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Maryland Animal Shelter To Reopen After 'Strep Zoo' Infection Scare Maryland Animal Shelter To Reopen After 'Strep Zoo' Infection Scare
Maryland Animal Shelter To Reopen After 'Strep Zoo' Infection Scare A Maryland animal shelter is set to reopen its doors months after being forced to shut down due to a rapidly spreading infection that wreaked havoc at the facility. Officials announced that the Prince George's Animals Services and Adoption Center will reopen as of Friday, June 14, after temporarily shuttering its doors earlier this year due to an outbreak of Streptococcus Zooepidemicus, more commonly known as "strep zoo."  "Strep Zoo is a bacterium normally found in horses, cattle, and pigs that rarely causes disease," according to the agency. "When this bacterium infects immunoco…

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Neighbor Kills Dog Violently Attacking Its Owner During Walk In Maryland Neighborhood: Police Neighbor Kills Dog Violently Attacking Its Owner During Walk In Maryland Neighborhood: Police
Neighbor Kills Dog Violently Attacking Its Owner During Walk In Maryland Neighborhood: Police A Good Samaritan had to go to extreme measures to save a woman who was violently attacked by her own dog in Montgomery County, police say. Officers from the Takoma Park Police Department received a distress call at around 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning about a woman in the 8300 block of Roanoke Avenue screaming in pain. Google Maps street view Upon arrival, officers found a woman with three dogs, one of which attacked her when she attempted to break up a fight between them. Investigators say that a resident on Roanoke Avenue was alerted by the woman's screams and cries, and he rushed from …

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Dog Owner Dragged To Death By Metro Train In Northern Virginia: Police Dog Owner Dragged To Death By Metro Train In Northern Virginia: Police
Dog Owner Dragged To Death By Metro Train In Northern Virginia: Police Police say that a man tethered to a dog got dragged to death by a train at the Dunn Loring-Merrifield station in Northern Virginia on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, a spokesperson for the Metro Transit Police said that the department received a report of a person who had been struck by a train at the station in Vienna. Original story - Man Fatally Struck By Train in Northern VA: Metro Transit Police (DEVELOPING) The man - who has not been identified - was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries. Update…

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