LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember that old song, “How much is that doggie in the window?” For most Americans, it seems it’s no sale. More than half of people in an Associated Press-Petside.com poll said they would get their next dog or cat from a shelter, nearly seven times the number who said they would buy ...

By SUE MANNING Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maybe shelter dogs just need a Hollywood moment. Seth Casteel, a professional pet photographer, volunteers a couple of hours each week at the West Los Angeles Animal Care Center, photographing dogs who need homes. The pictures replace the mug shot-like photos taken by shelter staff when the animals ...

GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Caesar greets students getting off the buses in the morning with a "woof." He gives kisses and gets hugs. He sits with children in the library and listens to them reading aloud, and he's helped some students with behavioral issues turn things around. He also makes the rounds and delivers birthday cards ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The post office is holding out a friendly paw to dogs, and cats too. A new set of 10 first-class stamps featuring cheerful dogs and cats went on sale nationwide on Friday, designed to promote adoption of animals from shelters. The 44-cent stamps are part of a “Stamps to the Rescue” campaign, not only ...

CHICAGO (AP) — No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but thanks to complimentary flight home on American Airlines in a carrier donated by an Albuquerque business he's back in New Mexico. Charles disappeared about eight months ago while his owner was out ...