KOMO News ran a story yesterday about how the fifth graders Breidablik Elementary School in Poulsbo transformed their sorrow over a the death of a dog to generosity to help another dog in need.
Several news outlets reported yesterday that King County prosecutors filed animal-cruelty charges Margaret Ann Hamilton a dog breeder and a past judge for the American Kennel Club. Prosecutors said she hoarded more than 100 dogs at homes in Issaquah and Burien.
The Seattle Times reported today that online behemouth and Seattle-based Amazon included a dog park in its plans for a 3.3 million quare-foot office complex presented to the city's advisory Downtown Review Board last night.
Landscape architect Mark Brand said the park "is not only for Amazon employees but for the neighborhood. There's a lot of demand."
KING5 reported today that an Everett family was reunited with it's Boston Terrier that had been missing for over 2-1/2 years.
Kendra and Justin de Jonge's dog Stormy went missing when Kenda let her outside while she went in to get the dog's leash. After an extensive search they accepted the fact that Stormy was probably dead, and they eventually got 2 more dogs.
The Bellingham Herald reported yesterday that 10 inmates at the Cedar Creek Correction Center near Olympia are training service dogs "to help returning Afghanistan and Iraq War veterans cope with their injuries – including post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries."
I love the fact that Ashley Judd calls out not only the cowards who threw the dog from their car but also the people who saw it and did nothing:
"It is almost unbearable," she said. "It defies individual and collective humanity to know not just Walter but a lot of animals are treated this way." She continued, "He has been starved for months and it is absolutely inexcusable both by the people who did it, or any neighbor or passerby who did not intervene."
Landscape architect Mark Brand said the park "is not only for Amazon employees but for the neighborhood. There's a lot of demand."
