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Escaped pet python strangles child
Thursday, 2 July 2009
A 12ft pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a two-year-old girl in her bedroom, police in Florida said.
Woman’s horror as she finds snake in the cutlery drawer
Friday, 19 June 2009
A young Northern Irish woman has told how she screamed in horror at finding an 18-inch long snake in her cutlery drawer.
Families only allowed one dog
Thursday, 18 June 2009
A southern Chinese city is introducing a one-dog policy for households.
Pup survives being flushed down toilet
Monday, 15 June 2009
A week-old pup was recovering today after being accidentally flushed down the toilet.
Police hunt for five foot python
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Police were today on the lookout for a five foot python which escaped in a city.
Chanel, world's oldest dog, celebrates birthday
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Chanel, the world's oldest dog, celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday with a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records and a visit to a dog hotel and spa.
Law on keeping dangerous pets to be eased
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Michael McCarthy: The RSPCA is alarmed at a plan to reduce the 'burden' of red tape for private keepers.
Britons dump their pets as credit crunch bites
Monday, 27 April 2009
Britons may have a reputation as animal-lovers but they are increasingly dumping their pets as they struggle to cope with the impact of economic downturn.
Obama puppy gets run of the White House
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
'First dog' Bo got star treatment at the White House yesterday — and even presidential clearance to visit the Oval Office. He had better not, however, get any inflated ideas about doggy sleeping arrangements.
Bo brings a dogged optimism to White House
Sunday, 12 April 2009
It was the most hotly anticipated appointment of Barack Obama's arrival at the White House. And when it leaked yesterday, the big news beat Iraq, North Korea, Somalian pirates, and even the economy off the nation's front pages: America's new "first pooch" is to be a six-month-old Portugese Water Dog, named Bo.
Putin's dog eats Russian party bosses' food
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's pet dog gobbled up a special tea prepared for bosses of Russia's ruling party today.
Blonde ambition at Crufts
Friday, 6 March 2009
Crufts, the annual beauty show for pedigree dogs, drew huge crowds on its opening day yesterday, despite a long-running battle with animal welfare campaigners, which meant for the first time in 40 years there is no national television coverage of the event.
Obama's 'first dog' plans revealed
Thursday, 26 February 2009
The Obamas are getting a dog in April and are looking for a rescued Portuguese Water Dog.
133rd Westminster Kennel Club dog show gets underway in New York
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
One might associate US dog shows with Christopher Guest's 2000 spoof documentaty film, Best in Show, but for many they are very serious business indeed.
Final cut for Hollywood's favourite dog
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Once the must-have accessory, the terrier that appeared in a Hitchcock film is in danger of becoming extinct
Michael Phelps stars in White House Barney Cam
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin guest star in the final holiday Barney the dog video from the White House.
Dogs abandoned for not matching furniture
Monday, 15 December 2008
Irresponsible pet owners have abandoned their dogs because they did not match their furniture, an animal charity said today.
The canine credit crunch starts to bite
Sunday, 16 November 2008
As day-to-day upkeep, vets' bills and insurance costs rise, shelters report more owners giving up their pets.
Remember animals who served in wars urges author
Friday, 7 November 2008
Best-selling author Jilly Cooper is urging people to remember the animals that have served in conflicts past and present this Remembrance Day.
PDSA pulls out of Crufts
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Veterinary charity PDSA has today announced it is suspending its involvement in Kennel Club events including Crufts after more than 30 years.
Dog hailed as a hero after saving kittens from fire
Monday, 27 October 2008
Forget fighting like cats and dogs, this was more like fire-fighting. Family pooch Leo risked his life to save a litter of newborn kittens from flames engulfing a house and was hailed as a hero by Australian fire brigade.
On the trail of the mystery Meriden Avenue catnapper
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Stourbridge in the West Midlands looks like a feline haven – so why are the local moggies vanishing?
It's just a dog's life for pekinese in Beijing
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Poodles move in as breed falls out of China's favour
A man's best friend is his canine bodyguard
Friday, 24 October 2008
Attack dogs are the latest weapon in the fight against crime. But would Edo be a match for Jerome Taylor?
Government support urged for dog breeding review
Friday, 10 October 2008
The UK's leading dog charity and the organisers of Crufts today called for Government support for an independent review into dog breeding.
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