KC Pets

LIBERTY, Ind. — An eastern Indiana woman says her family's dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire.

ATLANTA — An Atlanta man who rescued one stray dog from traffic now has his hands full with 10 pooches.

JOHNSON, Vt. — The animal laboratory at Johnson State College is closed and the professor who ran the lab is on leave and facing criminal charges.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said Wednesday, and it is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says a woman who fled with her husband to Vermont rather than face sentencing on 20 counts of animal cruelty has finally been sentenced to a year in the county jail and fined a total of $10,000.

WESTON, W.Va. — A Lewis County woman faces 55 counts of animal cruelty stemming from the seizure of nearly 70 dogs.

WALNUT, Calif. — Lukas was all bite, buck and bitterness before Karen Murdock adopted him six years ago and made him an Internet star.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Records show at least three dogs were starved to death at the city-operated Memphis Animal Shelter.

LOS ANGELES — When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.

PITTSBURGH — A mutt from a city animal shelter is acting as a surrogate mother for nine African painted dogs born at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

GREAT BEND, Kan. — City and county leaders have approved agreements that could bring a California-based dog treat company to Great Bend.

Patients of Equine Health Solutions in Raymore are remarkably well-adjusted.

PHOENIX — Authorities say a Phoenix woman who operates an animal-rescue service has been arrested on suspicion of animal neglect.

WASHINGTON — Ray Dobson and the dog he now calls Goblin both had a problem.

Misfortune has turned into a bounty of riches for The Pet Connection, a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter in Mission.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Expert snake hunters snared 37 pythons in South Florida during a trial hunting season to eradicate the invasive species.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Police are accusing a 22-year-old Syracuse man of hanging a four-month-old kitten and making a video of the animal struggling.

ST. LOUIS — Stray Rescue of St. Louis has credited city firefighters for rescuing a pregnant dog that was stuck in a dilapidated building for nearly a week.

NEWPORT, Ore. — By day, Duane Parton III is known as the dog whisperer; and his cohort James Erdman, the cat whisperer.

WASHINGTON — Dale Haney is the keeper of the White House grounds. In nearly 40 years of keeping the grass green and the flowers blooming, he's also managed to cultivate something just as important: relationships with the presidents' pooches.

KILLEEN, Texas — A fire at a no-kill animal shelter in Killeen claimed the lives of more than 100 dogs and cats.

STOUGHTON, Mass. — Stoughton's animal control officer has been fired for allegedly giving a stray dog away, even though she would have known how to find its owner.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Many Idaho landlords are breaking federal housing laws that involve renters with doctor-prescribed companion animals, an official with the Intermountain Fair Housing Council says.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — First it was the Burmese python. Now scientists believe as many as nine non-native snakes representing five species could become established in portions of the United States.