WASHINGTON (AP) — Products intended to treat cats and dogs for fleas and ticks kill hundreds of pets each year and injure tens of thousands, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday as it outlined plans to make the products safer. The EPA said it will develop stricter testing and evaluation requirements for flea and tick treatments ...

By MONICA SPRINGER mspringer@gctelegram.com As people walked past Brogue they couldn’t help but smile. Holding his face in their hands, children and adults asked his owner, Carrie McLean of Black Forrest, Colo., more information about him. Brogue, a 170-pound Irish Wolfhound, didn’t mind the attention. His gray, woolly tail wagged as people pet him. Brogue was one of hundreds of ...

By MONICA SPRINGER mspringer@gctelegram.com Dog lovers in western Kansas will get a chance this weekend to see the 19th sanctioned American Kennel Club dog show at the Finney County Fairgrounds in Garden City. The three-day show is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Friday through Saturday, with rally and obedience in the West Pavillion. Confirmation judging is scheduled for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One hundred sheriff’s deputies and 400 part-time deputies were laid off. SWAT officers were ordered back to the streets. Narcotics and gang units were disbanded. Helicopters were grounded. K-9 survived. To absorb more than $30 million in losses, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department had to focus almost exclusively on answering 911 calls, but ...

By LINDA LOMBARDI For The Associated Press Dog agility competitions make great TV, with pooches racing around an obstacle course, jumping through hoops and dashing through tunnels. If you’ve seen it, though, your reaction probably wasn’t, “What about cats?” But that’s exactly the thought that Kim Everett-Hirsch of Portland, Ore., had before launching her first cat agility competition ...