On Labor Day there's a group of people who gather in an Ala. cemetery to honor the hard work of man's best friend. In this encore presentation, NPR's Debbie Elliott takes us to a remote hillside where ...

You go out with coon dogs a dozen times, or maybe a hundred times, and the results are just so-so. Sure, you have fun. You strike coons and you chase them. You tree one 10 minutes after you put the ...

According to the Leflore County Sheriff's Department, a local man has been arrested and faces animal cruelty charges after they say he shot and killed three "coon dogs."Undersheriff Kendall Morgan ...

A Coon Dog and his human are not easily parted. Death is probably the only way to accomplish this monumental feat. So, it's not too surprising that one hunter felt the need to memorialize his longtime ...

COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. – It’s one of the most unique Labor Day events anywhere in the country. Hundreds if not thousands of people trek into the backwoods of Colbert County to celebrate the coon dog.

The purpose of this article is not to require a hunter to make a choice as to whether he should provide the most expensive funeral for his beloved coon dog or his faithful wife. The Coon Dog Cemetery ...

We left mid-day after a hangover-cure of a breakfast. Lorde is playing on the stereo at 120 decibels and hot Alabama air pumped in through the open windows, producing a distinctive howl from time to ...

THOSE PARTS, NOT HERE — I'm somewhere in Alabama. Or maybe even Mississippi. A sign nailed to a tree makes it clear this cemetery is burial place for true coon dogs only. Don't bother inquiring unless ...

To the rule that dogs can’t climb trees, photographs which filtered into metropolitan circulation last week furnished proof of a startling exception. At Clyde, Kans.— 200 mi. down the Republican River ...