KC Pets News

Here comes the pooch? Pets at weddings: Why not?

Kaycee English considers her dog Bowser part of the family, so including him in her wedding was an obvious choice.

Accused Wash. woman: 'dog ate my checks'

ARLINGTON, Wash. — A woman accused of dipping into her ex-husband's bank account without permission blames her dog.

Kan. mayor to face trial in dogs' death

GIRARD, Kan. — A judge has determined that enough evidence exists to put McCune Mayor Don Call on trial for shooting two dogs.

Police: Man demands sex in exchange for lost dog

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Police say a registered sex offender in the Los Angeles area who found a 17-year-old girl's lost dog threatened to torture the animal unless she gave him cash or sex.

Dog-eaten passport cancels US boy's trip to Peru

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin — A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport.

Missouri to prosecute unlicensed dog breeders

ST. LOUIS — The state that has come under fire for being the "puppy mill" capital of the U.S. on Monday announced an aggressive campaign to investigate and prosecute unlicensed dog breeders.

Mass. animal shelter hopes for adoption boom — before the July Fourth booms

LOWELL, Mass. — Greeting everyone were the pleading eyes on furry little faces not easily left behind.

Couple raising giraffe in Spokane County

SPOKANE, Wash. — John and Jane Schreiner have a new pet, a month-old giraffe they are raising at their Spokane County home.

Dog owners see benefits of holistic treatments

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Lobo, an 80-pound Rottweiler cross, suffered massive injuries after getting hit by a car.

Dogs helping injured soldiers under government program

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Army Specialist Cameron Briggs washes down a cocktail of prescription drugs every day for post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury he suffered when four roadside bombs rocked his Humvee in Iraq.

Pa. florist crafts pet-safe bouquets, gift baskets

PITTSBURGH — Everyone who walks through the door to Kerry S. Kennedy's shop is greeted by a dog named Lucy, because the florist is "pet friendly" in more ways than one.

Under-bite helps Pabst become World's Ugliest Dog

PETALUMA, Calif. — A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.

Children's companion dogs boost independence

BELOIT, Wis. — Dogs are said to be man's best friend, but for the Ward family in Beloit, they are so much more.

Olympia man with injured dog blamed for crash

OLYMPIA, Wash. — An Olympia man who was rushing to take his dog to a veterinary clinic has been accused of causing an accident in which two boys were injured, then leaving the scene, prosecutors say.

Family won't part with forbidden lemur

LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. — A family who moved into Lake in the Hills a month ago say they may leave the northwestern Chicago suburb if they are not allowed to keep their pet ring-tailed lemur.

Dogs help Ore. couple fend off cougar attack

COVE, Ore. — The first camping trip of the season for a Cove couple turned into an encounter with a cougar that ended with dogs and people teaming up to send the big cat into retreat.

English bulldog from Texas headed to boot camp

CASTROVILLE, Texas — An 11-week-old English bulldog from South Texas is about to replace Cpl. Molly Marine as one of the Marine Corp's three official bulldog mascots.

Sealed affidavit in cat killings to be released

MIAMI — The sealed arrest affidavit of a teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats in south Miami-Dade County will be released early next month, under a decision announced Wednesday.

Burmese pythons slithering their way north?

AIKEN, S.C. — One by one, seven slithering Burmese pythons were dumped into a snake pit surrounded by 400 feet of reinforced fence at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in South Carolina.

53 baby birds seized from Colorado teen's bedroom

LONGMONT, Colo. — Police in Colorado have confiscated 53 baby birds from a 15-year-old boy who apparently took them from neighborhood nests and stored them in his bedroom.

Fla. gets second cell phone-sniffing dog for prisons

CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. — Florida will have a second dog sniffing out contraband cell phones in the state's prisons.

Show dogs die after being placed in van

ARNOLD, Mo. — An investigation continues following the deaths of seven St. Louis-area show dogs.

AP Poll: Half of pet owners give pets human names

NEW YORK — So much for Rover and Fido.

Winning turtle named in Tortugas race

TORTUGAS, N.M. — A 5-year-old desert tortoise named Raleigh Ann beat nearly 100 other turtles at an annual race in Tortugas in southwestern New Mexico.

Exotic cats sent from NM to Arizona shelter

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — An animal shelter in Arizona has received 33 exotic-breed cats that were turned over to authorities in southern New Mexico earlier this month.