Photo by wirednerd from the SFist Flickr pool. Help find Miranda, won't you? The M.I.A. pooch was last seen in May of '08 on the 900 block of South Van Ness. Sob, sniff. We're pulling for you, fluff face. En Español.......

They do crazy things over in Sacramento. Take, for example, Kelly Pecor who was arrested last night after his sister caught him using her five-month-old bulldog, Chateau, for masterbatory purposes. Sis made a citizens arrest and now her brother faces charges of sexual assault on an animal. Pecor is also a noted registered sex offender with a history of child molestation. Read more about the canine copulation here.......

Photo by Darwin Bell/Flickr The official barbecue grilling season starts tomorrow. Happy summer, folks. Oh, and try not to melt.......

Photo by SMACKDOWNHOTEL44/Flickr Does this mean Oh noes! Be careful! We have poison on our grass and don't want your dog to get hurt? Or does it mean, Your dog craps on our lawn, and we're going to murder it? We prefer to think it's the former. Although the above photo was snapped in the Marina, so... it's anyone's guess.......

Photo by SFist Leanne Found somewhere on Church Street, does this sign mean your dog can't release his or her bowels here, or that you must use something to clean up said mess. Is this official-looking sign even enforceable? Also, why can't pooches poop on these weeds? It's not like they're California poppies.......

Another mauling, y'all. This time in San Jose. A toddler, 20-month-old Anna Leigh Cinco, and her grandmother, 48-year-old Elizabeth Cinco, were sent to the hospital with serious wounds after being mauled by the family dog. A pitbull (according to the Gate, via AP) or a boxer-mix (according to CBS 5) attacked the infant on her chin, and left bite marks on the neck, ear and right leg of the grandmother. Ouchie. It seems that......

Hey, remember yesterday, when everyone at SFist chimed in on the "what to do when a homeless kid's dog bites your friend on the leg" question? We got quite a few interesting answers, and one suggestion that we get in touch with the good folks at San Francisco Animal Control to see what they suggest doing in those circumstances. Deb Campbell was kind enough to answer a few of our questions: What would Animal......