US urged to stop removing vocal chords of dogs (VIDEO)

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New York City Launches New Bed Bug Website, Rules

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​The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have rolled out a new website to educate locals about bed bugs as the warm months approach and everyone starts to get itchy again.

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Abandoned deaf puppy learns sign language from deaf couple (VIDEO)

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Marie Williams and Mark Morgan, a deaf couple, rescued Alice, an abandoned 8-week-old deaf black and white springer spaniel from an animal rescue center in Ireland.

The couple has already taught Alice to sit down, sit up, come and roll over.

This video was uploaded to YouTube March 22, 2011.

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Missouri Legislature Poised To Repeal Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Referendum Continuing Missouri's "Puppy Torture Capital" Title

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Saying the new requirements would put the dog breeding industry out of business, the state Senate voted 20-14 on Thursday for a wholesale rewrite.

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Bed bug detection dogs (VIDEO)

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Bed bug detection dogs are specially trained by handlers to identify the scent of bed bugs.

Dogs smell in parts per trillion, something a human cannot do, and detect bed bugs through all life cycle phases from eggs to nymphs to adults.

Bed bug detection dogs are relatively new.

The National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association, states that there are over 100 dogs currently working in the U.S., but this number is increasing, while the International Forensic Detection Canine Association, based in the US, estimates well over 200 and counting.

Bed bug detection is complicated by the fact that the insects can hide almost anywhere. Bed bug detection dogs solve this problem because they are small and agile, finding bugs in places humans cannot such as wall voids, crevices and furniture gaps.

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It's Raining Cats And Dogs!

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Breakfast at Ginger's- golden retriever dog eats with hands (VIDEO)

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Will the Supreme Court Expose the Torture Photos?

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Obama's DOJ has battled to withhold images of detainee abuse. But the court could soon trigger their release.

For months, the Obama administration has been fiercely fighting to prevent the publication of around two dozen photos of American soldiers abusing detainees in Afghanistan and Iraq.

On Tuesday the Supreme Court justices will meet privately to weigh whether to hear the matter—and if they decline, the controversial images could be released within weeks.

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