US President Joe Biden and First Lady Biden announced on June 19th, 2021, that their pet, German Shepherd, Champ, has died. He was 13 years old. “Our family lost our loving companion Champ today. I will miss him”, the President wrote on his Twitter page. Champ died in the Biden’s home in Delaware where they were spending the weekend.
A woman from Manhattan’s Upper West Side was handcuffed and taken into police custody for merely taking her off-leash dogs to the park on August 4, 2021. Dora Marchand, 29, was walking her two Miniature American Shepherds, Comet and Sophie, without a leash in Riverside Park when a Parks Enforcement officer reprimanded her for flouting the off-leash rule in the park.
California passed a law that allows licensed veterinarians to run community blood banks where dog owners can have their pets donate blood. Veterinarians can then sell and transfer the animal blood or blood products where it is needed.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job openings in the pet grooming industry are increasing every year, with 65,000 job openings projected each year over the next decade.
An investigation published on February 2022 by the White Coat Waste Project (WCW) revealed that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent around $2.3 million in taxpayer’s money on research involving cruel experiments injecting cocaine to Beagle puppies.
Cases of humans saving a dog’s life are a commonplace occurrence. In a heroic twist of fate, however, an adopted German Shepherd returned the favor when she saved her adopter’s life when he suffered from a life-threatening stroke in the middle of the night.
After robbing millions of people of their jobs through workplace automation, robots are now going after jobs done by animals. This time, robots are going after seeing eye dogs, whose major role is to help people with visual impairments to navigate the world safely.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on June 14th, 2021, that they would prohibit the entry of dogs in 113 countries beginning July 14th. The prohibition would last for a year and is subject to periodic review. Some of the countries on the list include China, Peru, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Colombia, Indonesia, and Kenya.
Members of the US forces, together with their military dogs, have evacuated Afghanistan on August 16, 2021. This comes after US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops in the ravaged country that started in May 2021.
