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Miracle
Dog Survives Self-Inflicted Knitting Mishap
DORSET (UK) Here's another case of a
near fatality resulting from improper sewing safety (the most notable one...
[full story]
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California
Courts Beef Up Animal Cruelty Laws
(or "What Happened to the Guy
Who Stuck a Firecracker in a Dog's Mouth?")
CALIFORNIA (USA) "It was not a very bright thing to do,"
said the man's own lawyer... [full story]
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Dog
Brings Police the Wallet of Prowler
PITTSBURGH, PA (USA) Although
we can't be sure, the transcript of the police call may have gone... [full
story]
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Dogs in
Distress, Jean-Claude Van Damme to the Rescue (good thing he's on our
side)
SEOUL (Korea) My personal favorite has got
to... [full story] |
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Sirius,
WTC Dog, Found in Rubble
NEW YORK CITY (USA) Four months ago, Port Authority Police Officer
David Lim was in the basement below the World Trade Center when the first
explosion hit... [full story] |
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Dog and
Horse Team Up to Catch Rollerblade Thief
CAPE TOWN (South Africa) It's getting harder and harder to be a good,
honest bad guy these days... [full story] |
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Man
Spits Ice Cube into Dog's Mouth
(not much of a story here, but a funny picture)
RALEIGH, NC (USA)
We'd love to tell you more, but The Scoop only reports on hard-hitting news
stories... [full story] |
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Teeny,
Tiny Terrier Bests Big, Bad Burglar
ATHERTON (UK) A bungled burglary attempt could easily have turned deadly, if not for a pint-sized
pooch... [full story] |
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One
Good Reason Why Dogs Miss the Taliban in Afghanistan
KABUL (Afghanistan) Say what you will about the
freshly-ousted Taliban regime in Afghanistan... [full
story] |
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Runaway
Dog Escaped by Rolling Down Car Window (Humans, this is just the
beginning...)
LOS ANGELES, CA (USA) Scenario: You're cruising down Santa
Monica Boulevard with your favorite pooch... [full story] |
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DRUG USER RULE #1: Don't Bring Cannabis to a Drug Seminar, Especially if Police Dogs are Invited
DEVON (UK) Four of Ilfracombe Community College's
not-so-brightest students were discovered... [full
story] |
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BIZARRE
DOG LAW: Court Rules German Shepherd Caused Fatal Car Crash, Fines $1.2
Million
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (USA) Last week, a New Brunswick jury awarded
$1,200,000 to the family of a man killed in a car crash in Kenilworth last
June... [full story] |
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Police
Dog Adopts Tiger Cubs after Mother Tries to Eat Them
BELGRADE (Yugoslavia) It's not every day that a tiger gives birth to
cubs in captivity. It's not every day that... [full
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Korean
Superhero 'Dr. Dogmeat' Falls Flat on his Face
SEOUL (Korea) South Korean dogmeat supporters were given the
boot when an alliance of international dog-lovers
prompted KT Corp to preempt a scheduled dog-meat rally on Monday |
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Farewell
to the Smallest Dog in the World
TRESTINA (Czech Republic) A teeny, tiny doggy has gone to teeny, tiny doggy
heaven due to an unfortunate mistake at a veterinary clinic... [full
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Policeman Charges Labrador with Jaywalking
HIGHBURY, AUKLAND (New
Zealand)
Oh sure, blame the dog. Anyone who lives with a Labrador ought to be
familiar with that infamous look of guilt... [full
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For the
Record: They're Not Puppies
They're U.S. Soldiers!
AGRAM
AIR BASE, (Afghanistan)
Army regulations generally forbid soldiers from making pets of stray
animals found during deployments. That's why... [full
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Frozen Hot Dog: Dachshund Survives 38 Days in Sub-Zero
LYCKEBY, BLEKINGE LAN (Sweden)
Surviving -20°C temperatures, severe malnutrition and wild lynx... [full
story] |
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Mysterious
Cemetery Dog Guards Fresh Grave
VALPARAISO, IN (USA) A mysterious, black chow managed to elude capture for several
days while maintaining... [full story] |
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Romanian
Stray Saves Freezing Baby
ARAD COUNTY (Romania) A newborn child is
alive today thanks to the efforts of a self-appointed nanny
with... [full story] |
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Buddy
Clinton, Presidential Labrador Killed by Car
CHAPPAQUA, NY (USA) Buddy, the United
States'
former First Dog and (according to some public polls) the most respected
character to occupy the White House at the end of the 20th century, died
just outside his upstate New York home Wednesday afternoon... [full
story] |
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CPR
Saves Pooch's Life
SANTA MARIA, CA (USA) A New Year's Eve
apartment blaze erupted in an East Park Avenue apartment... [full
story] |
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