TOMS RIVER, N.J. (WPVI) -- This week's Shelter Me we visit a rescue dedicated to finding the Akita breed some loving homes. Joann Dimon has loved the Akita breed since she was a teenager. When she ...

PHOENIX — A woman volunteering with an Akita rescue group was attacked by a dog at a Phoenix boarding facility Wednesday. She died from her injuries. KNXV reported that officials with Maricopa County ...

The incident is the second dog-mauling death to make headlines in December Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An award-winning journalist who has worked for ...

Rayleigh is a young 2-year-old, spayed female Akita. She is up to date on vaccines, microchipped, on flea/heartworm prevention, house trained, crate trained, and leash trained. She must go to a home ...

Because they are highly prized you don't see too many of them in animal shelters. To Ossanamerica, I am sorry, but you are wrong about Akitas being highly prized and not in animal shelters. I have ...

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.

Authorities are seeking a destruction order against an Akita who bit the face of a 7-year-old girl whose family was hoping to adopt the dog from a private kennel in Riverside County, officials said ...