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Saturday Survey: What do you do when you find a stray?
A friend of mine recently had to take a stray to the pound after she had him listed in the newspaper lost & found for a few days. No one picked him up, and she already has a houseful, so she had to take him in. What about you? How do you handle strays and / or drop-offs at your house?
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Hero Pit Bull
How many stories do you ever read about Pit Bulls that have a happy ending? Check out this story from the Orlando Examiner.
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Dogs on the Reservation
Steven Sable has designed a photography exhibit called “The Rez Dog Biographies” to highlight the plight of desert strays. What got Sable interested in the topic? On a landscape photography trip in the desert Southwest, he stopped to take a picture of a deserted highway in Arizona. Along came a stray to see him, and Sable, an animal lover, adopted the dog on sight. Although the sheltie/corgie mix was only about 3 years old, her teeth looked like they belonged to a senior citizen.
11-year old student reviews “A Dog’s Life: Autobiography of a Stray”
From NPR: Fifth-graders at Isaac Dickson Elementary School in Asheville, NC wrote about the imaginary personalities they most admire. They then recorded their stories at WCQS, the local public radio station. One student, Mark Federman, chose the dog Squirrel from “A Dog’s Life” because he felt a special bond with the dog.
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