Almost Heaven operator faces 3-year sentence
Derbe “Skip” Eckhart, former operator of Pennsylvania’s Almost Heaven Kennel, faces up to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Lehigh County Court yesterday to animal cruelty and multiple dog...
View ArticleTickets all around in Chicago dog shooting
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a neighbor’s German shepherd Monday, claiming the dog was preparing to attack her. The officer said she was walking her dog, described as pug, when...
View ArticleOfficer who left 2 dogs to die in car is fined
A police dog handler in the UK has been found guilty of animal cruelty for leaving two German shepherds to die in the back of his car on one of the hottest days of last year. Mark Johnson, of the...
View ArticleGuilty verdict in the case of the lazy Brit
Paul Railton was fined and barred from driving for six months after taking his dog for a walk while sitting behind the wheel of his car. Prosecutors said he was spotted by a cyclist driving slowly...
View ArticleStill more ado about poo
In a episode nearly as ludicrous as the case of the soiled condominium, an English great-grandmother was threatened with a £50 fine for picking up the wrong dog’s poop. Pam Robson was accused by...
View ArticleMaryland county votes down barking fines
Worcester County Commissioners voted down a bill that would have established fines for owners of barking dogs, leading at least one citizen who supported the measure to howl. Jack Davis, a Bishopville...
View ArticleDallas sets rules for handling strays
Folks in Dallas may become a little less likely to befriend a stray dog in need in light of an ordinance passed by the City Council this week. The council approved an ordinance Wednesday requiring...
View ArticleHundreds offer to adopt trashed shih tzu
The South Carolina woman who put her live dog out with the trash, got caught, then did it again, has been found guilty of ill treatment of animals, officials in Spartanburg County say. Nancy Smythe,...
View ArticleWoman fined for 911 call about Great Dane
Rose Lakey, the Missouri woman who called 911 when her Great Dane collapsed on Easter Sunday, paid a $100 fine this week for what authorities said was a misuse of the emergency number. Lakey, of...
View ArticleViriginia town bans dog tethering
The Virginia city of Suffolk has approved a ban on dog-tethering, effective the first of September. After months of wrangling over details and considering compromises, the city council voted 6-2 to...
View ArticleA day in the park, one county south
Compare this picture with the one in our earlier entry and you get some idea of how taking your dog to the park in Baltimore city differs from a lot of other places, including just across the border...
View ArticleSay Chow (or ciao) to those $1,000 fines
Baltimore’s $1,000 fine for letting a dog of its leash is, effectively, a thing of the past — if even that. A city council committee yesterday — saying the amended penalty was passed by mistake —...
View ArticleBad taste: Poop poster proving effective
Repulsive as they are, posters showing a small girl consuming a brown substance while seated in the grass next to a pile of dog poop seem to be working, according to officials in Torbay, England....
View ArticleFecal responsibility: Boulder looks at DNA testing to track down poop scofflaws
Boulder City Councilwoman Mary Young wants to know how feasible it would be to require DNA samples from dogs, and create a registry so that, through DNA analysis, poop left on city trails could be...
View ArticleActress Anna Faris hit with “fine” after her Chihuahua is found starving on...
A Los Angeles animal shelter has slapped actress Anna Faris with a $5,000 penalty fee for breaking the terms of an animal adoption contract she signed four years ago. Laurel Kinder, the head of...
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