Service Animals

5 Lesser-Known Facts About Service Dogs

Posted 03.22.2012

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From Mother Nature Network's Morieka Johnson: Service dogs accomplish pretty amazing feats on a daily basis. Bethe Bennett’s miniature schnauzer ...

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WATCH: Search And Rescuers Aided By 'Dogcam'

Posted 01.08.2012

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Looking at things from a dog's perspective may not be the first idea for those charged with an important task, but one company in the U.K. is helping ...

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Rats & Land Mines: Colombia Teaches Rodents To Sniff Out Explosives

The Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Early next year, anti-narcotics police will begin deploying squads of rats to sniff out land mines in remote areas of Colombia where leftist rebels an...

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Lawsuit: Denver Pit-Bull Ban Violates Americans With Disabilities Act, Unfairly Impacts Service Dogs

Face the State | Jared Jacang Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Both Denver and Aurora have laws banning pit bulls. The breed, they say, is so dangerous to the public that any dog displaying more than 50 percent of...

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Franken's First Bill: Service Dogs For Vets

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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Freshman Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced his first legislative initiative on Monday -- a bill to provide service dogs to wounded veterans. Franke...

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