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Ohio, at least, will no longer call all pit bulls 'vicious'
Pit bulls have a new best friend in Ohio: lawmakers. Elsewhere, some officials are on the other side of the fence. A new Ohio law went into effect this week that protects pit bulls from being labeled as "vicious" dogs simply because they're pit bulls....
Tags: Laws, Politics, Justice System, Activism, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fat cat's fate: Meow, the 39-pound feline, dies of lung failure
Meow, the fat cat whose 39-pound girth helped raise awareness about obesity in pets, has died of lung failure. The orange-and-white tabby was turned in to the Santa Fe, N.M., animal shelter last month and quickly made international headlines. At first,...
Tags: Weight, Supermoon, Social Media, Obesity, Allergies
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LAPD 'doggy park' is a bright green spot in a concrete world
A group of downtown residents and their dogs were romping on a small patch of grass next to the glass edifice that headquarters the Los Angeles Police Department when the playful mood was broken. "Hey, hey, look out!" someone shouted. A dog off its leash...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department
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Ad campaign seeks to end kills at L.A. animal shelters
Company TownNo Kill Los Angeles, an advertising campaign, debuts this week. The coalition of local rescue leagues, led by Best Friends Animal Society and ad agency TBWA, hopes to dramatically reduce the number of healthy animals killed at L.A. city shelters.... -
How to get rid of coyotes, skunks, raccoons and more
L.A. at HomeHow to get rid of raccoons, skunks, opossums, coyotes and more: Animal control experts give tips on how to scare away unwanted wildlife in urban and suburban gardens.... -
Sit! Stay! Make love to the camera! Dog photographers, unleashed
L.A. at HomeSeth Casteel, Catherine Ledner, Bow Wow Projects: L.A. photographers take the dog portrait where it hasn't gone before, with specialties in underwater pictures, glamour shots and architectural settings.... -
Obese pets: Vets say more than half of dogs, cats are overweight
America’s obesity crisis is spreading – to our pets.
About 53% of the nation’s cats and 55% of dogs are overweight. And more than one in five of those fat animals is clinically obese, meaning at least 30% above normal weight.That’...Tags: Weight, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kidney Disease
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Activist Tom Hayden asks Gov. Jerry Brown to consider his dog (Video)
PolitiCalTom Hayden is trying to give Jerry Brown a guilt trip. The "Chicago Seven" activist who stormed the 1968 Democratic National Convention and later married Jane Fonda has asked the California governor to consider his own dog, Sutter, before repealing...... -
My Furry Valentine
Opinion L.A.Anyone who has survived a high school Valentine's Day dance, a prom, New Year's Eve and the alleged Mr. or Ms. Right (Nos. 1 through 5) knows that celebrating Feb. 14 is an exercise in futility. Restaurants are overcrowded, no...... -
Pets join in on the organic food trend
When Gabriel, a 10-year-old rescue cat from Chinatown, tucks into his morning meal, you won't see any Friskies or Meow Mix in his bowl. Ahi tuna and duck are more the ticket.
"I think there's more than enough pesticides and chemicals and that kind of...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Companies and Corporations, Greenwich, Diets and Dieting, Food and Drug Administration
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Service dogs are beyond fetching
One moment 15-year-old Glen Gregos was a happy-go-lucky kid riding a motorcycle. The next he was the lucky-to-be-alive victim of a terrible accident, paralyzed from the chest down.
Now 54 and a resident of Woodland Hills, Gregos has built a rewarding...Tags: Laws, Physical Disabilities, Behavioral Conditions, Transportation Accidents, Witco Corporation
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Smithsonian bird researcher is convicted of trying to poison cats
Opinion L.A.A postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian's Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo was found guilty Monday of attempting to poison cats in her northwest Washington neighborhood. Security cameras had caught Nico Dauphine, 38, standing over a bowl...
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