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NEWS ABOUT: pit bull

pit bull stories: 10 news summaries

 Sack Vick, 
 Feed a Dog: 
 Animal Shelter 

To raise awareness of pit bull plight, group will match tackles with food

Sep 10, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania animal shelter has put a price on Michael Vick’s head—sort of. Main Line Animal Rescue ran an ad in the Washington Post promising to donate five bags of dog food to local shelters every time a Redskin sacks Vick during their Oct. 26 game. “... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • Washington Redskins • football • donation • Philadelphia Eagles • dog food • quarterback • pit bull • animal shelters • dog fighting • National Football League • pro football

(AP) - Georgia, Handsome Dan, Curly and other pit bulls rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation are getting a shot at fame as stars of a line of boutique red wines. The Vicktory Dogs Wine Collection features colorful portraits of 22 dogs confiscated from Vick’s kennels that now live at... More »

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Michael Vick • wine • dogfighting • rescue dogs • pit bull

Advocates for
Pit Bulls Work
to Dispel Image

California couple uses Michael Vick's dogs to prove their point

Aug 16, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pit bull has long been considered a breed prone to violence—a generalization the Michael Vick case did nothing to help. But a California couple is working to show people that the dogs have become victims of stereotype and, more importantly, widespread abuse. And they're using some of the... More »

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Michael Vick • dogfighting • animal rescue groups • dog • pit bull

 Koreans Clone 5
 Little Boogers

World's first commercial clones

Aug 5, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean scientists have made the world’s first commercial clones, creating five copies of a heroic pit bull named Booger, the Times of London reports. The little Boogers were ordered and paid for—at an introductory rate of $50,000—by Hollywood screenwriter Bernann McKinney, owner of the... More »

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cloning • dog • cloned pets • pit bull • clone

 Texas Boy, 7, Killed by Pit Bulls 

Dogs, shot by police, said to belong to neighbors

May 19, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 7-year-old Texas boy was apparently mauled to death yesterday by two pit bulls, writes the Abilene Reporter. Police responding to a 911 call discovered Tanner Joshua Monk’s body on the side of a road, with two dogs nearby. The deputies were forced to kill the dogs, which belonged... More »

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Texas • children • death • animal attack • pit bull

Rapper DMX Arrested on Animal-Cruelty, Drug Charges

Cops take pit bull pups, find cocaine, marijuana, guns at Arizona pad

May 9, 08 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested rapper DMX early this morning on animal-abuse and drug charges, the Arizona Republic reports. Police seized five pit bull puppies, and unknown quantities of marijuana and cocaine from the house northeast of Phoenix. More »

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cocaine • animal cruelty • marijuana • hip-hop • DMX • rapper • rap music • pit bull • police raids

Woman Orders Clone of Beloved Dog for $150K

Korean company says it's the first commercial order for a cloned canine

Feb 15, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A California woman has placed the first order for a cloned dog with South Korean biotech firm RNL Bio, pledging $150,000 for a genetic duplicate of her dead pitbull, Booger, who once saved her from a dog attack, reports the BBC. Seoul National University scientists, who produced the first... More »

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pets • South Korea • cloning • dog • Seoul National University • cloned pets • RNL Bio • pit bull

Vick's Fighters Now Cuddlers

Fifty-plus dogs given second chance in new homes

Jan 27, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Many of the pit bulls Michael Vick illegally trained to fight have better days ahead, the AP reports. Experts have evaluated the more than 50 dogs taken from the quarterback’s property—and only one showed aggression. The rest were transported to rescue groups nationwide; 13 took an unlikely cross-country... More »

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California • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • dogfighting • SPCA • animal rescue groups • dog • pit bull

Georgia Man Fed Live Kittens to His Dog: Cops

Photo of dog with victim in mouth found on owner's cellphone

Sep 21, 07 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 21-year-old Georgia man has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty for allegedly trapping and injuring kittens before feeding them, alive, to his pet pit bull, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A search of his home turned up two pounds of marijuana, firearms and the mangled bodies of two missing... More »

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animal cruelty • Tye Hilmo • pit bull

Vick's Pit Bulls Could Face Euthanasia

Deadline today for 53 dogs to be claimed

Aug 23, 07 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 53 pit bulls seized from Michael Vick's property must be claimed today—otherwise they could be euthanized. A spokeswoman for PETA claims rehabilitation isn't an option for ex-fighting dogs. "It's widely accepted that euthanasia is the most humane thing for them," she said. More »

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Michael Vick • euthanasia • PETA • dogfighting • dog • pit bull

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