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A trio of talented pooches from the Bermuda Kennel Club are heading to the world’s largest dog show in Britain next month. After qualifying through the 2015 Bermuda Dog Shows, the candidates will represent the island at the 125th annual Crufts, takin...

Allison Whited got a startled look when she asked her boss for time off — to wash chickens. She needed a week to beautify her brood of 50 for the Bermuda Poultry Fanciers Society show this weekend. “The people at work were like, ‘You’re taking a week...

Kristi Graber has an ace up her sleeve when she meets with children — a four-year-old Maltese called Mala. The toy dog has worked with the special needs therapist and teacher since she was a puppy. “I noticed that therapy dogs would come in to visit...

A neighbour who says she witnessed an attack by a pitbull on a little boy has rejected claims from the child’s father that bystanders did nothing to help. The woman said she heard the eight-year-old’s “heart-wrenching screams” on Sunday afternoon and...

A father told yesterday how his eight-year-old son ran home alone “bloodied” and “terrified” after he was bitten repeatedly by an illegal pitbull that broke free from its tethering in a friend’s garden. The man said witnesses who claimed to have seen...

An illegal pitbull was surrendered to the dog wardens over the weekend after it attacked a young child. The boy was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s emergency room after the attack that occurred on Sunday in Southampton. The Ministry of H...

A pair of illegal pitbull-type dogs seized in Bermuda have found a new home in the United States. While the exportation is being celebrated by Punish the Deed not the Breed Bermuda, the animal advocacy group is renewing its call for a dog amnesty. “K...

The Bermuda Poultry Fanciers Society is to hold its annual competition this month and the deadline for entrants is today. The event is due to take place at the Jack King Building in the Botanical Gardens on February 19, 20 and 21 and will include tu...

The Bermuda SPCA is offering financial assistance to private cat owners to have their pet spayed or neutered as part of the organisation’s CatSnip programme. The overpopulation of cats in Bermuda presents a problem according to the SPCA as there are...

Despite his efforts to live a quiet existence, Louis “Cowboy” Perinchief was a familiar face in the community. The father, grandfather and great-grandfather, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 86, was praised yesterday for his contributions to...

Good-natured pitbulls could get dropped from the Bermuda Government’s list of banned pets, according to a proposal now under review. At present the animals are among several classified as prohibited breeds, and are subject to being euthanised. The po...

Dog wardens have called on a Southampton neighbourhood after a woman was mauled by a loose dog on the Railway Trail. All dogs in the vicinity of the attack near Riviera Road were “legal and secured” when officials visited. Anyone with information is ...