Archive for November, 2011

The new trend: People falling in love with stray dogs and doing everything to relocate them

November 22, 2011 · Filed under Mongrels news · Tagged , , , ,

MOTW has heard of many cases in the last few days of people falling in love with stray dogs while working abroad or holidaying and then paying a fortune or doing everything to relocate them.

Here are some encouraging, sad and great stories:

The family of Justin Allan Rollins, a dog-loving soldier killed in Afghanistan, have just moved military mountains to relocate a stray dog from Afghanistan to the US.

The dog has been name Hero and it means the earth to the Rollins family.

If you want to read the whole story visit The Washington Post.

Hero - The afghan mongrel at his new home

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The 2011 Cutest Mongrel Alive – What a great contest!

November 12, 2011 · Filed under Mongrels news · Tagged , , , , ,

MOTW is delighted to introduce Rocco Diogge Mandozzi an adorable three-year old mutt from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, US, who managed to win the 2011 Cutest Mutt Alive. Gorgeous Rocco beat nine other cute contenders in the competition to become top dog after receiving more than 1,000 votes.

Rocco - The Cuttest Mutt Alive 2011

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The mongrel that loved the elephant

November 2, 2011 · Filed under Mongrels news · Tagged , , ,

Mongrels of the World has learnt that Bella the beautiful mongrel that was best friend to Tarra the elephant has died. Bella came to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, in 2004 and since then she developed a strong relationship with Tarra. People at the sanctuary were use to seeing the couple wander around all day long.

Bella and Tarra

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