Pet Airways, a pet only airline, will “Give your pet a first-class travel experience today!” and is $199 each way from New York to Chicago. Pet Airways credits Zoe, their Jack Russell Terrier, with the idea behind their business.

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Dogfighting is a felony in 50 states.

The seized dogs will be evaluated by behaviorial experts and hopefully many can be rehomed, as they were in the Michael Vick case.

“The Vick case taught us to see dogs in these cases as victims,” said Donna Reynolds, with the Oakland, Calif.-based pit bull rescue and education group Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pit bulls, or BAD RAP.

“Animal welfare organizations will have to come together to ensure animals are comfortable in their confinement and they have the best opportunity to be evaluated, and if possible, offered rescue resources,” Reynolds said.

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 Chihuahua terrier mix, Loki to the event.

“My dog is very old, she is 16 and she is not going to be around for long so I want to spend every moment with her,” he told Reuters.

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 Seoul, South Korea, which provides cloning services to BioArts. Researchers there put the DNA into an egg, and Lancey was born November 18, according to BioArts.

The Humane Society of the United States released a statement expressing their position against commercial animal cloning.

Given the current pet overpopulation problem, which costs millions of animals their lives and millions in public tax dollars each year, the cloning of pets has no social value and in fact may lead to increased animal suffering,” the organization said on its Web site.

For those looking to replace a lost pet, cloning will not create an animal identical to the one who is gone; cloning cannot replicate an animal’s uniqueness. Cloning can only replicate the pet’s genetics, which influence but do not determine his physical attributes or personality.

The dog clone wars have begun.

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 battered women remain in abusive homes out of concern for leaving their pets behind. Yet, sadly, Washington’s current domestic violence law does not protect companion animals.

House Bill 1148 addresses this issue directly. In an effort to stop abusers from harming or threatening to harm companion animals, the bill allows judges to include the animals in domestic abuse protective orders. A protective order is a legal order issued by a court that requires one person to stop harming, stay away from and/or cease contact with another person or, in the case of this bill, that person’s pets as well.

We owe it to the countless domestic violence survivors throughout Washington, and their pets, to pass this bill.

HB 1148 is waiting for a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. Ask Chair Jamie Pedersen and Vice-Chair Roger Goodman to schedule the bill for a committee hearing and to vote for its passage.

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Sometimes when you’re alone, all you got is your dog and they meant the world to me.
–Mickey Rourke, during his acceptance speech for Best Actor at the Golden Globes.

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 16 year-old Chihuahua terrier mix, Loki to the event.

“My dog is very old, she is 16 and she is not going to be around for long so I want to spend every moment with her,” he told Reuters.

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 Lee Handsome
3. Rafikikadiki
4. Low Jack
5. Meatwad
6. Peanut Wigglebutt
7. Scuddles Unterfuss
8. Sophie Touch & Pee
9. Admiral Toot
10. Spatula

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 to pay for the stolen puppy and booked for investigation of burglary and grand theft.

The accomplice is still at large.

His girlfriend was allowed to keep the dog.

Its an excellent article for anyone considering getting a dog, but the article never lives up to its baited title. Viegas goes over some important Pros and Cons of dog ownership, and expresses her concern over the ebb and flow of breed popularity and how ‘popular’ dogs can result in unwanted and abandoned dogs. I was waiting for some statistics about a media bias against chihuahuas and how they were now being considered for Breed Specific Laws. I guess all you chihuahuas are safe for now.

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.