Animals
Missouri town to pay $500k to settle lawsuit over deputy shooting blind and deaf dog
A small Missouri town will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man whose 13-pound blind and deaf shih tzu dog was shot and killed by a police officer. It is one of the largest settlements of its kind, an animal rights…
A pet food pantry in New York won’t solve the city’s shelter crisis
This summer, New York City shelters were overwhelmed by a surge of pet surrenders. The Animal Care Centers of New York City, which contracts with the city to provide animal control services, reported a record 1,000 animals in…
Wyoming woman sues her town to let her keep her pet pygmy goat
When Venus Bontadelli and her husband moved to Powell, Wyoming, to be closer to family, they also hoped to find a reprieve from the "increasingly illiberal and imperious state of politics in California." But it…
States are banning retail sales of dogs and cats. It’s doing more harm than good.
When Mike Ricci wanted to buy his daughter a puppy, he discovered that in his state, "There were pet stores but none that sell puppies ." Ricci, being president of Stossel TV, investigated. He discovered that eight…
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