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Dear Cathy,

I am looking for your thoughts on what I find to be an increasingly unpleasant occurrence in my neighborhood. I am out walking with my 8-year-old Australian shepherd at least three times a day, varying the route so we canvass a large area of town. More and more, I am seeing dog owners picking up their pet's waste in ...Read more

(UPI) A Jeep crashed into a building in Wisconsin and the incident is being blamed on the inexperience of the vehicle's driver: a dog.

Sturgeon Bay Police said officers responded Wednesday to art museum Pearl of Door County, where a Jeep had crashed into the building.

The vehicle's owner told police his Jeep had been parked at a gas station ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers said a dog that went missing in Iowa was captured 100 miles away in Nebraska after the several failed attempts at apprehension caused the canine to flee.

The Nebraska Humane Society said the dog, named Ivy, escaped from her home in Sioux City on Feb. 12 and traveled 100 miles to the Omaha area during her 23 days on the ...Read more

(UPI) Firefighters in Florida said it took more than an hour and three separate attempts to rescue a cat that was stranded in a high branch of a tree for over a week.

Escambia County Fire Rescue said a crew responded Thursday evening to the call in Pensacola, where nearby business owners reported a cat had been stuck up a tree for over a week. ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in New Mexico said a days-long search culminated in the rescue of a dog spotted wandering loose with a large plastic container stuck over its head.

Cherished K-9 All Breed Rescue said volunteers became involved in the search for the yellow Labrador mix after Dona Ana County Animal Control was unable to capture the dog, ...Read more

Dear Cathy,

Every time there’s a commercial on television with dogs or animals in it, my Westie barks at it. I have tried using the leash when she barks and sitting her next to me. While she is on the leash, she behaves. But the minute I release her and there’s a commercial with animals in it, she is barking again. I have given her...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers teamed up with firefighters in Wales to rescue a cat who ended up stranded on the roof of a three-story building.

RSPCA Cymru said Inspector Gemma Black responded to a report of a cat in distress in the Adamsdown area of Cardiff and she arrived to find the feline, named Meuzza, stranded on the roof of a three-story ...Read more

(UPI) A Chinese zoo's wolf enclosure is gaining attention online after a visitor captured video of a domesticated dog in the enclosure labeled for its wild canine cousins.

A video posted to Chinese social media by a visitor to the Xiangwushan Zoo in Xianning, Hubei province, shows the dog, which appears to be a rottweiler, resting in a cage ...Read more

(UPI) A cat that went missing from her New Jersey home four years ago was reunited with her owner when she turned up at a Pittsburgh shelter four years later.

The Animal Friends shelter in Pittsburgh said the cat, named Nova, went missing from her owner's home in New Jersey just before Christmas 2016, and despite numerous searches of the area ...Read more

Dear Cathy,

I have a Pomeranian named Winston who I am very bonded to. My boyfriend has a labradoodle named Puddles who is very sweet but needs lots of love and attention. We have all been living together for a year now. Any time I’m giving Winston attention, Puddles inserts herself between us and pushes him out of the way. With my ...Read more

(UPI) A police officer in Florida came to the rescue of a swimming coyote by using a patrol boat to guide the struggling canine back to shore.

The Sarasota Police Department said a concerned charter boat captain called the department to report a possible dog stranded in the New Pass area of Sarasota Bay, and Officer Ron Dixon from the marine ...Read more

(UPI) Firefighters in Utah said they used a ladder to rescue a cat that had been stuck in a high branch of a tree.

The Weber Fire District said a member of the public visited Station 66 and told firefighters the feline had been stranded for at least four days.

The district shared photos showing the firefighters using a ladder to reach the cat ...Read more

(UPI) A stray cat found on a California resident's porch was scanned for a microchip and reunited with her owner -- 15 years after she went missing.

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control said Officer Luis Leal responded to a call recently about an injured stray cat on a Palmdale resident's front porch, and Leal brought ...Read more

(UPI) An Oregon man captured photos of his unusual encounter with an extremely rare animal: a Sierra Nevada red fox.

Alan Miles, of Bend, said he was in the parking lot of Skyliner in Mount Bachelor when he saw another person taking photos of an animal.

"I saw a lady taking a photo of this animal on the hill, looked up and it was this very ...Read more