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TxDOT Will Start Widening the Mixmaster Just as Soon as it Convinces the SPCA to Sell That Esurance Billboard

At the beginning of the year, the SPCA moved out of its 40-year-old digs on Riverfront Boulevard and into a shiny new facility off I-30 and Hampton Road. The move served two purposes: For one, the SPCA had outgrown the outdated Dealey Animal Care Center and needed a larger, more modern space. But a ... More >>

Justice for Justice, the Burned Puppy, is Now Worth $25,000

There's nothing like the sad death of an adorable puppy to stir up the police, animal services and the media. That's certainly the case with Justice, the 4-month-old lab-terrier mix doused in lighter fluid and burned in a Pleasant Grove apartment complex on April 4. Justice suffered through a week o ... More >>

Justice, the Puppy Burned in Pleasant Grove Last Week, Died Last Night

The caretakers of the puppy who suffered third degree burns over most of his body were optimistic until the very end. But last night, Justice died after some of his wounds became infected and his condition worsened, according to a posting by DFW Rescue Me. The dog was rescued in Pleasant Grove last ... More >>

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"Urgent" Vacancies at Dallas Animal Services Still Vacant, But More Pets Are Finding Homes

Just last month, we learned that Dallas Animal Services had around 30 vacancies in shelter and field operations that urgently needed to be filled -- this, despite a RIF process in October that saw 53 people laid off and replaced with temporary workers. At Thursday afternoon's Animal Shelter Commissi ... More >>

The Thin Line Between Dog Rescuing and Dog Hoarding

With the city overrun with strays, Dallas' animal rescuers want to save dogs from cruelty and neglect. But some need to be saved from themselves.

Dallas PD, SPCA Notice "Disturbing Trend" in Cat Killings; Offer Reward In the Latest Case

​You may recall: Back in the summer of '09, there was a rash of cat killing across the city, with the animals often sliced in half and left in front yards. Dallas Police Department spokesman Senior Corporal Kevin Janse tells Unfair Park this morning those slayings went unsolved, which troubles the ... More >>

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Paradise Leashed

To Hell With The Music Scene's Good Intentions

Picture Show: City Tavern SPCA Benefit Show

Matt NagerRTB2, Slider Pines, Macon Greyson and plenty more bands filled out an all-day bill at City Tavern last Saturday, a fundraiser show for the Dallas SPCA.While bands played upstairs, the bar had a crawfish boil outside in front of the bar, and an SPCA Adopt-A-Pet RV was parked nearby. Check o ... More >>

Good Friday: The Mother's Day Weekend Edition

We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we'v ... More >>

SPCA Brings to North Texas 150 Dogs Rescued From an Arkansas Puppy Mill

Courtesy the SPCA of TexasTwo of the 350 dogs rescued from an Arkansas puppy mill this week; they will be up for adoption in coming days.Yesterday, the SPCA of Texas began transferring to McKinney 150 dogs seized from a Paris, Arkansas, puppy mill. In all, some 400 animals -- including miniature pon ... More >>

Tail Trot

Food For Thought...

"It's like shoes--you can never have too many." (Joanne Bondy, chef of the Gaylord's Old Hickory Steakhouse, bidding on a set of pots and pans from All-Clad at Sunday's SPCA Paws Cause silent action)

Sleuthing The Sleuths

Last evening I stopped by the SPCA's Paws Cause event--not only for the free wine, but also to show support...and glance at silent auction items from afar.One must live in a world other than journalism to bid on, well, pretty much anything--including rusted radiator parts.At one point in the evening ... More >>

High-Class Ballin'

Don’t worry, it’s for fur-friends and charity

Dynamic Duo

Ledoux and Pennigton unite at HCG

Raining Cats And Dogs

Paw-Studded Spectacular

Pet Flix offers the tales of many tails

Egg-cellent

Find secrets in the Galleria's garden

Still Going...

Nothing outlasts The NeverEnding Story

Man's Best Actors

Pets hit the big screen for charity

Scenes From An SPCA

Ruff Reels

Studded collars meet the silver screen

Get Snippy

Snappy Snips

Holly Daze

Watch & Wait

Back From the Dead

Rigor Mortis were once "Condemned to Hell"--and irrelevance--but the Dallas metal legends have risen

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Painted PAWS

Puppy Love

Dogs seek romance for owners

Catch a Ride

The Artrain rolls into Fair Park

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This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Fair Play

A reason to visit Deep Ellum during the daytime

Letters

Watchdog

Dallas SPCA's Dave Garcia and his investigators lead the charge against animal abuse

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

A Lost Cause

The SPCA uses Big Brother technology to find lost pets

Letters

Caged Animals, Good Neighbors, Their Finest Moment

Best Place to Get a Pet

Operation Kindness

Letters

Animal Farm, Police Story, All That Jazz

Best place to get a pet

SPCA of Texas

Caged and confused

While critics howl, the SPCA of Texas dreams of opening a rural animal utopia. Meanwhile, Dallas kills hundreds of pets every day.

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