What the world needs are more classy-looking .22 LR sporters. There have been a few great ones, but they seem to be getting fewer and farther between. The .22 of my youth was a Marlin Model 81C, bolt action, tubular magazine. It was a big ugly club, but...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It seems Duke, who lives in Alaska, has taken to packing a custom Ruger .44 Magnum Super Blackhawk due to the need to defend himself against miscreant K-9s, and to take the odd caribou or Sitka deer to supplement his diet of dry dog food. Duke...
Yellow dog: BiV sifts through the myths/folklore from the prophecies surrounding Zion. She explains, "thousands of members of the Church still have in their minds the romantic picture of walking to Jackson County in the latter days. With the announcement in the October 2008 General Conference of a temple to...
WEST VALLEY CITY -- Animals kept in the 40-year-old shelter here are often unintentionally sprayed with water and medical disinfectant when their cages are cleaned daily. Hundreds of dogs and cats kept in fewer than 100 chain-link cages then become wet and frightened, and are likely to...
A bus driver helped save a 10-month-old boy from the mouth of a pit bull terrier which "went berserk" and bit eight people in south London. The dog, said to be named Asbo, dragged the child around in its mouth as a group of men, including the...
Hit & Run... When a group of migrationally-confused penguins were found in north Brazil this week, the authorities commissioned a Hercules military aircraft to return 373 of them to colder climes. Ferrying penguins around surely presents a logistical problem. How do you, well, pick up a...
Home And Away We run two holiday cottages out here in Herefordshire, which offers a marvellous insight into the psyche of the Great British Public, not least as it concerns pets. We decided from day one that we would accept dogs, which was an unwittingly shrewd...
*In an outburst toxic enough to pollute all of Alaska's Inside Passage, the former actress Brigitte Bardot has called Sarah Palin "a disgrace to women" and "dangerous". It seemed it was Mrs Palin calling herself a pit bull with lipstick that got up the screen legend's snozzle. "I know dogs...
Anything that causes an emergency visit to the vet is serious. But some emergencies also leave you scratching your head. Veterinary Pet Insurance has started keeping track of some of the more unusual claims that come in, picking a monthly "winner." At the end of the year, the public can...
SANDY -- The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an animal control ordinance that restricts dangerous dogs based on their behavior rather than their breed. A similar ordinance that would have banned breeds such as Pit Bulls and Rottweillers was voted down in July after animal...
LAYTON -- Parents say they believe their children's route to school is fairly safe, but many adults choose to walk or drive their kids to school anyway. "I feel safer walking them. Sometimes people don't stop at the crosswalk. And they speed," said Dannielle Reeves, as she...
OGDEN -- Firefighters rushed to put out a house on fire early this morning. The fire was reported by a neighbor about 12:19 a.m., the Ogden Fire Department said, at a home at 1071 37th Street. "The neighbor who called 911 was able to...
HARRISBURG - A bill to overhaul the state dog law survived a last-minute attempt to remove its key provisions before being unanimously approved late last night by the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2525, raises standards for care in commercial dog-breeding kennels. It passed the state House of Representatives last...
A disgusting problem, to be sure ... which is why dog lovers and open space officials are working together to pick up forgotten piles of dog dung. After some complaints about the amount of dog poop left in the open space, members of the Walnut Creek Dog...
Name of business: Horsetown Tack Type of business: Full-line tack store Owners: Kelly and Grady Mykrantz Founded: September 2008 Address: 6675 Brentwood Blvd., Brentwood Phone number: 925-625-9900 ...
FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Students may have one entree, milk, and fruit and vegetables from the salad bar. Today: Turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy, cheese omelet with beef sausage, cheese pizza, dinner roll. Friday: Chicken burger with barbecue sauce,...
CONCORD --Two men robbed a Concord bank this afternoon, running away with an undisclosed amount of cash. The robbery took place at a CD Federal Credit Union at 1855 2nd St. about 12:40 p.m., police said. The two men walked into a bank and one pulled out...
SOME PEOPLE have this romantic idea of adopting the scruffiest- looking dog, taking him home, giving him the best bath of his life, and then lavishing love and attention on him for years and getting the same in return. Wait a second, that's no farfetched notion: It can be your...
OGDEN -- Firefighters rushed to put out a house on fire early this morning. The fire was reported by a neighbor about 12:19 a.m., the Ogden Fire Department said, at a home at 1071 37th Street. "The neighbor who called 911 was able to...
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