pets
Sick shih-tzu stolen from Angell Memorial
By adamg - 5/24/11 - 8:47 pmJamaica Plain Patch reports on the dognapping.
Charming: Chocolate chihuahua chomps child
By adamg - 5/23/11 - 3:08 pmThe parents of a girl bitten by a brown Chihuahua in Cambridgeport last week are hoping the owner will come forward and let them know if she has to complete her painful rabies injections, Wicked Local Cambridge reports.
What if Lassie came home, but there was nobody there?
By adamg - 4/29/11 - 10:19 am
UPDATE: Harley was found, safe and sound.
Marlo Fogelman reports that she and her boyfriend put his two dogs in a South End kennel as they got ready to visit his dying father. But one of the dogs escaped:
She ran home to the Back Bay from the South End and came to our bldg and into the stairwell but someone let her out. She's been spotted on the Esplanade and, most recently (yesterday), in Southie. She is moving so even if you think you're too far away--maybe you're not. We have no idea where she's going to go next!
Harley is a 3.5 year old Australian Cattle Dog. She is about 50 lbs, black w/ brown markings under her neck and on her legs. She is not wearing a collar (escaped from it) but is chipped. She is up to date on all of her vaccinations. She is not coming when called....if you see her, try to lure her with food or literally, please, just pounce on her -- she will not bite (just nips a bit).
Dog found alive in rubble of Readville house that burned down a month ago
By adamg - 3/22/11 - 11:01 amChannel 4 reports a woman burned out of her River Street home last month recently returned to the property to look for belongings - and promptly heard scratching noises being made by her pet, Lola the long-haired dachshund. Lola had somehow survived not only the two-alarm fire but being locked inside the remains of the building for a month.
MSPCA forced to euthanize sick puppies illegally shipped to Massachusetts
By adamg - 2/28/11 - 5:13 pmThe MSPCA reports on a truckload of puppies and adult dogs that bypassed legally required checks and quarantines to wind up crammed into cages in a Norfolk County home being used as a pet adoption center:
Of the infected dogs, four of the puppies were severely ill. The puppies would not react to stimuli and would collapse when they tried to stand, some unable to lift their heads. Due to the four puppies' increasingly poor health and continued suffering, the decision was made to humanely euthanize them.
Kitten on a pole in Roxbury
By adamg - 2/7/11 - 4:54 pmChannel 5 has several photos of a kitten at the top of a utility pole on Munroe Street, where it had climbed to escape a dog. The Animal Rescue League sent somebody there today to try to get the cat down.
Reward offered for lost snake
By adamg - 1/7/11 - 1:45 pmUPDATE: Snake found, alive and well.
This just in from Craigslist:
penelope- lost snake (T-between park and andrew)
she is a very mellow snake- never hisses or bites and is very timid. she is a bit under 3 feet long with a brownish, almost pinkish paisley looking pattern on her back. she is 3 years old and ive had her since she was 5 days old. if you see her, if you find her- please call me @413-530-6350 ANYTIME. you will be rewarded and will also be a hero. please help!
The Globe interviews the snake lady, who said "she is accustomed to taking Penelope everywhere, and was wearing her around her neck, concealed by a scarf, when she boarded the T Thursday."
Yesterday:
This is Samuel L. Jackson, reminding you to keep your mothereffin' snakes off this mothereffin' train.
Firefighters rescue dog on Charles River ice floe
By adamg - 1/4/11 - 11:42 pmThe Boston Fire Department reports a pet owner's stroll along the Charles River in Brighton almost ended in tragedy when the ice his black Labrador was walking on broke away from shore and floated out into the river around 8 p.m.
Firefighters from Engine 29, Ladder 11 and Rescue 1 responded to a 911 call from near Community Rowing. A firefighter from Ladder 11 got into a survival suit, tethered himself to a safety rope and managed to get to the dog, by then about 45 feet from shore, and then bring the pet safely back, the department says.
The dog was put into a cruiser for heat and reunited with its owner.
Dogs on the T
By adamg - 11/19/10 - 11:14 pmSomebody's started posting photos of canine-Americans on public transit.
Via.
