy, who passed away on Feb. 19 at the age of 16. He died peacefully surrounded by the family that loved him: Millan, his wife Ilusion and their young sons, Andre and Calvin. Daddy was a familiar face on Millan's show, "The Dog Whisperer" on the National Geographic Channel, where his calm-submissive presence set an example for troubled canines and their owners seeking help. Daddy, the gentlest of pit bulls, was "one of the most loyal, trusting, well-balanced, and influential pit bull ambassadors the world has ever known," states a memorial on Millan's Web ...

Flickr/ULTRALAW In July, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Attorney's office, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Humane Society of Missouri and other agencies worked together to pull off the largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history. To fully do the job of investigating and persecuting dog fighting into extinction, many, many more such large-scale stings will need to happen. But as a revealing Time article points out, to do so would mean overcoming a host of obstacles that most police organizations are not yet equipped to handle. "Busting a breeder means taking custody of the dogs, yet no police department or sheriff's office has the resources to kennel, treat and attempt to ...