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A state medical examiner said today that a Mount Pleasant man shot himself at a home southwest of Crawfordsville in early November. Investigators say 37-year-old Ryan Scarff and his girlfriend had a suicide pact. They believe after Scarff shot himself Nov. 3, his girlfriend then also shot him. Investigators say she shot him while in a “state of [...]
Some shelters, which include ones in the Triad, were told to stop using their carbon monoxide chambers until they were properly inspected.
LAND O' LAKES - Saying the county animal shelter's adoption rate is "alarmingly low," a local veterinary group wants to reduce the number of animals euthanized each year.
GULF SHORES, Ala. -- An Illinois man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend Wednesday night in a Gulf Shores motel room, police said. Gulf Shores investigators said Friday that Terence Jay Wheeler, 46, and Christy Greenholdt, 43, may have traveled from Hillsboro, Ill., where they reside, to Gulf Shores to carry out a suicide pact.
Several Triad animal shelters have been warned that their use of carbon monoxide chambers to euthanize animals didn't comply with new state rules.
Nov. 19, 2009 -- The Christian Reformed Church in North America?s Disability Concerns office has issued an action alert, asking church members in Canada to contact lawmakers to register their protests against a bill legalizing euthanasia that is now making its way through the Canadian Parliament.
WASHINGTON — Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from...
WASHINGTON -- Eric Holder -- distinguished prosecutor, judge, foe of public corruption, basketball enthusiast, mentor to disadvantaged youths -- seemed a reassuring choice for attorney general. When Holder affirmed during his confirmation hearing that America remains at war with terrorists, Sen. Lindsey Graham enthused, "I'm almost ready to vote for you right now." So how did Holder become the ...
Global warming is "inextricably linked" to food security, Seychelles President James Michel said Monday, lamenting reports that no binding agreement is expected at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen next month.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.The institute, America’s most potent advocate of limited government, embraced Eric Novack’s idea for protecting Arizonans from health care coercion. In 2008, Arizonans ...
A lawyer says an 86-year-old Las Vegas man will plead guilty to fatally shooting his 80-year-old wife last September in a botched suicide pact.
Concerned that it is becoming a destination for "suicide tourism," Switzerland wants to tighten its decades-old assisted-suicide law. But Swiss citizens are not so sure they want a change
A Las Vegas man who told police he killed his wife during a botched suicide pact plans to plead guilty, his attorney said Tuesday.
Video Brunswick County purchases refurbished gas chamber Body "As good as new" doesn't quite cut it for animal rights activists. There was confusion as to whether a gas chamber recently purchased by the Brunswick County Animal shelter was "new." Turns out, it was refurbished. Before the chamber arrived at Brunswick County it belonged to a shelter in Reidsville. But it was sent back to the ...
It's an issue almost every pet owner confronts at some time: How do you know when it's time to have your animal euthanized? "There isn't one factor that's going to stand out and say, 'Hey it's time,"' says Kim Intino, director of shelter services for The Humane Society of the United States.
WALHALLA —Animals at the Oconee County animal shelter now have better than twice the chance they once did of escaping euthanasia and finding a home.The euthanasia rate is just over 45 percent for the year, Capt. Mike Crenshaw, whose duties include oversight of animal control. The shelter has taken in 7,151 animals so far this year, with 3,248 being euthanized.The figure is still much higher than ...
