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  DOG GIVES BIRTH TO ‘LIME GREEN’ PUPPY A  dog  has given birth to a  puppy  whose fur is a bright, garish shade of green. The unusual phenomenon occurred in North Carolina, US on Friday, when a white German Shepherd named Gypsy gave birth to a litter of eight puppies. The dog was in labour for three hours, her owner, Shana Stamey, told local news station  WLOS . Everything about the birth occurred as one could have expected, apart from when the fourth puppy made his arrival. The puppy was peculiarly born with lime green fur, an occurrence that may have happened due to the “meconium” in the mother’s womb, which is the earliest stool produced by an infant mammal. "The puppy's green hue is likely to have been caused by meconium, a puppy's first faeces which may be passed ahead of birth, or placental pigments," Daniella Dos Santos, president of the  British Veterinary Association . Ms Stamey said that while she knew the colour of the puppy’s fur “wasn’t harmful” she “had

  Have the Puppy Scams Spiked in the Pandemic? As the demand for pets has surged since the arrival of the coronavirus, consumer advocates are warning people to be wary of offers that seem too good to be true. A dog that was adopted in New Orleans during the early months of the pandemic as demand for pets increased because of stay-at-home orders. Credit... Chris Graythen/Getty Images Sylvia Lopez, who was laid off from her job this year because of the pandemic, saw an adorable pug puppy named Ted online. For $400, a price advertised as a promotion, she bought the puppy, and then paid more than $800 to have it flown from Virginia to her home in Texas, where she and her family were in quarantine. Thousands of dollars later, after additional fees and a crate payment, the emails from the “breeder” and the recommended “courier company” abruptly stopped. Voice mail and text messages were not returned. Ted never arrived, and Ms. Lopez’s requests for a refund were met with silence. “I was a tru

  The cocker copper! Badger the spaniel who was found dumped in a bucket is now on paw patrol after training as a police sniffer dog Rescued Badger the black cocker spaniel trained by the police as a sniffer dog Crime-fighting dog was dumped in a bucket as a puppy and saved by the RSPCA Found with three other pups in Redhill, Surrey, in July 2019, aged six weeks Starving, scared and sick, his future looked bleak when he was found dumped in a bucket as a puppy. But Badger the cocker spaniel has grown up to become a ‘crime-fighting hero’ after being rescued by the RSPCA and trained by the police as a sniffer dog. PC Steph Barrett, who works with Badger at Surrey and Sussex Police Dog Unit, said: ‘After a lot of love and training, he has regained trust in humans. He’s still got that cheeky side, but he’s obsessed with work. He makes me smile all day.’ +3 Badger the cocker spaniel has grown up to become a ‘crime-fighting hero’ after being rescued by the RSPCA and trained by the police as a

  Boy, 2, found infested with lice and 'barking like a dog' A two-year-old South Australian boy was found to have lice-infested hair, decayed teeth and sores covering his face and body in a "tragic" case of neglect, a court has heard. The infant also appeared unable to stand up and unable to speak, when located by police and taken to hospital in 2018. "They said he responded by barking like a dog," District Court Judge Paul Muscat said on Monday. The child's condition came to light after his mother travelled to Adelaide at one stage to live with the boy's grandmother. But Judge Muscat said the Department of Child Protection appeared to have been aware of concerns surrounding the ability of the boy's mother to care for him. He said various notifications indicated a history of a lack of supervision, the woman's drug and alcohol abuse, and concerns over the child's development. The child had lice-infested hair, decayed teeth, sores covering

  Florida Puppy Saved From Alligator's Jaws Gets Job as Deputy Dog to Teach Kids About Safety Gunner the 4-month-old puppy will help Florida's Lee Country Sheriff's Office teach kids about alligator safety, school bus safety, and more. he puppy who become famous for  surviving a shocking alligator attack  is making headlines again. This fall, Gunner the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy was grabbed by a gator while on a walk with his owner in Estero, Florida. Gunner's human, 74-year-old Richard Wilbanks, refused to let the reptile take his dog, wrestling with the gator and prying the puppy from its jaws. Footage of the daring rescue  quickly went viral and made Gunner famous overnight. The pup even caught the eyes of Florida's Lee County Sheriff's Office, which decided to make Gunner a "deputy dog" because of his "tenacity and fight for survival," according to a  Facebook post from the agency RELATED:  Florida Man Fights Off Alligator That

  Labrador Retriever Mix Gets Adopted After Spending 1,134 Days at Pittsburgh Shelter Capone the dog lived at the Animal Friends shelter in Pittsburgh for over three years until his adoption last week Capone the dog   | CREDIT: ANIMAL FRIENDS Christmas has come early for Capone the dog. After spending 1,134 days at the  Animal Friends shelter  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 10-year-old Labrador retriever mix was adopted last Thursday by a family who had been fostering the canine for several weeks. "They say good things come to those who wait ... and that couldn't be more true for our sweet Capone who FINALLY found his new family yesterday," the shelter  wrote  on Facebook on Dec. 11. Capone, the shelter's longest-term resident, arrived at Animal Friends in November 2017 and waited over three years to find his forever home. Capone the dog   | CREDIT: LINDA MITZEL PHOTOGRAPHY RELATED:  Rescue Pit Bull Named Tonka Adopted After Spending 216 Days in Shelter: He Is '