1329. Winning The World's Ugliest Dog Contest
    
    
    
        
    
   
   
    Be Fearful if Fido is Flying in Cargo
   
   
   Bay Area
   
    NBC
   
   Investigative Journalist
   
    Elyce Kirchner
   
   reports on why the airlines are getting away with murder, literally. There is an incredibly high number of pets that don't come out alive after flying in the cargo compartment. We'll have the list of the top airlines and the worst.
   
   
    
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    "Pet" Dreams
   
   
   Puppy lovers have 'fessed up, they have "pet dreams" when they leave their four-legged friends behind on holidays. A new survey shows that eighty per cent of pet owners would cancel or change their travel plans if they could not trust someone to mind their pet. One in six pet owners would chat to their pet on Zoom while away on holidays. And one in seven confessed to having "pet dreams'' about their animal companions.
   
   
    
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    World's Ugliest Dog Contest Chronicled
   
   
   They're sooo ugly, they're cute.
   
    Vicki DeArmon
   
   has been the brainchild behind the wildly-popular
   
    Ugliest Dog Contest
   
   at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. Now she's taken the photos from these contests and printed them into a coffee-table book perfect for ogling.
   
   
    
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    Database Links Puppy Mills To Pet Stores
   
   
   The ASPCA announced the launch of a new Internet tool that allows consumers to link pet stores that sell puppies with USDA licensed commercial dog breeders. Consumers are able to search the database by pet store name, USDA license number, name of the breeding facility, or by zip code and specific breeds. They are hoping that this new tool will allow consumers to make informed decisions and refrain from buying puppies at pet stores.
   
   
    
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    Doc Halligan Fills-In
   
   
   TV Vet
   
    Dr. Karen Halligan
   
   fills in for the vacationing
   
    Dr. Debbie
   
   . She'll be answering your questions alongside Groomer
   
    Joey "Dogfather" Villani
   
   , Trainer
   
    Alan Kabel
   
   , and Communicator
   
    Joy Turner
   
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