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Remains from the Zhokhov island in the East Siberian Arctic show trained sled dogs existed almost 10,000 years ago.

Pensioner, 77, slipped into freezing water but his dog Dick raised the alarm, summoning a rescuer.

A dozen out of the 15 teams finished the race which began three weeks ago.

Siberian mammoth graveyards provoke a new theory on why the creatures were wiped out, and how dogs were domesticated.

Chained to a tree and bitten, five-year-old Masha is used as bait to hone skills in a competition to find the best hunter.

A macabre find has been made of 30 bags containing the remains of 'dogs' with all their skin and hair removed.

The tiny dog was lost for a week after owner walked it in a storm without a lead.

Oksana and Alexander Urusov were told they needed more papers to fly with dog Tori, so they dumped her outside the terminal.