For information about this week's pets, call 533-7387 (LEE-PETS) or log on to Animal Services' website at www.LeeLostPets.com . When calling, please refer to the animal's ID number. The website updates every hour so you will be able to see if these or any other pets are still available.

Lucas County will begin adopting out “pit bull”-type dogs directly to the public within 90 days, according to county Commissioner Carol Contrada.

Bancroft City Council members voted unanimously Thursday night to reject the dog ordinance they had been creating. Council members then voted to adopt the county's dog ordinance instead.

The following animals have been brought to the Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 N.W. Rochester Road. The telephone number is 233-7325. Cats Unknown gender, white with gray, unknown age, found in the 8000 block of S.W. 22nd.

Five people are dead in a village in Nepal after the same leopard attacked them.

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