Archive for April, 2008

Puppy love: Pet dog nips child allergies (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Take a bow-wow, Fido.

Cabbage the pathetic puppy who was mutilated by dog-fighting thugs (Evening Standard)

This boxer cross was only eight weeks old when she was mutilated by thugs involved in dog-fighting. The attackers tried to hack off her ears and tail before abandoning the bleeding puppy in a Brent park.

Puppy walkers wanted for a guiding hand (The Scotsman)

THE Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is appealing for people in Edinburgh and the Lothians to become puppy walkers.

Cabbage the pathetic puppy who was mutilated by dog-fighting thugs (Daily Mail)

This boxer cross was only eight weeks old when she was mutilated by thugs involved in dog-fighting. The attackers tried to hack off her ears and tail before abandoning the bleeding puppy in a Brent park. Named Cabbage by her rescuers, her wounds were operated on by vets at the Mayhew Animal Home in Kensal Green who also reset her front legs, which were deformed by malnutrition

Social worker bitten by rabid dog

A social worker is one of three people treated for rabies exposure after being bitten by an infected puppy in quarantine.

Three people attacked after ‘five rabid dogs’ land in UK from Sri Lanka (Evening Standard)

Three people are being treated for rabies after they were bitten by an infected puppy brought into the UK from Sri Lanka. The dog, which died yesterday, was amongst five dogs believed to be infected with the disease in a quarantine centre in Chingford, Essex.

Three people attacked after ‘five rabid dogs’ land in UK from Sri Lanka (Evening Standard)

Three people are being treated for rabies after they were bitten by an infected puppy brought into the UK from Sri Lanka. The dog, which died yesterday, was amongst five dogs believed to be infected with the disease in a quarantine centre in Chingford, Essex.

Three people bitten by rabid dog

Three people are treated for rabies exposure after being bitten by an infected puppy which was in quarantine.

Three people attacked after ‘five rabid dogs’ land in Britain from Sri Lanka (Evening Standard)

Three people are being treated for rabies after they were bitten by an infected puppy brought into the UK from Sri Lanka. The dog, which died yesterday, was amongst five dogs believed to be infected with the disease in a quarantine centre in Essex.

Rabid Puppy Bites Three People In Essex (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Three people are being treated for exposure to rabies after being bitten by an infected puppy – four other dogs may also have had the virus.