Dog Lost in New York Lake Swims 5 Miles to Safety

You shouldn’t go chasing waterfalls, or ducks — because the latter got Rosie the husky into a wet and scary situation. According toNEWS 10, Rosie and her owner Scott Crewell were enjoying an evening boat ride on New York’s Great Sacandaga Lake. On the trip back home, Crewell briefly removed the dog’s lifejacket because it was wet. “I started moving with the boat, listening for the ducks. I could hear them getting further and further away.

Dog Lover Gets Skewered Online Over the 'Neutered' Tattoo He Received in Solidarity With His Rescue Dog

Photo: Courtesy of Chris Mendiola When is one cut worth several million clicks? Chris Mendiola of Southlake, Texas, discovered the answer the hard way late last year after posting Facebook pics of him and his rescue pit bull, Bear, sporting matching tattoos of a universal symbol veterinarians use to mark pets that have been neutered. “Because Bear has a small tattoo on his underbelly, I wanted to get the same tattoo in solidarity, since I know that tattoo must have been painful for my dog,” Mendiola, 27, tells PEOPLE.

Dog Lovers Rejoice! The Puppy Bowl Is Returning for 2021

Puppy Bowl XVII contenders.Photo: Discovery+/Animal Planet/Elias Weiss Friedman “Paw"s everything — thePuppy Bowlis coming! The annual canine-powered sporting event is back and promises to be more action-packed than ever, airing onSuper BowlSunday, Feb. 7, ahead of the big game onDiscovery+and Animal Planet. During the three-hour special, 70 adoptable puppies from shelters across the northeast U.S. will compete on Team Ruff and Team Fluff to see who comes out on top and wins the coveted “Lombarky” trophy.

Dog Meat Slaughterhouse that Boasted About Drowning 200 Dogs a Day Is Shut Down

Photo: Kim Chhay/Four Paws The dog meat trade in Cambodia has taken another serious hit. Just two weeks after atruck carrying 61 dogs to slaughter was interceptedin the country’s province of Siem Reap, animal rescuers have achieved another major victory: a Cambodian dog slaughterhouse opened in 1995 was shut down on March 4. According to a release fromFOUR PAWS, which orchestrated the shutdown, the slaughterhouse is likely responsible for over a million dogs' deaths and once boasted about drowning upwards of 200 dogs a day to provide meat for Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh.

Dog Missing 5 Years Gives Birth to Surprise Puppy Days After Reuniting With N.Y. Owner

Photo: Jen Costa/Facebook Jen Costa recently reunited with her dog more than five years after the pet went missing and soon found herself with a second new pup on her hands. Now, the New York dog mom is looking for a way to remain with both of the pets permanently. Costa told PEOPLE that she lost her English bulldog Azzurra Diamante in 2016. The dog went missing shortly after Costa returned to her Nassau County home from the hospital following losing her entire tongue to oral cancer.