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 […]
Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules
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 […]
Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses
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 […]
Pit bulls, “bullying & backlash,” & who is really threatening whom
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 two years ago 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 […]
Man who had “15 minutes of fame” for attempted pit bull rescue to be sentenced for involuntary homicide by pit bull
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 […]
773% rise in fatal & disfiguring pit bull attacks from 2007 to 2014
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 […]
Weak dog laws blamed for deaths in Ohio & U.K.
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 […]