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A hero dog credited with defending her female owner from a mountain lion attack in Northern California has died, the woman said Wednesday. Eva, a 2.5-year-old Belgian Malinois, began having seizures last weekend at her home, Erin Wilson, 24, told the Sacramento Bee. Her condition worsened from there, despite being taken to an animal hospital at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. SNIP “We said goodbye at 9:20 this morning,” the post said. “There were no changes to her condition overnight. Goodbye my beautiful sweet girl. You are my world, my light, my best friend. The world is a...

A loyal dog was ready to lay down her own life to rescue her best friend during a recent mountain lion attack in Northern California. A few minutes after twenty-four-year-old Erin Wilson parked her truck and began walking down a trail to the Trinity River, the unthinkable happened, NPR reported Saturday. “I’m just walking down the slope and the dog had run ahead of me. And I turn around and there’s this cat just growling at me and it reaches up and it swipes at me,” she recalled of the harrowing incident. “At first, I was just like, Wait, what?...

On Sunday, Americans were elated by the news that U.S. Army Delta Force operators had delivered savage ISIS “Caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi his well-deserved end. By Monday, the four-legged hero of that operation had captured Americans’ hearts. President Trump tweeted a picture of the beautiful Belgian Malinois dog sitting at attention, tongue out, in her military-issue harness with the caption, “We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi!” The rest is history. Of course, it’s debatable whether dog names...

Initial reports overstated the severity of the dog’s wounds, and she’s already back on duty. And although her name isn’t being released, her face is now famous…Seriously, though, I just have a few questions for this war hero: Who’s a good girl? Are you a good girl? Wanna go outside? Who is a good, good girl? Sorry, cat-lovers, but you’ll never feel this sort of pride. Cats are useless on the battlefield. A cat would’ve just stared at al-Baghdadi as he ran away. A cat might’ve even helped him! Cats are cute, but you just can’t trust ’em when it...

Kenzie Campbell says on Sunday he took Momo on a hike at Banff National Park in Alberta with his girlfriend and another friend. They didn't get very far on the Cascade Ampitheatre Trail. "We just made it to the trailhead and walked around a corner and the bear was maybe 20 feet away," Campbell said. They backed slowly out of the woods, but the bear followed and charged. "At this point, the bear was 15 feet from my girlfriend and the dog was barking and growling, so I let the dog go and she distracted the bear while we ran,"...

Serial trophy hunter Aryanna Gourdin poses proudly alongside a majestic giraffe she has just gunned down in a picture that sparked a furious ­backlash from animal lovers. But the 12-year-old, who has a string of kills to her name, defiantly vowed never to give up shooting wild beasts and churned out the disputed claim that blood sport like this is a conservation measure that stops the decline in big game numbers. Aryanna shares the images of her and each ­dead creature on her Facebook page complete with captions bragging about the deaths, despite insisting she “loves” animals. In one sick...

BRYAN COUNTY, Okla. — A 12-year-old girl did what she had to do to protect herself from an intruder in her home on the Texas border. She hid in a closet and shot him when he tried to open the door. Authorities said the preteen was home alone when the suspect rang the door bell. When she didn’t answer, deputies said, the man went around the back of the house and kicked in the door. At that point the girl grabbed a gun and and hid in a closet. “He had worked his way all the way through the house...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. 'Good girl cards' to provide alternative to sexually explicit handouts Dozens of teenagers who have taken vows of virginity will descend on the Strip tonight, passing out "good girl cards" in an effort to teach Sin City tourists and locals about abstinence. The cards feature photos of six girls on the front with information about sexually transmitted diseases and marriage on the back. The teens will hand out the cards in an effort to rival the ubiquitous pornographic pamphlets that are thrust at tourists as they walk the Strip. The teenagers...