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The Madras High Court on Monday suo motu included Blue Cross of India as one of the respondents to a public interest litigation petition filed by an animal lover, alleging that mostly quacks and not veterinary surgeons perform birth control surgeries for stray dogs in Chennai city because the government …

A two-year old Lab mix breed that was left for dead in Farmington in February, was recently adopted by a family. The dog, Trooper was found along a country road near Farmington. He had been shot, and beaten with a hammer and left for dead. According to court documents, a …

United Airlines has announced that it is temporarily suspending PetSafe, its program for pets that travel in cargo. The news comes shortly after a United flight attendant reportedly told a passenger to place their dog in the overhead bin, resulting in the animal’s death. The airline says it is conducting …

On the complaint of an NGO, Gurgaon police registered an FIR against unknown people for allegedly killing 12 puppies and burying them in a vacant plots in DLF phase one area here, the police said on Friday. According to the police, the incident came to light after a resident of …

According to data of the health and family welfare department under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the state has seen an average of 300 dog-bite cases a day, or 1 lakh cases over each of the past two years (in 2016 and 2017). In 2015, the government says that …

An incident of dog mix-up has come to light just a day after a 10-month-old French bulldog died during a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York, after being stored in an overhead bin. United Airlines has launched an investigation after it mixed up between two pet dogs, flying …

Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) members inaugurated the new “Second Chance Adoption Centre” in Sarjapur, Bangalore last week. One of the member of CUPA says, “The much smaller centre that we had earlier was riddled with problems, like space constraints and frequent flooding during the rains. After facing its own …

Recently, a dog died on a United Airlines New York-bound flight on Monday after an air hostess forced its owner to keep it in the overhead bin. The airline said it was taking full responsibility. On United Flight 1284 from Houston to New York on Monday, a woman who was …

Are you stressed out because of your exams? Try spending some time with a dog, as a new study suggests that one-on-one time spent with them may help in boosting student wellness. According to the researchers, therapy dog sessions are becoming more popular on university campuses in the west. “Our …

A dog with three legs named Charlie helped carry one military vet through hard times. Cristian Reinoso, a 27 year-old, used to be a nuclear engineer for 6 years in the Navy. She grew up in Queens, had planned to attend Cornell University, but the memory of Sept. 11 changed …