Dogs, cats still commonly used in college labs
Despite easily available alternatives, more than half of American colleges and universities are using live and dead dogs and cats for teaching and training purposes — including animals that were once...
View ArticleBack to school: Top 10 pet-friendly colleges
It’s that time of year again — when students around the country head off to college, bidding farewell to mom, dad and, perhaps toughest of all, their dogs. Solution? Go to a pet-friendly college....
View Article“Dog Days” help ease campus homesickness
At Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, faculty and staff bring their dogs to school every Tuesday during September, gather on a grassy field and allow students to have their homesickness washed...
View ArticleNC college starts pet-friendly dorm
Lees-McRae College, located in the mountains of North Carolina, has designated its first pet-friendly dormitory, allowing students who live there to bring along their dogs, cats, birds, fish, ferrets,...
View ArticleUConn says high school’s husky must go
The University of Connecticut is insisting a high school in Clinton that uses a husky for a mascot come up with one that doesn’t look so much like the college’s trademarked dog head. The college,...
View ArticleAnother ‘random source’ dealer goes down
Two practitioners of one of this country’s most despicable occupations — even though it’s legal — entered guilty pleas yesterday and admitted they had been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by...
View ArticleCounseling students, one lick at a time
There’s a new counselor on the staff at Loyola University in Chicago, and he’s helping students cope with everything from homesickness to the stress of final exams. He’s a 5-year-old black Labrador...
View ArticleBomb-sniffing dogs coming to Ohio campuses
I’m all for dogs on college campuses, and all for campus security. But news that the governor of Ohio wants every campus in the state to have its own bomb-sniffing dog troubles me — mostly for what it...
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