Is That Dog Barking Up the Wrong Family Tree?
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DNA testing, the same technology used in human paternity disputes and criminal investigations, is increasingly being used to verify canine bloodline claims.
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There once was a dog that was chained to a leash in its owner&#39;s front yard. A neighbor&#39;s child wandered onto the property - trespasses would be the technical word for it -â and started poking the dog in the ears, the eyes, the mouth.
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Blog: The species was changed. But it's controversial.
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Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers.
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The discovery also sheds light on the ancestry of modern brown bears, which has long puzzled researchers. A genetic analysis of the skull fragment indicates its owner was closely related to the brown bears
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Recently, a polar bear cub was rejected by its mother in a German zoo.  Had this happened in the wild, the cub would have been left to fend for itself, and would quite likely have died.  In this case, however, zookeepers decided to care for the cub by hand, a decision which has ironically prompted outrage from at least one animal rights group, who have suggested that it would be more humane to kill the cub, rather than allow it to become dependent on humans for its entire life.    This is an interesting point, and one which has dark but intriguing ramifications when applied to certain other species - namely, homo sapiens.  Artificially prolonging the lifespan of genetically inferior instances of the species runs counter to the purpose of evolution.  It makes us all weaker.
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The mastiff is not the tallest dog â that honor belongs to the Irish wolfhound, with the Great Dane close behind â but he may be the girthiest.
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There&#39;s a mystery in &quot;Benji: Off the Leash!&quot; and I&#39;m not entirely sure it&#39;s intentional. It is this: Which of the two starring balls of adorable tan fluff is the primo poochy? The closing scene literally spells it out, but the film could ...
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Â· DNA evidence useless, say family sourcesÂ· New spokesman launches vigorous defence of couple
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This is not your kid brother's (or your father's) Furby. Hasbro is rolling out a more advanced version this fall.
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It has long been suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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Tycho:  Our Turkey Triloging comes to a close with this, our denouement.  Gabriel is, of course, a caricature of the genuine article.  On the other hand, the grandma and the greasy fireman are only too real.  I sometimes wish that the fireman were less real, particularly when I am sent to the basement on an errand.
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By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  About this series "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors," somebody once said, "we borrow it from our children." We didn't always think that way, of course.
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ST. LOUIS - Cujo was a frisky 7-year-old when he sneaked out of his owners' south St. Louis yard in July 2000. Now, thinner and grayer and with a tale that would be fascinating if only he could tell it, the golden retriever is back with the Barczewski family.
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The quest to understand dog genetics will help scientists track down the causes of disease in canines and people.
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Man's best friend may also help  keep their elderly owners healthy, but only if the dog owners  regularly walk their pets, new research shows.
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"Let me just say this, it's gotten out of hand. I want nothing, nothing more than that dog returned to that family. But you don't resort to violence. So anybody out there, please stop that." Â Ellen DeGeneres, on her canine controversy. A pet rescue agency received death threats this week after taking back the dog that DeGeneres adopted and later gave away to her hairdresser.