Smiles bloom when River rolls through town
Here’s a sweet little story out of Albany, Minnesota, where a dog named River — described as part pointer, part “Walmart greeter” — serves as both friend and inspiration to many in the small town....
View ArticleCharges dropped against veteran in Georgia who broke car window to save dog
Authorities have dropped the charges filed against a veteran who was arrested after breaking a window to save a dog left inside a hot car in a shopping center parking lot. Michael Hammons, 46, an Iraq...
View ArticleTrying to save his dog, man in wheelchair is killed by train in California
A man in a wheelchair who witnesses say was trying to save his dog was struck by a train and killed Friday. Jim Boswell, an amputee who lived at a mobile home park in Wheatland, Calif., was said to be...
View ArticleOwners surrender dog at Florida shelter, then take her wheelchair home with them
When I hear about someone surrendering their dog at an animal shelter, I do my best — though it’s not always easy — to withhold judgment. Maybe that person or family is facing some hard economic times....
View ArticleParaplegic employee quits after Baltimore hospital says he can’t bring his...
Before the well-known Baltimore institute hired him as an employee, Marshall Garber had been a patient at, supporter of and spokesman for Kennedy Krieger’s International Center for Spinal Cord Injury....
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