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Omnibus in-the-papers catch-up edition:

In China, the follow-up to killing 50,000+ dogs in Yunnan Province was to slaughter thousands of additional dogs in Shandong province: Sixteen die of rabies after dog attacks in E. China city: The local epidemic prevention authority has announced it will kill dogs within five kilometers of each affected village. via Shanghaiist.

Additional commentary from Shanghai Daily: ‘Dog Day’ in Shanghai Daily presents a mix of views from the staff at Shanghai Daily, some saying that this was a coverup by the government to account for not controlling the spread of rabies with vaccinations, others saying that this is a cultural clash between Western views of pets and dogs and traditional Chinese culture.

Dog Mauls Bears

Dog goes berserk, destroys Elvis' teddy bear. Barney, a six year old Doberman Pinscher guard dog at Wookey Hole Caves in Wells, England attacked a collection of teddy bears. From The Guardian Guard dog mauls Elvis's teddy in rampage:

Barney's mortified handler, Greg West, who took 10 minutes to get the dog back under control, said: I still can't believe what happened. Either there was a rogue scent of some kind on Mabel which switched on Barney's deepest instincts, or it could have been jealousy: I was just stroking Mabel and saying what a nice little bear she was."

Dog Mauls Bears! Teddy Bears, That Is, Maybe Even the King’s: Photographs of Barney in British newspapers on Thursday showed the Doberman with what might or might not be an expression of canine contrition, sitting on his haunches amid detritus of glass eyes, amber fur, stuffing and other ursine innards.

Elvis bear worth £40,000 mauled by guard dog: some bears had escaped relatively lightly - with Barney simply slobbering over them.

Other headlines:

• Dog wakes family during house fire. Daisy, a Bull Mastiff, woke 8 year old Katarina Scholz with barking to alert her to a fire in her bedroom. Two other dogs were killed in the ensuing fire.
• Tiny drug dog sniffs out big career: The Geauga County (Ohio,US) sherriff has added a 6 pound Chihuahua-rat terrier to its K-9 crew as a narcotics sniffing K-9. McClelland began training Midge for drug-detecting duties when she was just 3 months old, after reading about departments being sued by suspects whose cars or homes were damaged by larger dogs.
• Officer kills dog after being attacked by juvenile: A Chicago, IL police officer in pursuit of a suspect, shot and killed a Rottweiler who had been commanded to attack him by a local resident.
• Police dog killed by Cicero cop: Dago, a German Shepherd K-9 with the Countryside, IL police department, was shot by a Cicero, IL police officer during a chase of a suspect. The suspect remains at large. Also: Police dog dies in accidental shooting.
• Man snaps pups' necks, threatens to kill girlfriend: A St. Paul, MN whack job killed ten pit-bull puppies as part of an argument with his girlfriend by snapping their necks and tossing the corpses into a trash can.
• Man charged with cruelty for nearly beheading dogJeffrey Paul Jones of Macon, killed a mixed-breed bulldog named Emax to avenge the death of his chickens. Emax, a nine-year old mixed breed with a bad hip, was by Otis Redding III, and was killed some time between May 19 and May 20, 2006.