Pets

Its a Dogs World

Foreign-Born Dog Soldiers

U.S. police departments, including the SFPD, shun American-bred recruits for their canine corps

The Beer Whisperer

U.S. police departments, including the SFPD, shun American-bred recruits for their canine corps

Become a San Francisco Dog Poop Detective

U.S. police departments, including the SFPD, shun American-bred recruits for their canine corps

The 12-year-old behind the Craigslist cockatiel scam

U.S. police departments, including the SFPD, shun American-bred recruits for their canine corps

A Time to Kill

The SPCA is struggling to finance a new hospital, and one way to save money is to speed up euthanasia.

Show-Offs

The SPCA is struggling to finance a new hospital, and one way to save money is to speed up euthanasia.

Psycho Dogs

What makes canines go crazy? The answer is in their genes.

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers

The Pit Pendulum

After a series of dog attacks, public opinion seems to be swinging against the pit bull. Are you on or off the swing? Take quiz, find out.

San Francisco Dog Court

Due process, under the law, for every canine

Painted Ladies

Antique ads from old Shanghai

Brain Birds

A thoughtful consideration of the smart and feathered friends at Mickaboo Cockatiel Rescue and Happy Birds

Reigning Cats and Dogs

At Petchitecture, a charity event where architects and design firms build and auction animal habitats, the animals, of course, dress up.

Pet Peeve

A pit bull owner says dogs are still being demonized in the wake of a fatal mauling

Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Animal experts say premium pet food makes domestic animals more violent

South to the Future

Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

Night Crawler

Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

Slap Shots

Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

Shouldn't We Just Kill This Dog?

Does San Francisco's pit-bull testing program put good dogs in good homes -- or put lethal land sharks back on the street?

A Tale of Two Neighborhoods

With his motorcycles and his tattoos, Jon Bryce LaPierre is almost prototypically blue-collar. He's also an almost archetypal bully, and he's got the yuppie neighbors scared witless.

What's Best -- Pistol or Pit Bull?

SF Weekly's consumer guide to smooth and speedy acquisition of effective self-defense

Slap Shots

SF Weekly's consumer guide to smooth and speedy acquisition of effective self-defense

Service with a Snarl

In San Francisco, lizards, rodents, and vicious Chihuahuas have all been declared service animals.

Distraught Friends Stick Up for Man Accused of Slaughtering Dog in S.F. Catholic Church

Joseph Byrnes' longtime friends have trouble believing he'd ever harm one of his beloved dogs -- but note the San Francisco musician's battles with mental illness ​On Monday, SF Weekly broke the disturbing story of a nude man eyewitnesses and police claim hacked his pit bull to death in a Bernal ... More >>

City Mechanics' Beloved Feline Mascot, 19, Is Yet Another Vintage Model

Joe EskenaziShops the cat, 19, is the benevolent monarch of the city's Central Shops maintenance yard​Dave Del Grande has been working at the city's Central Shops for nearly 25 years. He started as a mechanic and worked his way all the way up to operations director. Any dinged up city vehicle -- r ... More >>

Scooping Animal Poop Proves To Be A Moneymaker

photo via Pet ButlerPotty job​Even in a dismal economy there are two things unemployed people are still willing to shell out for: a double latte and their pets.Specifically, their pets pooh. It seems that the poop-scooping business is proving to be recession proof. So Matt "Red" Boswell, Chief (Ex ... More >>

Unleashed

A brutal dog attack in Nob Hill has revived the city's battle over canine control. Here's why it's going to get worse.

Nice Doggie

A brutal dog attack in Nob Hill has revived the city's battle over canine control. Here's why it's going to get worse.

You Can Haz Free Cat Food: Pet Food Giveaway at Potrero Hill SPCA Today

Eating. Always eating.​If you have a baby or a pet then you know that, annoyingly, they like to eat. Sometimes more than once a day. And if you don't feed them, you won't hear the end of it. And on top of it all, you have to pay for the food you feed them. It's a rotten deal, and one we don't envy ... More >>

San Francisco Pet Ban Makes Sense to Animal Control Officials

Joe EskenaziDon't bother asking how much that doggie in the window is...​This morning, we wrote about a proposal to ban the sale of any pets (other than fish) within city limits. The suggestion seemed a little extreme to us. But, then, we never had to sign the papers condemning countless doggies, ... More >>

Dog-Stabbing Case Gets Complicated

Suddenly, much less funny...​The 33-year-old man witnesses claim stabbed a dog at Fort Funston will likely be arrested this week, according to park ranger George Durgerian. "We know who the man is and he's requested an attorney," he says. "It's pending -- we believe an arrest is happening this wee ... More >>

Spot Gets Dad a Beer

Suddenly, much less funny...​The 33-year-old man witnesses claim stabbed a dog at Fort Funston will likely be arrested this week, according to park ranger George Durgerian. "We know who the man is and he's requested an attorney," he says. "It's pending -- we believe an arrest is happening this wee ... More >>

Flea Spray Kills Pets, Suit Alleges

Please don't kill me​Pet owners allege that Bio Spot and Spot On tick and flea repellent sent their cats and dogs into seizures -- and,in some cases, killed them -- in a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco. In some instances, the owners euthanized their pets after they suf ... More >>

Cockatiels Inundate San Francisco Animal Control

'I just flew in from the coast...'​A flock of cockatiels wasn't a band in the 1980s. There was no signature "flock of cockatiels" haircut. A flock of cockatiels is, literally, a flock of cockatiels -- and you can find one now at San Francisco's Animal Care and Control. The repository of pets-to-be ... More >>

Dog Owners Say Proposed Leash Laws Are Unenforceable

Let Me Roam Freely​In a city where there are more pooches than there are kids, you don't really want to be on the wrong side of dog owners.The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a federal organization that owns popular dog-roaming spaces, wants owners to put leashes on their dogs. The agency dr ... More >>

Beast in Show

Let Me Roam Freely​In a city where there are more pooches than there are kids, you don't really want to be on the wrong side of dog owners.The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a federal organization that owns popular dog-roaming spaces, wants owners to put leashes on their dogs. The agency dr ... More >>

Help Stop Animal Hoarders, Spay and Neuter Your Dogs and Cats

So getting your dog and cat neutered probably won't cure society of animal hoarding, but you can be sure that if there are fewer pets procreating, then there are certainly fewer pets out there to hoard.Fix this problem ​With so many abandoned pets crowding the shelters, the San Francisco SPCA has ... More >>

Calling All Cat People; Purina Wants You

There is no end in sight​Just when you thought cat people couldn't appear any more eccentric. Purina is holding a national contest for cat lovers alike to become the one person who will serve as the pet food brand's roving cat guru. Purina is on the hunt for the first ever Cat Chow correspondent; ... More >>

S.F. Feral Cats Policy Good for Cats, Terrible for Birds

There is no end in sight​Just when you thought cat people couldn't appear any more eccentric. Purina is holding a national contest for cat lovers alike to become the one person who will serve as the pet food brand's roving cat guru. Purina is on the hunt for the first ever Cat Chow correspondent; ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

There is no end in sight​Just when you thought cat people couldn't appear any more eccentric. Purina is holding a national contest for cat lovers alike to become the one person who will serve as the pet food brand's roving cat guru. Purina is on the hunt for the first ever Cat Chow correspondent; ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

There is no end in sight​Just when you thought cat people couldn't appear any more eccentric. Purina is holding a national contest for cat lovers alike to become the one person who will serve as the pet food brand's roving cat guru. Purina is on the hunt for the first ever Cat Chow correspondent; ... More >>

San Franciscans to South Koreans: Stop Eating Dogs and Cats

Eating your pets is just plain unsavory ​A group of San Francisco animal lovers is taking on a not-so-domestic animal-rights issue.  In Defense of Animals, a international nonprofit, will deliver 15,000 signatures tomorrow, asking the South Korean government to crack down on illegal dog and c ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Eating your pets is just plain unsavory ​A group of San Francisco animal lovers is taking on a not-so-domestic animal-rights issue.  In Defense of Animals, a international nonprofit, will deliver 15,000 signatures tomorrow, asking the South Korean government to crack down on illegal dog and c ... More >>

If the City Takes Your Dog, It Will Also Take Its Gonads

Eating your pets is just plain unsavory ​A group of San Francisco animal lovers is taking on a not-so-domestic animal-rights issue.  In Defense of Animals, a international nonprofit, will deliver 15,000 signatures tomorrow, asking the South Korean government to crack down on illegal dog and c ... More >>

Bad Doggy: Pit Bull Charges at SFPD Officer, Shots Fired

maplegirlie/FlickrThis pit bull looks friendly enough, but the breed overall is having some rough news days.​Pit bull advocates will argue that the breed is unfairly mauled by the media, and yesterday's altercation between a pit and a cop in Bernal Heights is only giving the pups more negative pre ... More >>

Gay Pets? S.F. Dog Owners Debate Animals' Orientations

maplegirlie/FlickrThis pit bull looks friendly enough, but the breed overall is having some rough news days.​Pit bull advocates will argue that the breed is unfairly mauled by the media, and yesterday's altercation between a pit and a cop in Bernal Heights is only giving the pups more negative pre ... More >>

Eat Your Own Dog Food

maplegirlie/FlickrThis pit bull looks friendly enough, but the breed overall is having some rough news days.​Pit bull advocates will argue that the breed is unfairly mauled by the media, and yesterday's altercation between a pit and a cop in Bernal Heights is only giving the pups more negative pre ... More >>

Greyhound Lovers to Protest S.F. Skechers Store over Super Bowl Ad

Greyhound lovers everywhere want Skechers to dump its new Super Bowl ad before it airs on Feb. 5 -- and it's not necessarily because they'd rather see a sweaty Kim Kardashian on screen.The group is upset by the fact that the ad was shot at a racetrack in Tucson, Arizona which the group claims mist ... More >>

Cat Whisperer Jackson Galaxy Coming to San Francisco

One of the few movies to depict cats' true character​It is no secret that cats are a nefarious species of mammal. Dirtier than the pig and more vicious than the wolverine, felis silvestris catus must be applauded for using its estimable wiles to colonize the homes of its comparatively guileless co ... More >>