'The Pointer is an athlete, a series of flowing curves, with a slightly concave muzzle to lift his nose and aid the scenting powers,' runs a very evidently heartfelt description of the English Pointer ...

When Ruth Thompson accepts animals at her no-kill shelter, it's typically because they're stray, abandoned or retrieved from an animal cruelty case. But every so often, Thompson, who runs the A.N.N.A.

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What kind of person takes a prized, purebred hunting dog and leaves it for dead at the animal shelter? Worse yet, three hunting dogs? That’s the question Megan Villarreal was asking in May of 2005.

What kind of person takes a prized, purebred hunting dog and leaves it for dead at the animal shelter? Worse yet, three hunting dogs? That's the question Megan Villarreal was asking in May of 2005.