The confrontation unfolded at about 12:34 a.m. on Tuesday near the Warm Mineral Springs Motel in North Port, according to statement by Sarasota County Sheriff’s spokesman Douglas Johnson.

Goodwoof is a doggie dream (Picture: Toby Adamson/ Goodwoof)It’s renowned for its fabulous estate, racetrack and Festival Of Speed, but glorious Goodwood is now hosting a new event – an inaugural celebration of all things doggy.

It all happened when he visited Harriman State Park with Troop 1254 from Cooperstown in early May. Ayers said he was sleeping outside with his fellow scouts when he awoke to see a bear, who had apparently been looking for food around their campsite.“It moved my friend John, and then it moved me — but instead of grabbing my sleeping bag it grabbed my leg and it bit me,” Ayers told NBC New York.

"It had likely been this way for a long period of time, and would have been extremely painful.“She also had overgrown nails, and a number of other health conditions which were causing her an extensive amount of suffering.

Custard Cream was in a terrible state with overgrown matted fur (Image: HOPE RESCUE) Rescuers even feared for the life of the pooch and her unborn pup (Image: HOPE RESCUE)Ms Rosser said: “You never know what you’re walking into when you’re asked to come and collect dogs but the conditions we came up against during this rescue were absolutely terrible and unacceptable.

The Victorian government has announced the state’s first pet census to gather crucial information about owners and their furry, feathered and scaly friends.

The disturbing attack took place in the Orchard Park estate in Hull, East Yorkshire, and is being investigated by the RSPCA.For more stories like this, check our news page.

Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was shot in her car on Sunday (Picture: Mexico Government) She was believed to often look after stray cats and dogs such as Chato (Picture: @moralesyo / Twitter).

The event will be held later “due to the surge of the omicron variant in New York City,” it said.

German Shepherd Gunther VI enjoys a luxurious life in his mansion when he's not at his "main home" in Tuscany.

The preliminary investigation indicates the child was attacked by a family pet (dog),” according to a statement from the Creek County Sheriff’s Office.The sheriff’s office said it was working with the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office in the investigation.

A mountain gorilla whose picture went viral after she photobombed a park ranger’s selfie has died at 14.Ndakazi “took her final breath in the loving arms of her caretaker and lifelong friend, Andre Bauma,” a statement from the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday.

A Chinese programmer developed an application that is capable of interpreting whether a cat is in a good mood and recognizing its emotional state.Even a Weibo user joked saying "Is it possible to create another application that can recognize the emotional state of my girlfriend?

Alati said she used her phone to video the snake as it extended its body from the shelf into the aisle before reporting the intruder to supermarket staff.“I said: ‘I’ll go get my snake bag.’ I think they thought I was a bit crazy to be honest.

Jack Hanna, the director emeritus of Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, has been diagnosed with dementia now believed to be Alzheimer's disease , his family announced Wednesday on Twitter."Doctors have diagnosed our dad, Jack Hanna, with dementia now believed to be Alzheimer's disease.

Florida is known as a state with a fondness for the exotic, from its long history of accommodating religious cults to the Bubble Room restaurant where every day is Christmas Day. But now time is running out for one type of eccentric Floridian: those who own or breed exotic and invasive reptiles and other non-native animals.

Due to a massive conservation effort in the 1990s, the panther population is now growing in Florida.The stunning photos are published in the April 2021 issue of National Geographic.For more rare photos, pick up the April 2021 issue of National Geographic.

Up to twenty bags have had to be cleared from the estate (Picture: PA)Andy puts it down to the fact that there are fewer people outside during lockdown so the dog owners don’t feel like they are being watched.

Next to a gallery of pictures of the missing dogs, whose names are Koji and Gustav, she posted Friday on , Gaga reiterated her offer of a $500,000 reward for their safe return.

The results may lead to a larger study for further investigation (MDD / Neil Pollock)Dr. Claire Guest, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Medical Detection Dogs and the lead author on the study, said, ‘This study showed that a dog’s nose could hold the key to an urgently needed, more accurate, and non-invasive method of early prostate cancer diagnosis.