Tracing the origins of the animal rights movement to one truly bizarre 1922 court case.

The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office made an incredible discovery during a drug raid on Thursday. A month-long crystal methamphetamine trafficking investigation led to a drug raid in the 5300 block of state Route 212 NW in Beach City, according to deputies. In addition to drugs and paraphernalia, deputies also found an English Bulldog in the raid. Deputies later learned that the dog had been reported missing from its owner in Massillon in 2016.

One of America’s native wild canines, the red wolf, has teetered on the brink of extinction for decades. And despite the efforts of a captive breeding program started in the 1970s, only about 40 such wolves are known to be still living in the wild today, all in North Carolina. But researchers at Princeton University have made a strange discovery that might spell good news for the future of the species: A population of wild dogs, isolated off the coast of Texas, that seem to carry red wolf genes, including remnants of DNA thought to be lost forever.

Essential oils could be the canary in the coal mine and not be as innocent as everyone thinks. A vet said she has treated recent cases of pet poisoning that could have long-term effects.

You wouldn’t be worried if a cat was stuck at the roof of a house because they have a nice grip and they can handle themselves and rescuing them, with their small size of a body wouldn’t cause much trouble. But what do you when a 10-year-old husky is stuck on the roof? Captain Jeff Nawfel, a firefighter, was in a similar dilemma recently.

In its effort to make the airport security screening process faster, the Transportation Security Administration is employing new high-tech baggage scanners, facial-recognition cameras and “automated lanes” to eliminate passenger gridlock. But TSA Administrator David Pekoske said the agency is also making at least one new change to reduce traveler stress: deploying more floppy-ear dogs, rather than pointy-ear dogs, to sniff out explosives in public areas.

Guide dogs are like politicians or Santa Claus: it's a bit hard to imagine them as babies. But while I've never had a playpen of MPs crawling around my living room (promise…), I can't say the same about guide dog puppies. This is the story of where guide dogs for blind and partially-sighted people really come from. It includes: why they wear nail-varnish as soon as they're born, why they're never scared of fireworks, and why you really must play them Guns N' Roses. Settle in, team. The pups and I have a tail we'd like to tell you…

One UPS driver was delivering packages when he received a gift of his own. Jason Coronado, a New York UPS driver, was making the rounds on Oct. 5 when Ernie, a pitbull-terrier mix in the Buffalo City Animal Shelter, approached his truck, according to ABC affiliate WKBW. “[I] call him up to the truck, and he pretty much just hopped up in, and I was like, ‘Okay,’ ” Coronado told WKBW. “He hopped up and just sat there and did not want to leave.”

A dog left behind as the Camp fire swept through Butte County last month was found "protecting what was left of his former home" when his owners were finally allowed back onto their burned property earlier this week. K9 Paw Print Rescue shared the happy story of golden retriever Madison and his relieved owners in a Facebook post on Dec. 5, shared more than 9,500 times.

A law that took effect on Tuesday makes California the first state to bar the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits that do not come from shelters or rescue organizations.

The study of more than 33,000 United Kingdom-based Labrador retrievers of all colours shows chocolate Labradors also have a higher incidence of ear infections and skin disease. Its findings were published in the open access journal Canine Genetics and Epidemiology today.

An Oklahoma pet owner disclosed her own dog’s greedy way to ingeniously get free hamburgers in a McDonald’s drive-thru. Oklahoma City’s Betsy Reyes says that her dog sneaks out from the house at night and pretends to a stray while sitting outside a McDonald’s drive-thru.

The US government has decided to press ahead with controversial experiments on dogs, despite critics in congress and elsewhere attacking them as cruel and unnecessary. The department for veterans affairs (VA) has approved the continuation of the testing, which it says will help doctors find new ways to treat wounded soldiers, according to USA Today. Researchers running the experiments will remove sections of the dogs’ brains that control breathing, sever spinal cords to test cough reflexes and implant pacemakers before triggering abnormal heart rhythms. All the dogs involved will ultimately be euthanised.

Stray dogs that need somewhere warm to sleep during the winter months, have offered sanctuary by an Italian Ikea store. Martine Taccia was shopping at a branch in Catania when she discovered the dogs cuddled up on carpet among the Christmas displays. “My reaction was pure amazement,” she told The Dodo. “It’s not a common thing.”

One of the most compelling -- and enduring -- mysteries in archaeology concerns the rise of early humans and the decline of Neanderthals. For about 250,000 years, Neanderthals lived and evolved, quite successfully, in the area that is now Europe. Somewhere between 45,000 and 35,000 years ago, early humans came along. They proliferated in their new environment, their population increasing tenfold in the 10,000 years after they arrived; Neanderthals declined and finally died away.

Dog cloning. You’ve probably heard about it. Barbra Streisand certainly has, and she’s not alone.

Treats and kibble made with fungus offer high protein from plant-based foods, but not all pets may be able to make the switch.

A stray Moscow pup traveled into orbit in 1957 with one meal and only a seven-day oxygen supply

A South Korean court has ruled the killing of dogs for meat is illegal, in a landmark decision that animal rights activists have said could pave the way to outlawing the eating of canines. The meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine, with about 1 million dogs believed to be eaten annually, but consumption has declined and the practice is now something of a taboo among younger generations amid increased pressure from activists.

Dogs can be trained to sit and stay in an MRI.

The closest living relative of the precolonial canines isn’t even a dog. It’s a contagious cancer.

Dogs have been present in North America for at least 9000 years. To better understand how present-day breeds and populations reflect their introduction to the New World, Ní Leathlobhair et al. sequenced the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes of ancient dogs (see the Perspective by Goodman and Karlsson). The earliest New World dogs were not domesticated from North American wolves but likely originated from a Siberian ancestor.

North America’s first domesticated dogs died out after European colonization, but they share a genetic link to a transmissible tumor spread globally

Authorities in Macau, the world’s largest gambling hub, will care for more than 600 greyhounds after their owner renounced them ahead of the closure of China’s only dog-racing track on Saturday. The move is likely to save former Australian racing dogs, which were exported to Macau in huge numbers and faced an uncertain fate when the track closes.

Late Friday a video from the Houston Humane Society went viral, showing an Australian shepherd and border collie mix male named Hunter in the hours after his previous owners surrendered him. In the video Hunter can be seen nuzzling one of the volunteers at the shelter and within hours the video was viewed more than 40,000 times and shared thousands of times across various social media platforms.

An Oregon sheriff's deputy used an overdose-fighting drug to save a police dog that was exposed to heroin at a county jail. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says a deputy and his K-9 partner Abbie were searching for contraband Tuesday night when the dog detected heroin in a container. The container spilled and Abbie began exhibiting signs of drug exposure, including rapid blinking and head shaking.

Barbra Streisand is not alone. At a South Korean laboratory, a once-disgraced doctor is replicating hundreds of deceased pets for the rich and famous. It’s made for more than a few questions of bioethics.

Don’t mess with me! That’s the signal small dogs seem to be sending when they pee on things, according to a new study. Researchers have found that the smaller a pooch is, the higher it lifts its leg to mark lamp posts, trees, and other objects—and these exaggerated urine streams may fool other dogs into thinking a large canine is in the area.

Two recent cases of a rare infection are raising awareness — and anxiety — about the risks of interacting with dogs and cats. Sharon Larson of South Milwaukee died on June 23 at age 58, after her dog nipped her hand. Starting that same month, Greg Manteufel, 48, of nearby West Bend, Wisconsin, lost both hands and both lower legs to amputation to save his life. Though he came into contact with a few dogs, he said, he was not bitten by any of them. In both patients' blood, doctors found the bacteria Capnocytophaga canimorsus.

A couple from Peoria, Illinois is searching for answers after an animal control center admitted one of its employees mistakenly euthanized their dog. A few weeks ago, a city maintenance worker came into Tony Wang's backyard unannounced. Wang's dog Moses was in the backyard and bit the maintenance worker. Wang told WMBD his dog thought the man was an intruder, but that Moses was not a vicious dog.

New York City said the doghouses on sidewalks outside stores were illegal but they are welcome at rest stops along the New York State Thruway.

Today’s house-proud animals are joining the luxury property market

Finally, it's safe to read "Where the Red Fern Grows"

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