"She was doing something that she loved to do." The husband of a woman mauled and killed by a rescued Akita doesn't want the breed to be blamed for what happened. Police say 69-year-old volunteer ...

"The [dog] remained cool, calm, and positively regal throughout [the rescue]!" the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said on its website Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

HONESDALE, Pa. — A beauty to behold—that is how rescue workers at Dessin Animal Shelter describe 2-year-old Delta. They have never had an Akita before and could not wait for us to meet her this week.

A woman in her 70s, who is the owner of the Shiba Inu dog, witnessed the incident on her premises in Shimokitate, Akita City and called the police. According to local police, upon hearing her dog ...