CNNs ‘More airlines embracing furry travelers‘ article discusses the increasing trend of airlines taking better care of pets in flight, including the Wisconsin-based Midwest Airlines recent practice of letting select dogs sit in the same seats as humans.
Pet Airways, a pet only airline, will “Give your pet a first-class travel experience today!” and is $199 [...]

Arrests of about 30 people in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Texas and Oklahoma resulted in 350 dogs being seized in the largest simultaneous raid of dogfighting operations in the U.S.
Read the full article on Yahoo News
Dogfighting is a felony in 50 states.
The seized dogs will be evaluated by behaviorial experts and hopefully many can be rehomed, [...]

Mickey Rourke’s 18-year-old Chihauhua, Loki, died on Tuesday morning.
Rourke’s dog got some praise in his Golden Globes acceptance speech in January of this year.
Rourke, who owns seven small dogs, chihuahua and chihuahua/terrier mixes, was seen carrying his dog on the Red Carpet at the Venice Film Festival last year. He brought his then 16 year-old [...]

Edgar and Nina Otto of Boca Raton, Florida paid a California company, BioArts International, $155,000 to clone their beloved Labrador retriever, who died from cancer a year ago.
The Otto’s had their Labrador, Sir Lancelot’s DNA frozen before his death. Sir Lancelot’s DNA sample was sent to the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in [...]

January 2009
Help protect Washington’s pets from domestic violence by supporting HB 1148
Imagine a society in which all victims of domestic abuse — including companion animals — are protected.
Each year throughout Washington, countless victims of domestic violence risk their lives to protect their defenseless animals from harm. Research has shown that up to 48 percent of [...]

When accepting the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama at the Golden Globes for his lead role of Randy “The Ram” Robinson in The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke thanked the usual list of agent, producers, co-stars, and such…
And then his dogs, both the ones that are still living, and those that are [...]

The Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), the nation’s largest and oldest provider of pet health insurance, compiled their database of dog names to come up with the top ten dog names for 2008 and then voted on the ten most unusual.
Top names
1. Max
2. Bailey
3. Bella
4. Molly
5. Lucy
6. Buddy
7. Maggie
8. Daisy
9. Sophie
10. Chloe
Most unusual
1. Rush Limbark
2. Sirius [...]

What is wrong with people?
On December 22nd, Ryan Rickman of Orange County, California and an accomplice entered a Pet City store on Katella Avenue and stole a Labrador retriever pup, priced at $1,300.
Rickman then gave the stolen pooch to his girlfriend as a Christmas gift.
Rickman was arrested after returning to the pet store and attempting [...]

Hot off the press from the The Dog Daily comes an article from Jennifer Viegas, managing editor for The Dog Daily and author of more than 20 books on animal, science and nature topics asking the question that has been burning inside us all for a long time;
Are Chihuahuas the New Pit Bulls?
Its an excellent [...]

A dog walks into Smith’s Food and Drug in Murray Utah, goes to the pet isle, grabs a rawhide and walks out.
The manager confronted the dog on its way out the door, but decided not to try to stop the Shoplifting Dog.