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Government has significantly stepped up its seizures of illegal dogs in the past year, according to figures released by the Department of Environmental Protection. Animal wardens seized 136 dogs in 2013, compared to just 69 in 2012. And already this ...

A champion Bermuda dog is heading to Crufts for the second time this week — with an entourage of local supporters. Four-year-old Kali — whose full show name is Bermuda Champion Ulmarra Tropical Ice at Winton — will be cheered on at the world’s larges...

Health and Environment Minister Trevor Moniz has no plans to take pit bulls off the prohibited breeds list, despite a recommendation from dog experts to do just that. The Canine Advisory Committee advised his predecessor Sylvan Richards to take the m...

The owners of a confiscated pit bull which was put down amid public protest at the end of last year have had two more dogs seized and killed by Government wardens. Gina Davis and her son Reyel Bowen were devastated when chocolate brown puppy Hershey ...

January 30, 2014 Dear Sir, Surely the sad case of the pit bull killing the Yorkshire Terrier is being milked by The Royal Gazette (today’s front page)? We have heard from just about everyone involved – except the pit bull and the Yorkshire Terrier th...

A woman whose tiny pet was snatched from her arms and mauled to death by an escaped pit bull has called for owners of dangerous breeds to understand the potential for danger. Ieisha Tucker-Minors described the moment of horror as the loose animal, wh...

Prisons Commissioner Eddie Lamb has expressed his family’s “sincere regret” after their pit bull escaped from its kennel and killed a neighbour’s Yorkshire terrier in St David’s. Lieutenant Colonel Lamb told The Royal Gazette that the incident had “g...

A pit bull was destroyed by dog wardens yesterday after it killed a Yorkshire terrier in St David’s. The attack — in front of the Yorkshire terrier’s owner and her nine-year-old daughter — happened at about 3.30pm on Sunday on Texas Road, according t...

A six-month-old puppy who was seized by dog wardens on Friday is to be flown off the Island by its owners to ensure it isn’t put down. Owner Kim Mello posted a message on Facebook, accompanied by a photograph of her pet Isis, saying the dog was taken...

A black pit bull terrier is still on the loose after biting a man yesterday in what police say was an “unprovoked attack”. The dog attacked the 41-year-old man outside a home on Mission Lane, Pembroke, and then ran off. A Bermuda Police Service spok...