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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:
CHICAGO–A federal jury on August 18, 2011 awarded $330,000 in damages to brothers Thomas and Darren Russell and their parents for the February 2009 police shooting of their 9-year-old black Labrador retriever during a drug raid that hit the wrong side of a duplex. Thomas Russell–who was earlier acquitted of obstructing police–had asked if he could lock up the dog before the police entered. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:
TACOMA, EUREKA, EVANSVILLE--Pierce County, Washington, on August 24, 2011 filed notice of intent to appeal an August 12 jury award of $2.2 million to pit bull terrier attack victim Sue Gorman, 63, of Gig Harbor.
The jury directed Pierce County to pay damages of $924,000 to Gorman for alleged negligence in responding to many previous complaints about the pit bulls who burst through an open sliding glass door late the night of August 21, 2007, mauling her service dog and killing a Jack Russell terrier whom Gorman was keeping for a friend. Awakened by the attack, Gorman was injured when she tried to intervene. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
The Dog Next Door
& Other Stories of the Dogs We Love
Edited by Callie Smith Grant
Revell (P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516), 2011.
221 pages, paperback. $12.99.
The Dog Next Door & Other Stories of the Dogs We Love
resembles Dogs & the Women Who Love Them, published in November 2010
by New World Library, presenting similar tales of hope, friendship
and loyalty. Each writer shares a unique perspective on why humans
love dogs.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
The Natural Vet’s Guide to Preventing
& Treating Arthritis in Dogs & Cats
by Shawn Messonnier, DVM
New World Library (14 Pamaron Way), Novato, CA 94949), 2011.
218 pages, paperback. $14.95.
I can relate to The Natural Vet’s Guide to Preventing and
Treating Arthritis in Dogs and Cats, by holistic veterinarian Shawn
Messonnier–I’m arthritic myself.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
A Bond Unique:
Thoughts and stories about people and the dogs they love
Edited by Reg Green
Iroquois County Animal Rescue
(100 NW Lincoln, Iroquois, IL 60945), 2010.
60 pages, illustrated, paperback. $25.00
I never tire of reading books about dogs and their owners.
This one is as uplifting as any other book I have reviewed for Animal
People.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrom-bie on June 22, 2011 signed
into law a bill which criminalizes attending or betting on a
dogfight, and increases the penalities for owning or training
fighting dogs, or equiping, arranging, or sponsoring dog fights.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
NEW YORK CITY–Trouble, 12, the Maltese dog to whom hotel
heiress Leona Helmsley left $12 million in 2007, died in December
2010, “following a series of health setbacks that left her blind
and infirm,” Joanna Malloy and Barbara Ross of the New York Daily
News revealed on June 9, 2011. Trouble’s death was not disclosed
while litigation continued over the Helmsley estate.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
Breeds amounting to more than 1% of the U.S. dog population
–percent & number
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
A Bond Unique:
Thoughts and stories about people and the dogs they love
Edited by Reg Green
Iroquois County Animal Rescue
(100 NW Lincoln, Iroquois, IL 60945), 2010.
60 pages, illustrated, paperback. $25.00
I never tire of reading books about dogs and their owners. This one is as uplifting as any other book I have reviewed for Animal People. Read more