Blog Entries ( humane society )

More puppies are sold at pet stores during the holiday season than any other time of year. Now the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other groups are stepping up efforts to stop these sales, saying many of these dogs come from puppy mills. For example, 40 billboards in Los Angeles this month encourage people to fight puppy mills ...

(CNN) -- Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback Michael Vick is scheduled to pledge his support Tuesday for new legislation to crack down on supporters of dog fighting. Vick will be joined at a news conference on Capitol Hill by Wayne Pacelle, the head of the Humane Society of the United States, Vick announced on his official website. The bill, H.R. 2492, seeks to penalize ...

The Michigan Humane Society is offering tips for keeping dogs and cats safe during streaks of hot weather. Never leave a dog or other animal in a parked car. Dogs can't cool down using perspiration. Instead, they pant. A dog left in a cars on an 85-degree day could suffer from 120-degree temperatures within minutes, leading to heat stroke or ...

Earlier this month, developers at Kage Games LLC released a new app for Google’s Android market that outraged dog lovers around the globe. The game, “Dog Wars,” was designed for players to raise virtual pit pulls, conditioning the dogs for entry in dog fights.  Developers promoted the game with the tag lines “Raise your Dog to Beat the Best!” and “A ...

In Redmond, Oregon, former animal shelter mates, Nala, a Pit Bull mix and Chadwick, a blind Cocker Spaniel were unexpectedly reunited A volunteer with the Humane Society of Redmond, Alan Borland, was taking Nala for a walk in the snow when the dog started to tug him toward a ditch not far from the humane society. Shocked and surprised, Borland saw a small, black and white ...