A Florida man killed and dismembered his pet dog on Friday after it bit down on his son’s pinkey finger and didn’t let go until the appendage was severed and swallowed whole. When Luis Brignoni Sr., 41, learned that his son Fernando, 11, had just lost his finger to the…
Police in California are on the hunt for two people they say strapped a stick of dynamite to a dog and set it loose in a Sacramento neighborhood. The explosion, heard around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, severely injured the dog, which police described as a long-haired Dachshund. They expect the…
Rangers who shot a saltwater crocodile that was terrorising pets innorthern Australia found a dog, a pair of shorts, a football and a nappy in its stomach, according to a local report. Police had recently notified authorities that a crocodile had eaten at least one dog and was lunging at others on a beach…
Charges were laid on Friday in the grisly slaughter of dozens of huskies used by a tourism company during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada’s westernmost province. British Columbia prosecutors charged Robert Fawcett, manager of a sled-dog touring company in the ski resort of Whistler, with “causing unnecessary pain or…
Pittsburgh-area man seeks name change to Boomer the Dog after short-lived NBC series A judge is considering whether a Pittsburgh-area man can legally change his name to Boomer the Dog after a short-lived television series. The man who went to court Tuesday is 44-year-old Gary Guy Mathews, of Green Tree.…