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[Link] Shitposting Shiba Inu Accounts Chased a Russian Diplomat Offline

Read: 12/7/2022 www.vice.com

An unofficial army of cartoon Shiba Inu dogs is making life hard for people who post Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine online.

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[Link] Community groups in some states rehoming more greyhounds than industry programs, report suggests

Read: 20/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Industry-led programs to rehome retired greyhounds helped just 2,000 dogs across Australia last year and were outperformed in the two biggest racing states by community-run services operating on threadbare resources, a new report claims.

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[Link] California teen who pushed bear off fence: ‘I didn’t know I had it in me’

Read: 3/6/2021 www.theguardian.com

A California teen who shoved a bear to protect her dogs spoke out on Wednesday about the split-second decision to save her pets.“I was just shaking so much, I didn’t know I had that in me. I still couldn’t believe that I pushed a bear,” Hailey Morinico said in a television interview.

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[Link] Bristol’s Kill The Bill protest movement has its own ‘Matapacos’ riot dog

Read: 7/4/2021 phoenix.coop

On 27 March, a protester at Bristol’s Kill the Bill demo was seemingly defended by a police dog. The canny hound turned on a police officer and bit him; this appeared to set the man free.

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