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ISTANBUL, Turkey –- Driver Bruno Senna is lucky to be alive after his car struck and killed a stray dog that ran onto the track Sunday at Istanbul Park during a race preceding the Formula One Turkish Grand Prix. The dog was running along th… Read more

DULUTH, Minn. –- A judge threw out a suit Friday brought by a man whose car was damaged when it struck and killed a dog, after emotional testimony by one of the defendants, a co-owner of the late miniature pinscher. Fester, a 13-pound dog w… Read more

Watchung, N.J. –- After comforting hundreds of patients during their cancer treatments, Inker, a nine-year-old Golden Retriever therapy dog, recently died of Canine Lymphoma. “He was still my best buddy,” Inker’s owner, Pat Dobson, t… Read more

LUTZ, Fla. -- An alligator that tried to make a Florida dog its dinner was removed from a small pond in the Heritage Harbor neighborhood Thursday by third generation trapper Mickey Fagan. Using a fish hook and beef tongue as bait, Fagan lure… Read more

CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. –- The family of a 10 year-old cat named Elmo said they’re not sure why a local police officer shot and killed their beloved pet. The purebred Persian apparently snuck out of owner Roger Odaker’s home late last week… Read more

NASHVILLE – It was the judgment the Smoak family was hoping for, but not the kind they ever wanted to hear. A federal jury awarded James Smoak $9,100 and found Sgt. David Bush guilty of using excessive force against Smoak. The… Read more