It’s the sorry topic of conversation in the newsroom and across the Rogue Valley. What kind of a person would break into an animal shelter, set loose nearly a dozen dogs and then murder four? The snipped chainlike fencing on the dogs’ kennels tells the tale of the break-in. Several of the freed dogs were just pups. Four pups were apparently bludgeoned to death, their [...]
Have you seen the follow-up to last week’s story about the gal who cloned her dead pitbull, Booger. – and ended up with a litter of five Frankenpuppies? No? You gotta. It’s a doozy. Bernann McKinney’s story received worldwide media attention on Tuesday. Photos of the 57-year-old woman cooing over the dearly departed Booger’s week-old genetic mutants, cloned by a South Korean company for a cool $50,000, where splashed [...]
A tip from the two veterinarians, Drs. Darla Jochum and Adam Reiss interviewed for Saturday’s front page story about summer pet safety didn’t make it into the story. And a one thing mentioned our previous blog needs a bit of clarification – per the good vets. Starting with the later: This particular blog was was based on a press release from Animal Control regarding [...]
