Golden retrievers help scientists track human disease genes

A team of EU-funded researchers has successfully identified a gene that triggers a skin disorder in dogs - and the findings could have implications for humans who also suffer from the condition. Whether it manifests in golden retrievers or in humans, the disease ichthyosis has the same common genetic basis; therefore, any new bounds made in understanding the condition in dogs are applicable to ...

Training service dog for dad became a labor of love for many

TORRINGTON — Lu Picard had always trained dogs as a hobby; after all, a hobby is something you love. So it would only make sense that training dogs would become her calling and her life’s work.

Vision for a future in Frankston

THIS nine-week-old puppy and his five brothers and sisters (pictured left) will never become Seeing Eye Dogs.

Chasing Florida's fast-flying pheasants

The gaudy-colored ring-necked pheasant leveled off from its flush and stretched out in full flight. Its long-tail waved in new-day golden light, the bird's distinctive staccato cackling spread loudly over the stubble field.

Big Island puppy farm owners connected to Waimanalo animal cruelty case

Back in business, some of the same people that were involved in the Waimanalo puppy farm case have started a new breeding facility at a different location...

Brooklyn Animal Shelter closing; pit bulls not 'vicious'; Medina Township man guilty of animal cruelty: Animals in the ...

Investigators say they found overcrowding, ringworm infestation and inadequate veterinary care and record-keeping at the Brooklyn Animal Shelter, which will close when its 17 remaining animals are adopted.