Roving UHub photographer Christine Beaton reports spotting Stella the pig here at the dog park at Smith Playground in Allston today. That's no dog, you say. Well, sure, but in addition to her wearing a collar, Stella wagged her tail, she reports. That'll do.
Pets
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about the stump of an old sign pole on South Street in Jamaica Plain - and used a couple of aids to show the city just how large the thing is: Read more.
Heirs to a woman who left her entire estate to her beloved cocker spaniel, Licorice, are feuding over that estate because Licorice died two years before she did, but she didn't change her will before she also left this mortal coil. Read more.
They eat their owners' passports days before they're scheduled to fly to Italy to get married, NBC Boston reports.
Boston Police report finding Alejandro, the missing Fenway chihuahua and the woman they say dognapped him on Saturday. Read more.
Boston Police report they are looking for a tan and white chihuahua that was stolen at 15 Westland Ave. around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Read more.
Eileen Murphy and friend stopped to take in the hydrangeas on an otherwise gloomy, drizzly kind of day in South Boston.
A fed-up citizen files a 311 complaint about unleashed curs in the Public Garden: Read more.
Julia Weeks and her mom were driving on Centre Street near the quarry in West Roxbury today when they spotted some pig. A pig in somebody's front yard. Taking a snooze, as one does when one's a pig in somebody's front yard on a hot, humid day in West Roxbury.
The mayor's office announced today it's making it pawsible for beer gardens and restaurant patios to serve patrons who want to bring their dogs with them. Read more.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports on the proposal for a portion of the FIrst Church cemetery - with caveats that the run would be limited to a group of local dog owners, that they would have to agree to rules and limit the number of dogs at one time, and that the run would be at least 10 feet away from the nearest tombstones and bones. The benefit for the church would be more eyes on its property, possibly reducing the odds of littering and vandalism.
Police: Dogs attack officer helping to arrest their owner in Dorchester, another officer shoots them
Boston Police report two dogs owned by a man on Michigan Avenue near Erie Street in Dorchester attacked and bit one of the officers involved yesterday afternoon. Read more.
A couple of dogs jumped into the Charles River at Millennium Park this afternoon just as an inbound Needham Line train was coming through.
A judge yesterday sentenced Elias Pacheco-Osario, 29, to two years of probation after he admitted to leaving his pet, Killer, to drown in 2021 rather than bring the dog to a shelter when he could no longer care for it, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
City Councilor Liz Breadon (Allston/Brighton) today proposed banning local pet shops - including one in her district - from selling guinea pigs, which she says are beginning to overwhelm local animal shelters, and which are now even showing up on Boston streets as strays. Read more.
Update: Rose McNugget found, OK.
A dog walker walking a dog in the area of Mt. Vernon and Walnut streets on Beacon Street had the dog stolen today by two guys who got away in a blue Civic. Rose is 9 years old and weighs 11 lbs.
A fed-up citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation all over Beacon Hill: Read more.