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F.O.B. SPERWAN GHAR, Afghanistan - Sniffing out bombs that kill and maim hundreds of Western soldiers in Afghanistan each year is a game for Eggy, rewarded with a lightly boiled chicken breast. "It's as simple as that, she just wants to go out and have fun," said Sinisa "Bullet" Erkman, a...

The Saint John Sea Dogs may be down some players as five of their own have been drafted to the NHL, and another four are among the prospects. Jonathan Huberdeau was called third during the first round of the NHL entry draft. "I was not thinking about anything. To hear my name was a great...

The Saskatoon SPCA is getting help from the Edmonton Humane Society to cope with 31 greyhound and mixed-greyhound dogs recently seized from a farm in Saskatchewan. The animals were found to be in distress on May 30 following an investigation by the Saskatchewan SPCA. A total of 32 dogs were...

The animal shelter in Saskatoon is looking after 32 dogs that were seized from a farm property near MacNutt, Sask. The Saskatoon SPCA said the dogs, mostly greyhounds or greyhound-mixes, were neglected and taken from the property on Monday by the Saskatchewan SPCA. Some of the dogs had been...

We have all heard the 'man bites dog' stories, but how about a real-life 'man marries dog' tale! This one takes the biscuit, and it could only happen in India, the land of the Kama...

Every dog has its day, and for the Saint John Sea Dogs it arrived on Sunday evening. The Sea Dogs became the first Atlantic province team in the 93-year history of the MasterCard Memorial Cup to win the major junior championship. The Quebec league winners survived a 3-1 nail-biter victory...

A man has been charged after five dogs were found dead at his home in Clarington, Ont. Officers found the animals on Sunday in a house on Taunton Road. Police say it appears four of the five dogs had been shot. Police seized a .308 rifle with a scope and tripod, and a crossbow. Durham Regional...

Hundreds of dog lovers attended a rally and march in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday to protest the slaughter of 100 sled dogs by a local tour company. Allegations surfaced last month that an employee of Whistler-based Howling Dogs Tours used a shotgun to slaughter the dogs last April — as business...

British Columbia SPCA officers headed to Whistler Monday to investigate claims that 100 healthy sled dogs owned by a tourism operator were slaughtered. The allegations are contained in a filing to WorkSafeBC, the provincial workers' compensation board. According to a release from Outdoor...

A dog lover, whose dog was a bitch and 'in heat', agreed to look after and house her neighbors' male dog, while they were away on vacation. She had a large house and believed that she could keep them apart, but as she was drifting off to sleep she heard awful howling and moaning sounds, rushed...

- Two pit bulls attacked and killed a young girl and severely injured her grandmother in Union County Wednesday morning. According to the Waxhaw Police Department, five-year-old Makayla Woodard and her grandmother, 67-year-old Nancy Presson, were attacked by the dogs just after 11 a.m. at 325...

Bloomfield, Conn. (WTNH) - In Bloomfield, some packages are being delivered to an organization devoted to caring for and helping some very hardworking, military dogs. Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation trains and provides guide dogs to the visually impaired. This Foundation says they understand the...

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7854727 HOUSTON -- A 3-month-old girl sitting in her infant swing was attacked and mauled to death by one of the family's nine dogs. It happened Sunday afternoon at the family's home on Caruso Forest Drive in northwest Harris County. Investigators are...

GALLUP, N.M. -- The body a 55-year-old man was found ravaged in the Sundance community on Thursday, after McKinley County sheriff's deputies said, he was mauled by a pack of dogs. Around 1:20 p.m., deputies arrived on the scene and saw a pack of dogs gnawing on the corpse. Sheriff's deputies...

WHDH-TV - Dogs save girl from fox in Leicester LEICESTER, Mass. -- Two family dogs stepped in to save a little girl from serious injury when she was attacked by a wild animal. Angelis Proctor, 4, was walking up to her grandparents’ home when a fox latched onto her. “That was like the scariest...

PHENIX CITY, AL - A 5-year-old boy died Monday after several dogs mauled him in East Alabama. Arthur Sumbry, Russell County's Coroner, says as many as 12 dogs may have attacked Cason Bryant, 5, leaving the boy with multiple bite marks all over his body. It happened just after one o'clock...

Al Qaeda Sewed Bombs Inside Dogs!! Failed Al Qaeda plot involved sewing bombs inside dogs!! RUH-ROH! Al Qaeda evildoers took advantage of Americans' sympathy for suffering dogs in Iraq to plant bombs in US-bound pooches -- and they would have gotten away with it, too, if not for some...

Dogs offered for adoption at Williams play KANSAS CITY, Kan., -- More than 70 dogs will be offered for adoption in Kansas during the run of "Sylvia," a canine-themed stage play starring Cindy Williams. The Kansas City Star said Williams told the co-owners of the New Theatre Restaurant in...

Ebro - Washington county sheriff's deputies arrested one man tonight in connection with the deaths of 20-greyhound racing dogs at the Ebro Greyhound Park. But he's not yet charged with the animals' deaths. State inspectors discovered 20 of the dog inside of one of the kennels at the Ebro...

Dogs may help children with autism MONTREAL, -- Man's best friend -- the dog -- may help children with autism lower anxiety, researchers in Canadian suggest. Researchers at the Universite de Montreal suggest specifically trained service dogs help children with autism lower anxiety and...