FORT WORTH, Texas – Seven puppies died after flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet.
American said it contacted the shipper who put the puppies on a Tuesday morning flight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Chicago, and is investigating further.
Airline spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said Wednesday the shipper put 14 puppies aboard Flight 851, [...]

Toronto police have released details of what they’re calling a “suspicious incident” in the off leash area at Cherry Beach that might have been aimed at injuring dogs.
Police say a board laced with nails was found buried in the sand on Tuesday.
It was “a wooden board, with numerous nails driven through it,” said [...]

MACUNGIE, Pa. – A veterinarian says a dog trapped in a car on a 90-degree day in eastern Pennsylvania honked the horn until he was rescued.
Nancy Soares says the chocolate Labrador was brought to her Macungie (muh-KUHN’-gee) Animal Hospital last month after he had been in the car for about an hour.
She says Max’s owner [...]

BAGHDAD – Teams of veterinarians and police shooters have killed some 58,000 stray dogs in and around the Iraqi capital over the past three months as part of a campaign to curb an increasing number of strays blamed for attacks on residents.
The Baghdad provincial government said in a statement released Sunday that 20 teams have [...]

BANGOR, Maine – A spokesman for John Travolta says the actor's two dogs were leashed when they were run over and killed at Maine's Bangor International Airport.
Paul Bloch said Tuesday that the dogs were being walked from the tarmac to a grassy area when the accident happened last Thursday. The city says a service vehicle [...]