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		<title>Dog-kicking officer ordered reinstated</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/02/07/dog-kicking-officer-ordered-reinstated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled today that Charles Jones, shown above kicking his State Highway Patrol dog in September 2007, and fired shortly thereafter, should be reinstated. And with back pay. Jones was fired after another trooper turned over two 15-second video clips of him suspending his K-9 partner, Ricoh, from a railing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio moves closer to ending pit bull ban</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/02/01/ohio-moves-closer-to-ending-pit-bull-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=36017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pit bulls have come a step closer to being viewed like any other dog under Ohio law, with a state Senate vote to remove references that define them all as vicious. On Tuesday, the Senate voted 27-5 to change that definition by removing the reference that singles out pit bulls, WNWO reported. State law currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pits: Marlins pitcher can&#8217;t live in Miami</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/01/24/the-pits-marlins-pitcher-cant-live-in-miami/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=35834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Marlins have welcomed Mark Buehrle to Miami, but his dogs are another matter. One of the former White Sox pitcher&#8217;s four dogs is a pit bull, and &#8220;pit bull types&#8221; are banned in Miami-Dade. So Buehrle, his wife Jamie, their two young children and four dogs are residing in nearby Broward County &#8212; but making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hayden urges Gov. Brown to look at his dog</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/01/24/hayden-urges-gov-brown-to-look-at-his-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=35853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former state senator Tom Hayden urged California Gov. Jerry Brown not to repeal a state law that requires shelters to keep dogs and cats six days before euthanizing them. Hayden posted a video online urging Gov. Brown &#8211; an avowed dog lover who features his Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Sutter, on the official governor&#8217;s website &#8211; to take a look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit argues dogs are more than &#8220;property&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/01/05/lawsuit-argue-dogs-are-more-than-property/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/01/05/lawsuit-argue-dogs-are-more-than-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=35395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Elena Zakharova says her dog Umka deserves to be compensated like a human for her pain and suffering. And the lawsuit she&#8217;s filed in a New York court seeks just that. Zakharova says an upper East Side pet store sold her a Brussels Griffon with bad knees and hips, which she believes are a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tornado survivors aren&#8217;t welcome in this town</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/12/15/tornado-survivors-arent-welcome-in-this-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/12/15/tornado-survivors-arent-welcome-in-this-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=34677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A tornado that whipped through  Joplin, Missouri, spared Kain, a pit bull, and Kita, a Rottweiler, even though the house collapsed around them. Less forgiving is the town of Carl Junction, where their displaced family moved afterwards &#8212; only to find out that pit bulls and Rottweilers are illegal. Carl Junction is one of many cities and towns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victorious: A g&#8217;day for dogs in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/11/13/victorious-a-gday-for-dogs-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/11/13/victorious-a-gday-for-dogs-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=33591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Appalled at the images of abused and helpless puppies in Australia, Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu vowed last month to crack down on puppy mills. Baillieu outlined his tough new proposals at the Lost Dogs&#8217; Home in North Melbourne last month, calling them &#8220;some of the strongest laws ever introduced to protect animals from abuse and neglect.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Service dog barred from Grand Rapids eatery</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/11/09/service-dog-barred-from-grand-rapids-eatery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=33502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back to Michigan we go for another tale of shameful behavior &#8212; that of another service dog getting kicked out of a restaurant. Frank Eckl, his family and his service dog, Spruce &#8212; who helps Eckl, a veteran, detect and recover from seizures he believes are a result of contact with chemicals in the Gulf War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chamberlin&#8217;s new wheels</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/10/12/chamberlins-new-wheels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=32593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chamberlin, the pit bull mix who was once the subject of severe neglect, is getting plenty of attention these days. We took you last month to the court hearing for one of the two owners accused of letting him nearly starve to death in his own back yard. That neglect &#8212; while it led to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine law aimed at wiping out wolf hybrids</title>
		<link>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/10/11/maine-law-aimed-at-wiping-out-wolf-hybrids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/10/11/maine-law-aimed-at-wiping-out-wolf-hybrids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwoestendiek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying a wolf hybrid has become illegal in Maine, but it&#8217;s going to take a while for them to disappear from the state, if they do at all. The law requires current owners to have the animals neutered and prohibits the purchase of dog-wolf mixes, except by those with special wildlife-in-captivity permits. The law was passed after concerns [...]]]></description>
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