Monthly Archives: November 2007
Crown drops dangerous dog charge
Prosecutors drop a case under the Dangerous Dogs Act against a former North Ayrshire councillor. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
Councillor’s dog charge dropped
The Crown drops charges under the Dangerous Dogs Act against a North Ayrshire councillor. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog News
Farmer enters shock-collar debate
A farmer from Fife defends the use of electrified collars to help control dogs, amid calls for them to be banned. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9… Read more
MP is ‘arrested’ in charity stunt
A Kent MP is voluntarily "arrested" outside the Houses of Parliament in a stunt to raise funds for charity. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and… Read more
Man charged for dog biting girl
A man has been charged in connection with a dog attacking a three-year-old girl in Bedfordshire. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by… Read more
Man stabbed dog with mop handle
A Leeds man is banned from keeping dogs for attacking a pet puppy because it chewed his furniture. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Nine held in class A drugs raids
Sniffer dogs are deployed to search a nightclub as nine men are arrested in drugs raids across Northern Ireland. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and… Read more
Fire rescue policeman is honoured
A police dog handler who saved two women from a house fire is awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and… Read more
Dangerous dog cases rise by 42%
The RSPCA and Wandsworth Council voice concerns over a big increase in dangerous dog activity. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
Man, 75, guilty of animal cruelty
A man already banned from keeping animals is convicted of causing suffering to 63 dogs and 42 ferrets. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Animal cruelty case retrial call
An animal cruelty case is adjourned after a dispute between the defending solicitor and the magistrates. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by… Read more
Dog bite incidents show increase
More people complain about dangerous dogs as a hospital reports an increase in bite incidents. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
UK woman dies after dog attack
The Foreign Office confirmed that a 56-year-old British woman died after wild dogs attacked her in Bulgaria. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated… Read more
UK woman ‘dies after dog attack’
The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a British woman died after wild dogs attacked her in Bulgaria. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Dog’s owner sought after attack
Police are trying to trace the owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog which attacked two dogs. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated… Read more
Surgery for underwear-loving dog
An 18-month-old spaniel has to undergo emergency surgery after swallowing his 40th pair of pants. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
Greyhound sport ‘needs to change’
A review of greyhound racing by Lord Donoghue calls for better welfare and a new governing body. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated… Read more
Banned man denies animal charges
A man banned from keeping animals kept 105 dogs and ferrets in filthy conditions, a court is told. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Greyhound racing ‘needs change’
Lord Donoghue unveils his review into the sport of greyhound racing later today. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog News
The limits to freedom of speech
Tonight’s planned debate at the Oxford Union featuring BNP leader Nick Griffith and Holocaust denier David Irving throws up fundamental questions about the limits to free speech. Link to full… Read more
Amnesty for illegal dog breeders
Councillors announce a six-week amnesty to allow illegal puppy breeders to get a licence. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog News
Text service dogs women drivers
A text messaging service giving out Indian drivers’ contact details is stopped after men used it to pester women. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and… Read more
Dogs to sniff out owner diabetes
Researchers at a Belfast university are to investigate if dogs can sniff out diabetes in their owners. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated… Read more
Abseiler saves pet dog from gorge
An abseiler who went 50 feet into a ravine to save an injured dog trapped for more than 18 hours is hailed as a hero. Link to full story Latest… Read more
Attack dogs ‘not illegal breeds’
Two dogs that attacked a kennel worker in Lancashire are legally owned, police say. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog News
Kennel worker mauled by two dogs
A 24-year-old woman is being treated for serious injuries after she was mauled by two pitbull type dogs. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Ellie’s death ‘unlawful killing’
A coroner rules the death Ellie Lawerenson savaged by an illegal pitbull on New Years Day, is unlawful killing. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and… Read more
Woman’s body discovered in river
A woman’s body and a dead dog are recovered from a wharf in Penryn, Cornwall. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
Dog saved after swallowing needle
Louie the beagle has an emergency operation after swallowing a sewing needle. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog News
Rescue team introduces search dog
The Isle of Man Inland Search and Rescue team announces it has gained a newly qualified search dog. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Team unveils its new search dog
The Isle of Man Inland Search and Rescue team announces it has gained a newly qualified search dog. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content… Read more
Dog legislation ‘to be reviewed’
Northern Ireland’s legislation on dangerous dogs is to be reviewed, Michelle Gildernew tells the assembly. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
Woman killed tending to hurt dog
A woman dies when she is struck by a car as she leaves her own vehicle to tend to an injured dog. Link to full story Latest Dog News from… Read more
Woman dies in roadside collision
A woman dies when she is struck by a car after she leaves her own vehicle to tend to an injured dog. Link to full story Latest Dog News from… Read more
Assembly to debate dog violence
The Northern Ireland Assembly is to debate "dog-on-dog" violence in a debate on dangerous dogs. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog… Read more
Fine for schoolboy bite dog owner
A court fines a dog owner £500 after his pet leaves a five-year-old boy needing 23 stitches. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated… Read more
Tigers seek refuge from cyclone
Residents of a village hit by last week’s cyclone in Bangladesh find two Royal Bengal tigers sheltering from the ferocious storm in their village. Link to full story Latest Dog… Read more
Blind bullmastiff named top dog
A blind dog that was dumped when he was just five months old is voted RSPCA Dog of the Year. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine… Read more
