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Three dead, two critically injured, in hotbeds of pit bull advocacy

May 3, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Fresno County, California and Montgomery County, Ohio lead U.S. in fatal dog attacks since 2005 Q– What did five recent victims of nearly fatal or fatal pit bull attacks identified during the last week of April 2017 have in common? A – All five victims were killed or suffered critical injuries in communities that are […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Hector Palma, Jonathan Quarles, Klonda Richey, Lisa Green, Mark Kumpf, Maurice Brown, Merritt Clifton, Robert Simonian, Tyler Babcock, Valente Lopez Aguirre

Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules

August 5, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Mark Kumpf to stand trial in case by survivors of Klonda Richey This is part I of a two-part series.  See also Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses. DAYTON,  Ohio––The Ohio Second Appellate District Court of Appeals on July 29,  2016 overturned an earlier trial court finding that Montgomery County Animal Resources Center director Mark Kumpf […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Dawn Juergens, Jonathan Quarles Jr., Kimiko Hardy, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton

Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses

August 5, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Sued for alleged negligence causing death of dog attack victim Klonda Richey This is part II of a two-part series.  See also Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules. Most of the July 29,  2016 Ohio Second Appellate District Court of Appeals finding that Montgomery County Animal Resources Center director Mark Kumpf may […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: J. Thomas Beasley, Kenneth Phillips, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, YourLawScholar.com

Pit bulls, “bullying & backlash,” & who is really threatening whom

June 27, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton My wife Beth,  a former police officer and animal control officer,  was shocked,  horrified,  and upset for days shortly after our marriage in August 2014 when she discovered more than 300 pit bull advocates recommending my gruesome demise by various methods,  including by pit bull attack,  in response to a single online […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Shelters Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Bronwen Dickey, Jeff Borchardt, Klonda Richey, Mary Lara, Melissa Smith, Merritt Clifton, Talen West

Man who had “15 minutes of fame” for attempted pit bull rescue to be sentenced for involuntary homicide by pit bull

April 22, 2015 by Merritt Clifton

         STOCKTON, California; DAYTON, Ohio––Brian Hrenko, 60, now awaiting sentencing for an involuntary homicide committed by a pit bull, became briefly a pit bull rescue celebrity on March 9, 1995 after jumping off the San Mateo Bridge in a futile attempt to save his pit bull Nitro from drowning.          “In the future,  everyone will be world-famous […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Right, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Brian Hrenko, Claudia Gallardo, Kenneth Phillips, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf

773% rise in fatal & disfiguring pit bull attacks from 2007 to 2014

January 3, 2015 by Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton Absent late reports, such as the belated discovery of a 2014 dog attack victim in early 2015, the dog attack body count for the U.S. and Canada in 2014 is complete, with new record tolls in every category involving pit bulls except fatalities actually inflicted by pit bulls’ teeth, where the toll […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Cindy Whisman, Jonathan Quarles Jr., Kara Hartrich, Klonda Richey, Logan Sheppard, Merritt Clifton

Weak dog laws blamed for deaths in Ohio & U.K.

March 16, 2014 by Merritt Clifton

                  DAYTON,  Ohio;  BLACKBURN,  Lancashire,  U.K.––Animal control officials blamed weaknesses in the dog laws of Ohio and the United Kingdom for the early February 2014 deaths of Klonda Richey,  57,  and Ava-Jane Corless,  11 months.                   Both Richey and Corless were […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Ava Jane Corless, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton

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