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Breaking the chains: Creator of comic strip 'Mutts' frees his Guard Dog character after decades
NEW YORK (AP) — Something is different on the comics pages this week. In the panels of “Mutts,” there's the long-delayed sight of freedom. Patrick McDonnell, the cartoonist who draws the popular strip, is freeing his character Guard Dog, liberating an animal who has become for...
US agency ends use of 'cyanide bomb' to kill coyotes and other predators, citing safety concerns
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, a practice wildlife advocates have tried to outlaw for decades due to safety concerns. The M-44 ejector-devices...
Stray dogs might be euthanized due to overcrowding at Georgia animal shelters
ATLANTA (AP) — Multiple dogs living at animal shelters in a county just south of Atlanta could be euthanized due to overcrowding if they aren't adopted before Nov. 30, a Georgia animal control group said. Clayton County Animal Control, which houses stray animals at two shelters,...
Memorial planned for Kansas police dog that was strangled after chasing suspect into storm drain
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police dog that authorities allege was strangled after chasing a suspect into a storm drain will be remembered next week in livestreamed memorial service. The service for Bane, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois that the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office...
Search continues for the missing after landslide leaves 3 dead in Alaska fishing community
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Searchers with heat-sensing drones and a cadaver-dog kept up the search Wednesday for three people missing in a landslide that barreled down a mountain and slammed into homes in a remote Alaska fishing community, leaving three confirmed dead. Monday night's...
Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's new wolf management plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state's open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and supporters. The...
Jordan Fisher goes into 'Hadestown' on Broadway, 'stretching every creative muscle'
NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Fisher is going to hell this winter and he's very happy about it. The actor and singer star enters Broadway's “Hadestown,” the brooding 2019 Tony Award-winning musical about the underworld, which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and...
Moldova's first dog nips Austrian president on the hand during official visit
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen had an unusual encounter during an official visit to Moldova when the country’s first dog, a rescue belonging to Moldovan President Maia Sandu, bit him on the hand. Video footage from Moldovan media showed van der Bellen...
Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight, back on hiking trails
A faithful dog who survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained most of the weight she lost during her ordeal and is back on the trails, the family said Thursday. Rich Moore, 71, of Pagosa Springs,...
Faithful dog survives 10 weeks, stays with owner who died of hypothermia in Colorado mountains
A tiny Jack Russell terrier survived in the Colorado mountains for more than 10 weeks after her owner died of hypothermia, despite losing half her body weight, a rescuer said. Richard Moore of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and his 12-pound dog Finney had set out to climb Blackhead Peak...
