Want to Bring a Dog to This Italian City? That Will Be $1.75.

Bolzano, in northern Italy, is considering taxing tourists’ dogs, and charging resident dog owners an annual fee as well.

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Florida Woman Fights Off Alligator to Save Her Puppy

Danie Wright was walking her Shih Tzu near a creek behind her home in Land O’Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday when an alligator attacked them.

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Wellness Culture Has Come for the Pets

With “collagen puptides,” raw meat diets and longevity supplements, some owners are going full Goop.

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Frisbee, Seth Meyers’s Dog and Andy Samberg’s Archenemy, Dies

The “Late Night” host announced her death on Instagram. Fans mused that the comic Andy Samberg, who famously hated his friend’s scrawny pet, was rejoicing.

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India’s Supreme Court Tells New Delhi to Round Up Stray Dogs

In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.

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Petunia Wins the Ugliest Dog Contest by Being Loved, Not by Looking Perfect

Rescued from neglect, the hairless bulldog claimed the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest title on Friday but her prize came long before the competition results were announced.

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LeShon Johnson, Ex-N.F.L. Player, Is Convicted in Major Dogfighting Case

Federal investigators said that they had seized 190 pit-bull-type dogs from the former running back, who previously pleaded guilty to state dogfighting charges in 2004.

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Pets, Like Dogs and Cats, Have an Environmental Cost. Here’s How to Lessen It.

Some pets have wide-ranging effects on the planet. Here’s how to lessen them.

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Grizzlies Were Raiding Montana Farms. Then Came Some Formidable Dogs.

Bears have recently acquired a fondness for the good eating found around grain bins on Montana’s plains. That’s a big problem for humans and grizzlies alike.

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As Cost-Burdened New Yorkers Give Up Pets, Shelters Turn Them Away

Many New Yorkers have been surrendering their pets because they can no longer afford to keep them, outpacing animal shelters’ capacity, a shelter official said.

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