Article in collaboration with KATIE LYON, InkFreeNews Reporter Recent rumors of animal abductions throughout Kosciusko and surrounding counties have many concerned locally. Though claims of animal abductions have been stated on forums such as Facebook, according to local officials, no official account or report has been filed with police or local shelters. Current rumors of …read more.

Family seeks to raise awareness of backyard breeders What started as a happy adoption of a first puppy for one Elkhart family ended tragically only one day later. According to Brittany and Brad Brosamer, the couple decided to adopt their first dog after finding the perfect pup, a lab collie mix, in a Craigslist posting …read more.

Tracy Landis of S.C.A.R.S. Pit Bull Rescue is shown here with Vader, one of two feral dogs she rescued from a woods near Pierceton in February. (Photo by Stacey Page) The attorney representing a local pit bull rescue has told his client to move forward with her plans to build kennels on her agriculturally zoned …read more.

[weaver_youtube x7rJTTlLfCI rel=0] Fort Wayne animal rights attorney Cody Williams, who has agreed to challenge the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals for denying a pit bull rescue the right to operate in the county, says he has Indiana law on his side. “One of the arguments we need to make is they tried to …read more.

Tracy Landis’ fight to bring her nonprofit pit bull rescue kennels to Warsaw is moving full speed ahead with an offer made Thursday by her attorney, Cody Williams of Franklin & Williams, P.C., Fort Wayne, to fight the appeal pro bono. On Tuesday, StaceyPageOnline.com revealed what appeared to be gross errors in a ruling made …read more.

[weaver_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZm0qrJvOFY rel=0]   When Tracy Landis was told two dogs had been dumped off in a wooded area near Ridinger Lake to fend for themselves, she was sickened. Her despair only intensified in the days that would follow. As last week’s temperatures were dipping into the single digits and wind chills bottomed out at …read more.

  Methamphetamine is a growing problem in Kosciusko County and its tragic addiction is a problem facing many other communities across the country as well. Meth addiction does not discriminate based on age, sex, social status or profession. An extremely addictive stimulant, it is said that just one use can result in an addiction. Methamphetamine …read more.