Dog News

On Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, a woman from St-Ignace-de-Loyola, Que., spotted a dog on top of a thin sheet of ice floating down the St. Lawrence River. The woman and her mother, France Allaire, contacted authorities for help, however no one came to save dog.

On January 30, 2015, Los Angeles firefighters came to the rescue of a dog that was carried away in a fast-flowing current in the Los Angeles River near Universal City. The rescue, caught on video by SKY9 news helicopter has been broadcasted by different media channels, but the dog has yet to be claimed by his owner.

Medo, a dog from Peroj, Croatia, cannot bark between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., this after a court declared the dog’s barks as public nuisance and if the pet doesn’t follow the law, his owners will have to pay more than $2,900 in fines.

Cynthia V. Anderson from Edgewater, Fla., was departing from Nebraska’s airport on January 23, 2015, with two older dog and three Doberman puppies, but after authorities informed her she would not be able to board the plane with the puppies because they were less than three weeks old, the woman drown one of the dogs in an airport bathroom.

In Lima, Peru, a pet owner hopped on a public bus and didn’t realize his dog named Ramon had followed him to the bus stop. The loyal and persistent dog ran after the bus for a few miles until he was allowed to ride the bus as well.

We all love to read stories of brave men helping man’s best friend. Well, in Concepción, Chile, a group of firefighters rescued a German Shepherd trapped in a canal.

When Gustavo De Rosa learned about Tito, a Dachshund that needed rescue due to a birth defect, the man didn’t hesitate to adopt the canine, even though it meant he had to travel 745 miles to get to the dog.