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Authorities filed charges today against the owner of a Rottweiler accused of killing a black bear cub in Jefferson Township on Tuesday. The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals levied four counts against Teri Daubner, a Jefferson Township woman who authorities said failed to provide proper care for her dog and caused the death of the bear cub, said Matt Stanton, NJSPCA spokesman. The cub was the second animal killed by 5-year-old Max this summer, authorities said. Daubner was charged with two counts of failure to provide proper shelter for her dog and two counts of...

t was a dirty job, but Suzie was up to it. A Labrador retriever, Suzie helped rescue a Wise County man stuck in the mud and muck Friday morning on Eagle Mountain Lake, taking him blankets and hot packs to keep him warm.Chris Cromer, a first lieutenant with the Newark Volunteer Fire Department and proud owner of Suzie, said firefighters were called to the northwest side of the lake near a closed county boat ramp about 9:30 a.m. They found a man in his 20s stranded about 500 feet off the lake's bank, sitting atop a sunken all-terrain vehicle on...

LIFTON, Colo. -- A pit bull injured several people and two other dogs in Clifton, Colo., the Grand Junction Sentinel reported in its Thursday editions. Three people were injured as they tried to stop the dog from attacking a baby. None of the injuries to the people were serious, but a Chihuahua that was attacked was critically injured. The incident happened Wednesday afternoon as a loose pit bull attacked the Chihuahua and a schnauzer. The pit bull bit the hand of a mother who picked up her 18-month-old child who was playing in the front yard of their home. A...