Firefighters had to break through a 10-inch concrete wall to rescue a puppy trapped between two downtown buildings.
The pup, just acquired by its owners, was let loose for a romp Monday afternoon in the rear yard of their home on the 100 block of West Lake Street. The dog squeezed between a narrow gap between the west wall of the house and an adjacent concrete-block building used for storage and couldn’t get back out.
Wednesday morning a young man and woman found a purebred English Springer Spaniel on the side of the road and brought him into Lee County Animal Shelter.
Employees at the shelter explained they thought the situation was weird because the couple did not offer their names and they brought the dog to their back door instead of the front.
“We normally don’t take animals in through the rear of the building. People come in through the front door,” said Ria Brown from Lee County Animal Services.
Brown continued to say that she didnÔøΩt bother to ask the couple any questions because when she saw the condition the dog was in, taking care of him took priority.
Brown explained that the dog was so frail you could see and feel every bone on the dogÔøΩs body. They used blankets and heating pads to keep the dog warm. The dog is also currently receiving nutrients intravenously.
“We see cruelty cases everyday but this one is so much worse,” said Brown.
This bill would allow customers to take dogs in Florida restaurants.
Dogs would be able to join their owners at some restaurants with outdoor seating under a bill the Senate Regulated Industries Committee has approved. The measure (SB 1172) would create a three-year test program to let cities that want to participate give restaurants exemptions from the health code to allow dogs to accompany their owners on outdoor patios or sidewalk dining areas.
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With rabies claiming seven lives in the past one week, the Manipur Veterinary and Animal Husbandry department has set up three mobile teams to monitor the situation, a senior official said today.
The teams, each consisting of a veterinary doctor and two field assistants, were deployed in interior Thoubal and Bishenpur districts and Greater Imphal areas where seven persons have died due to rabies, Director of the department Th Doren Singh said.
Unofficial reports, however, said 18 persons have died due to rabies in Thoubal, Imphal East and Imphal West districts.
A 500-mile roundtrip is nothing to West Lothian-based Beth Haley, who says there is nowhere she wouldnÔøΩt go if it meant finding a loving home for a retired greyhound. For Beth, who is passionate about finding a home for ex-racing hounds, has worked for the Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) for 15 years and believes she has found homes for more than 1,000 dogs in that time.