Nashville Paw News
February 22nd, 2010
LEOMA, Tenn. – Lawrence County animal welfare agents say approximately 50 animals were found living in a house on Richardson Road, south of Lawrenceburg. The dogs, which sold for between $500 and $1600 each, were seized on Saturday. Read the full story on the News Channel 2 website.
Tags: Animal Welfare, bust, lawrence county, leoma, news channel 2, puppy mill, rescue, seized, seizure
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February 22nd, 2010
Starting Feb. 23rd, please start passing the word- Tennessee has a brand new Spay Tennessee hotline. The toll free hotline number is 866-355-7729. The goal of the hotline is that pet owners all over Tennessee can call and get a referral to a low fee spay/neuter program or clinic in their area. The web site is spaytennessee.org. The hotline and the web site are programs of the Humane Society of Putnam County. They are working with SPAY DAY USA. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cookeville, hotline, hsus, neuter, putnam county, spay, spay day
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February 20th, 2010
On Wednesday, February 17, under the authority of the Washington County (GA) Sheriff’s Office, the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response Team assisted in the rescue of 26 Pit Bulls near Sandersville, Georgia. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: aspca, bully, cruelty, dogs, fighting, ga, georgia, pit bulls, pitbull, rescue, sandersville
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February 16th, 2010
On Feb. 11, Nature’s Variety announced a voluntary recall of their Chicken Formula Frozen Raw Diets for both cats and dogs. The recall affects packages showing a “BEST IF USED BY 11/10/10″ date stamp. According to the company, these packages may be contaminated with Salmonella.
For more information on the recall, please visit the company’s website.
Tags: cats, dogs, nature's variety, pet food, recall, salmonella
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February 11th, 2010
A farmer in Wartrace, TN is facing animal cruelty charges after a recent farm investigation. Read the full story online at News Channel 5.
Tags: abuse, animal cruelty, Animal Welfare, cattle, farm, farmer, neglect, tn, wartrace
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February 8th, 2010
Thanks to volunteers raising more than $5,000, dogs at Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC) are sleeping sound on 92 brand new raised Kuranda dog beds.
Volunteers from Friends of MACC, a 501(c) nonprofit group created to assist MACC in their efforts. (For more on Friends of MACC, read about them on page 10 of our December 2009 issue of Nashville Paw.)
Find the full story at The Tennessean here.
Tags: animal control, dog beds, friends of macc, kurdana, macc, metro, metro animal care and control, nashville, shelter
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February 5th, 2010
Looking for updates on animal rescue in Haiti?
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has begun posting photos, field reports and status updates via their Haiti website page. Check it out to see the progress being made thanks to your donations and to many rescuers!
Tags: aspca, haiti, rescue
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February 3rd, 2010
According to the Murfreesboro Post, a 14-year-old beagle was put down after suffering a beating from a man Friday off Primm Lane, a sheriff’s deputy reported. The article can be found here.
Tags: abuse, animal cruelty, beagle, murfreesboro, rutherford
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February 3rd, 2010
Tuesday night, Metro Council unanimously banned the outdoor/roadside sale of domestic animals, such as cats, dogs and small “pocket” pets within Nashville.
The bill was sponsored by councilwoman Karen Bennett of Inglewood, who is also the founder of Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary in Hendersonville. According to a statement she gave The Tennessean, the ban “should give some animals a better shot at healthy lives and reduce the number of situations in which people adopt animals that haven’t been treated properly.”
Posted from The Tennessean. Read the full article here.
Tags: Animal Sales, Animal Welfare, ban, banned, karen bennett, nashville, outdoor, roadside, tennessean
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February 2nd, 2010
On Jan. 26, Chattanooga passed a bill that limits the amount of time a dog can be tethered per day. Read the story at the WRCB News Ch. 3 website here.
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