Dog

LOGAN -- An ex-Smithfield animal control officer is being ordered to reading a book on animal cruelty following the death of a yellow Lab he said he accidentally left in an outdoor kennel.

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.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A dog running into traffic on a busy New Mexico freeway caused a chain reaction that led to a fiery crash involving a semi full of frozen meat that shut down part of the road and backed up traffic for nearly four hours, authorities said.

NEW YORK -- A protest outside the Westminster dog show aimed at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew about a dozen demonstrators Tuesday, plus a few pooches.

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A California family got the best -- and most belated -- Christmas present this year, one that has really put them in the mood to ring in the new year.

Ann and Craig Magnussen and their two teenage daughters were reunited two days before Christmas with a Chihuahua they lost five years ago. The dog named Taz showed up in the parking lot of the Berkeley Bowl supermarket in Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 23, a bit dirty and disheveled.

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.