Family dog swam into Tsunami, saved girl: India In the aftermath of the deadly Tsunami in South East Asia, stories of heroism include dogs:

'Prabhakaran was hit by the wave when he was out in the sea and saw his daughter, Mubbi, on the shore. He tried to get to her but the water engulfed him and he lost consciousness. “Some villagers saved me and they told me later that my dog Ramu saved my daughter,” says Prabhakaran. Ramu had waded out as the waves receded to drag the floating Mubbi by the hair and out of the water. “Many people say God saved them but in my daughter’s case it was my dog ” says Prabhakaran. Today, Ramu is treated like a family member...' [Nepali Times] Related: The Blogger's Tsunami Challenge, Webloggers: Give to Tsunami Victims and I’ll Give Too[ ]via The Shifted Librarian] (we gave right away and already volunteer every week, but if I had time, I'd donate art to Wet Canvas, which is auctioning art to raise money for Tsunami victims ... )

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Keep your dog off my property or else! MA On Sunday, seven minutes after phoning in his threat, an irate neighbor carried it out: Wielding a shovel, he bashed his neighbor's dog to smithereens, according to an assistant attorney prosecuting the case...

"When I looked out the window, he had the shovel over his head and then he was swinging it like a baseball bat.. Crash was backed up against our shed — he had nowhere to go.. ." [The Enterprise]

Martha's  Vineyard: Biodefense researchers investigate tularemia  MA Tularemia, sometimes called rabbit fever, is considered an ideal 'bioterror agent because it occurs naturally and can be cultured.'

'It is the unusually high number of pneumonic, or air borne tularemia, cases diagnosed on the Vineyard in recent years that has drawn to the Island the attention of researchers... ' [Martha's Vineyard Times] Related: Rabbit fever' alert to pet lovers throughout nation

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