Marley factually erroneous, politically correct
If you’ve read the book, then see the movie, you may notice that while Marley is still shown with all his behavioral warts on the big screen, the story has been sanitized in at least one way: The real...
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In a country of more than a billion mostly poverty-stricken people, the status of dogs – purebreds at least — is reaching new heights. India, home to nearly half of the world’s hungry, has seen a...
View Article“G-Force” could lead to surge in guinea pigs
Animal shelters, already swamped with dogs and cats, are bracing for an onslaught of guinea pigs as a result of the new Disney movie “G-Force.” The movie depicts a squad of specially trained, guinea...
View ArticleDalmatians go from shelter to show business
The Walt Disney movie, “101 Dalmatians,” led to a pretty well-documented surge in their popularity, followed by a surge in members of the breed being dropped off at shelters and rescues. When it...
View ArticleThree years later: Pedigree dogs re-exposed
When “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” aired in 2008, highlighting many of the health problems that inbreeding has led to in purebred dogs, it was a watershed moment — at least in Great Britain. The RSPCA and...
View ArticleCan you spot Dalmatian Man?
He doesn’t have 101 – not yet – but Nelson Vergara, a.k.a. “The Dalmatian Man,” has 42 of them as of the latest count, all living in the back yard of his modest home in Santiago, Chile. The unemployed...
View ArticleMarley factually erroneous, politically correct
If you’ve read the book, then see the movie, you may notice that while Marley is still shown with all his behavioral warts on the big screen, the story has been sanitized in at least one way: The real...
View ArticleIt’s a life of luxury for many dogs in India
In a country of more than a billion mostly poverty-stricken people, the status of dogs – purebreds at least — is reaching new heights. India, home to nearly half of the world’s hungry, has seen a...
View Article“G-Force” could lead to surge in guinea pigs
Animal shelters, already swamped with dogs and cats, are bracing for an onslaught of guinea pigs as a result of the new Disney movie “G-Force.” The movie depicts a squad of specially trained, guinea...
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