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PETS

07/01/2009

Escaped pet python strangles Fla. child
A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said.

06/29/2009

Behold: Pabst, the World's Ugliest Dog
A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.

06/28/2009

Brothers: Victim of chimp attack was afraid
The brothers of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee say she feared the animal might hurt someone and described him as mean and so strong that she had to repair his cage several times.

06/26/2009

Big Air Dogs compete at Houston’s Discovery Green Park
A national dog competition is being held at Discovery Green Park in downtown Houston.

06/25/2009

Kitten has surgery after boys twist part of her rear leg off
A mutilated kitten had surgery in College Station to remove its rear leg after part of it was twisted off in an alleged attack by two boys.

06/23/2009

Council may stop work on League City dog park
One League City councilman wants to leash a proposed $194,000 park for pooches the city approved last year.

Move over, Rover: Poll shows 49 percent of Americans give their pets people names
Almost half of American pet owners gave an animal a human-like name, such as Jack or Sophie, according to an Associated Press-Petside.com poll of more than 1,000 pet owners released Tuesday.

06/22/2009

Baby sea lion rescued on freeway
A baby sea lion was rescued early Monday after wandering onto a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway.

3-legged bobcat released back to wild
Darlean, a three-legged bobcat from Frisco, had company Sunday on her journey back to the wild. Rescued raccoons and several families of possums all caught a ride back to nature in the bed of a pickup.

* 06/21/2009

Food shortage at shelter puts pets in peril
A North Texas animal shelter is faced with an agonizing decision: either euthanize its animals or let them starve to death. Directors at the Humane Society say they’re in danger of running out of food to feed the facility’s 140 animals.

06/19/2009

Deputy: Woman skinned Jack Russell terrier puppy to make belt
A 23-year-old woman who got a friend to kill her Jack Russell terrier was charged with skinning the puppy to make a belt out of its hide.

Abused, injured dog melts hearts with courage, loving personality
She can't walk on her injured front legs. Bites have scarred her head and neck. Two of her front teeth have been filed, dulled. Veterinarians believe she may have been training bait for fighting dogs.

* 06/18/2009

PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly
The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.

06/17/2009

CNN video: Rottweiler plays daddy to abandoned wolf cub

06/12/2009

Shelter accidentally euthanizes family's pet
Dogs get scared when storms happen and about 22,000 dogs end up in the Fort Worth Animal Care and Control Center every year. Each day, 40 are euthanized because they don't have enough space. But that's not why one family lost its pet.

Hotel ZaZa to host poolside pet party
Do you have a posh pet who can’t wait to get their paws poolside?

* 06/11/2009

Dog show champ Stump visits pediatric patients at MD Anderson
The Children's Art Project at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a line of products for animal lovers with a little help from this year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show champion, Stump, on June 10.

Rabid skunks found in Fort Bend County
If you live in Fort Bend County, be on the lookout for rabid skunks.

* 06/10/2009

SPCA prepares 33 seized cocker spaniels for adoption
Volunteers at the Houston SPCA began grooming 33 cocker spaniels that were seized from a home in Rosenburg last month.

* Woman catches pit bull attack on tape
A woman catches a dog attack in her backyard on tape and takes pictures of the aftermath. She said during the melee several of her animals were killed.

06/09/2009

SPCA worker's animal cruelty arrest for allegedly starving puppy remains baffling
Alicia Marie Martin's Facebook posts unfold like a typical story of young adulthood: hopes and minidramas as well as tidbits about her work at one of Texas' largest animal shelters.

06/05/2009

SPCA to host low-cost microchip clinic

Pet snake saved from house fire
No one was hurt in a fire at a house in the 6800 block of West Bayou that the Hitchcock fire chief said started in the garage.

Jasper the horse recovers after surgery
Jasper the horse, a therapy horse at Open My World therapy center in Leander, had surgery this week to remove a cyst and broken tooth and is doing well.

06/04/2009

Healthcare of zoo animals a top priority
As captive creatures in America's zoos grow older, the need for regular and preventative healthcare, has become critically important.

06/03/2009

Couple plead guilty in toxic pet food case
A Las Vegas-based company and its owners have agreed to plead guilty in connection with tainted pet food in 2007 that may have killed thousands of dogs and cats.

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