Archive for January, 2008

State to take over Hendersonville animal shelter on Friday (The Daily Comet)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. The state will take over a Hendersonville animal shelter on Friday as it completes the task of finding rescue groups to take the remaining pets at All Creatures Great and Small.

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Government to pay for 3-day reprieves for lost pets, vaccines (Asahi.com)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

This spring, the government is extending a helping hand to abandoned stray pets that end up in animal shelters, aiming to give them a fighting chance of survival.

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Experts to visit SLO animal shelter (Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The county-run animal shelter in rural northern San Luis Obispo will become the focus of a site visit next month by a team of animal sheltering experts from the Humane Society of the United States.

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Puppy Mill Owner Charged With Animal Cruelty (WGHP Greensboro)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

HILLSVILLE, Va. (WGHP) – Local authorities believe they have busted one of the largest puppy mills in U.S. history. More than one thousand dogs were found when animal control raided a kennel in Hillsville, Va. At the time, kennel owner, Lanzie Horton, Jr. surrendered most of his animals, but was allowed to stay in business. Thursday, Carroll County, Va. investigators charged Horton with 14 …

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