3 Dogs Tied To Railroad Tracks In Tremont; Police Dog Buried Today (photos): Animals In The News

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three dogs were tied last week to the CSX railroad tracks that run through Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood.

Kelly Lange

FlipFlop, with owner Jaime Bowerman, of Falls Church, Va., won the cutest dog contest Aug. 5 at the eighth annual Warehouse District Street Festival on West Sixth Street in Cleveland. Bowerman hopes to move to Cleveland in a few months.

Greater Cleveland RTA

Police dog Kantor, who worked with Sgt. John Gates, died July 27 of complications of cancer. He was 8 years old. Kantor, one of Greater Cleveland RTA'™s first police dogs, was buried today at Paws Awhile Pet Memorial Park in Richfield.

Lynn Ischay, The Plain Deale

Bagpiper Brian Logan, of the Columbiana Township Fire Department, leads a group of Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority police to the cemetery at Paws Awhile Pet Memorial Park in Richfield for the funeral Aug. 14 of police dog Kantor. Kantor's partner, Sgt. John Gates, is fourth in line, wearing sunglasses.

Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer

Sgt. John Gates holds the cremains of his partner, Kantor, at the funeral service Aug. 14.

Lisa Clark

Michelle Martinko, of Save Our Strays, Jeanne Bones, of Happy Tails Cat Sanctuary, and Barb Clark, of Abandoned Animal Welfare, host a gourmet pizza fundraiser Aug. 26. The cats are available for adoption.

Veteran's Best Friend

Glen Schofield, of Middleburg Heights, is a veteran of the Iraq war and gets assistance from Turbo, who was rescued by A New Leash on Life, then adopted and trained by Veteran's Best Friend.

Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer

A memorial honoring the life of Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority police dog Kantor was visited by more than 50 people at his funeral Aug. 14 at Paws Awhile Pet Memorial Park in Richfield.

Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer

Greater Cleveland RTA police Chief John Joyce covered his badge with a black ribbon in memory of Kantor, a 76-pound German shepherd police dog who died July 27 of complications of cancer.

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