FREETOWN — A year ago, Nikki, a 9-year-old yellow lab, was scheduled for euthanasia at an area shelter, but thanks to Wayne Sorel she now spends her days brightening the lives of nursing home residents.
A West Tennessee prosecutor will not say whether he intends to press charges in the case of an Oakland police dog whose death may have been faked to collect a $5,000 insurance benefit. The Tenness
Since mid-June, Ginger Turnmire and seven of her fellow inmates have been without the four-legged charges that have lifted spirits at a prison for women in Memphis. Dogs — plucked from an animal shelter and delivered to the prison for six to eight weeks of training to make them more adoptable — have been missed. [...]
EAST ALTON – Dave Kuehnel doesn’t think of himself as a hero, but an ordinary man who rescued a woman being mauled by two pit bulls. “It’s human nature to come to the aid of someone who needs it,” Kuehnel said.
Meet Virgil, a four year old German Sheppard who has been with the Houston County Sheriff’s Department for the past year and a half.