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Abandoned dog rescued from foreclosed home in North Ogden

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 2:25pm

NORTH OGDEN — A Shih Tzu dog that may have been left to fend for itself inside an abandoned house for nearly two weeks was taken into custody Monday morning by Weber County Animal Control.

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Syracuse councilwoman, mayor stick to guns on animal ordinance meetings

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 6:45pm

SYRACUSE — Maintaining she is on solid legal ground, Councilwoman Karianne Lisonbee has refused to recuse herself from discussions about changes in the city’s animal ordinance.

In a work session Tuesday, the first-term councilwoman stuck by her guns in defending her attendance at a Feb. 21 planning commission meeting, at which she offered input on language in the city’s ordinance relating to potential abuse of animals.

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Mindy Isakson took her 7-year-old son to the Clinton Pond to feed the ducks and was dismayed to find a duck with a 5-inch-long dart lodged in its neck. (Contributed photo)

Clinton Pond duck sporting 5-inch blow dart in neck

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 12:15am

CLINTON -- Mindy Isakson finds it disturbing to see a 5-inch-long blow dart lodged in the neck of a female duck splashing about in the Clinton Pond.

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Sandy man pleads guilty to stomping puppy to death

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 11:50am

WEST JORDAN -- A 42-year-old Sandy man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge amid accusations he stomped his girlfriend's Pomeranian puppy to death.

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