| Crooks use the Web and puppies in scam
PHOENIX (AP) - Ads appearing in Arizona online and print classifieds offer English Bulldog and Yorkshire Terrier puppies and all you do is pay for shipping.The hitch is when contacted by e-mail, the giver says they're on a religious mission in Africa and they need a few hundred dollars to ship the dog. The con artists get the money, and the dog, if there ever was one, is never shipped.The Better Business Bureau and the American Kennel Club have issued warnings about the scam. .
Rottweiler Rescue Makes Landmark Announcement
A small team of Rottweiler lovers have announced today that they have become only the second Rottweiler based organisation to be given charitable status. Zepthepep, named in honour of the dog that inspired the charity, Zephyr (pictured), have thanked the rescue website www.dogsblog.com for their help in acquiring this important status. The Sheffield based charity has already re-homed 40 Rottweilers this year. John Swinhoe, who established the rescue organisation with his wife Mags, had this to say about their work so far. "We will do whatever it takes to match the right dog into the right home for that particular dogs needs. No dog is ever knowingly placed into a situation by ZRR, where it would be chained up, used as a guard dog, neglected or used in any other way that would be detrimental to the dog's health and well being.
Dan Brigham, the "Fish Man," has lived on the banks of Spring Run ...
Dan Brigham, the "Fish Man," has lived on the banks of Spring Run and Elk Creek for 20 years. A former fish commission employee, he dreamed of opening his own hatchery and purchased a site that had been used for that purpose. His property has the rough and ready character of a bygone industry: A former paved road is now covered with weeds and outbuildings half-conceal pieces of machinery. One of the outbuildings is the hatch house with between 4,000 and 5,000 trout fingerlings in six narrow tanks. Though he has used his own trout eggs in the past, he now buys fish eggs and grows them to the size of a slender finger. Spring water is pumped into the hatch house, 20 gallons a minute, but the raceway where the fish mature is fed by gravity -- 600 gallons of water per minute -- from the many springs nearby.
Rottweiler Rescue Makes Landmark Announcement
A small team of Rottweiler lovers have announced today that they have become only the second Rottweiler based organisation to be given charitable status. Zepthepep, named in honour of the dog that inspired the charity, Zephyr (pictured), have thanked the rescue website www.dogsblog.com for their help in acquiring this important status. The Sheffield based charity has already re-homed 40 Rottweilers this year. John Swinhoe, who established the rescue organisation with his wife Mags, had this to say about their work so far. "We will do whatever it takes to match the right dog into the right home for that particular dogs needs. No dog is ever knowingly placed into a situation by ZRR, where it would be chained up, used as a guard dog, neglected or used in any other way that would be detrimental to the dog's health and well being.
Air Canada Stops Beagle Shipments
Passengers recently protested the shipments, which had been going on for a number of years, The (Montreal) Gazette said Tuesday. The protests began last month when passengers on a May 21 flight from Montreal to Paris heard the dogs barking in the cargo hold during takeoff and landing. They reportedly saw 70 to 100 beagles being unloaded in Paris. .
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