Winston The $100,000 Anniversary GiftImagine being given $100, 000 as an anniversary present. Melisa Ruppert was on the receiving end of just such a gift from husband Matt on their first wedding anniversary.The great gift came in the form of a Great Dane puppy.  Winston now 2 years old was chosen on Monday to be spokesdog for Milk-Bone the Del Monte Foods doggy snack.   It is fitting that the anniversary dog was chosen in the Del Monte Foods' 100th anniversary competition.  1... Read More

Puppy Mill Dogs Misery Ended.
More shocking examples of human greed and animal abuse have been shut down in Tennessee and Missouri.  Homes to hundreds of dogs kept in small stinking cages and given little to eat, these puppy mills are the most disgusting examples of animal exploitation for human profit.The ASPCA and local police have moved in to rescue dogs from these puppy mills and shut them down.  This is very good news for the hungry and loved starved dogs rescued.  However... Read More

Dogpile The Animals' Choice For SearchingJoin the $1 million goal of search engine Dogpile.Dogpile gets behind the ASPCA and aims to donate $1 million by the end of 2009.   With at least $200 000 being raised by the end of March.All you have to do to join the giving is switch your favorite search to Dogpile and surf as usual.  You don't have to do anything else that you are not already doing.   How hard is that for such a worthy cause?Dogpile made the news when it helped... Read More

Proof Of Evolution Shows Up In Wolves? Researchers investigate the genetic secrets of North American black coated wolves and come up with some interesting conclusions.
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The blackness comes from a genetic mutation of the gene that controls melanism. After discovering that this gene is responsible for melanism in dogs and also in the wild coyotes and wolves Dr. Gregory S. Barsh of Standford University and the researchers set out to discover where and when the mut... Read More

A New House Or A New Version Of Your Old Pet?This may sound absurd to some, but to the Otto's of Florida it was no contest.The descendants of of the late Edwin Otto, involved with the founding of NASCAR, are obviously not short of money.  However, when the opportunity presented itself they had no hesitation in cloning their aged Labrador Sir Lancelot.The couple won a Bioarts auction for the world's first commercially cloned dog.  The biotechnology company has currently 6 clients on its... Read More