Pit bulls & public safety

• Mark Kumpf named Detroit animal control chief. Remember Klonda Richey?

• How did Kumpf get elected top Detroit dogcatcher? Inside info raises questions

• L.A. County pays $3 million to family of pit bull owner killed by ricochet

• Shelters make mega-payouts to pit bull victims: what will change?

• Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy

• January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months

• “Educate yourself”: pit bulls in schools run amok

• Albuquerque sued again for allegedly rehoming dangerous dogs

• Moms of babies killed by pit bulls want foster agencies to pay

• Safety agencies failed woman, infant killed by pit bull mixes

* Pit bull impounded, drifter kills police chief

• Gambling––on dogs & dollars––erodes animal care & control ethic

• Trainer who pushed pit bulls for police work indicted for fraud

• Pit bull death of 4-year-old underscores “March For Our Lives” messages

• Judges hit “mindboggling arrogance” in pit bull attack cases

• Chicago animal control chief, a pit bull advocate, attacked by pit bull

• Whose dogs killed Deborah Onsurez, 8th victim in December 2017?

• From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

• Miami pit bull ban update, 2017 edition: “No pit bulls” still means “No pit bulls”

• Pit bull advocacy exposed by the CBC Fifth Estate with host Mark Kelley

• Three pit bull attack deaths in one day mark 35 years of logging the mayhem

• When pit bulls charge: holding fire gets cops hurt 12 times more often

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

• L.A. County tightens dog policies; Albuquerque drops the ball

• Dog Bite Prevention Week 2017 starts with a bang-bang-bang

• Oregon cities move to bar dogs from public areas

• Pit bulls & “proximate cause” deaths

• Repeal of pit bull bylaw contributes to death of two-year-old

• Pit bull attack tests Army will to enforce ban from base housing

• Shelter sued for rehoming pit bull who attacked woman––but NYC hires pit advocate as “community dogs program coordinator”

• Misunderstood Nanny Dogs,  by J. Thomas Beasley

• Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department #2 and behaviorist allege neglect of public safety in pushing pit bull adoptions

• Audit hits San Antonio Animal Care Services for alleged neglect of public safety

 • Lenient animal control policies toward bully breeds were in background of four of five recent death-by-dog cases

• Pit bull death of 4-year-old underscores “March For Our Lives” messages

• Stamford shelter manager is first in U.S. to be charged with reckless endangerment for rehoming dangerous dogs

• Fitchburg becomes third public shelter to suspend operations due to liability concerns about pit bulls

• Fitchburg:  Can pit bull advocates be trusted to do rabies control?

• Roswell resumes releases of dogs to rescue groups following 3-day suspension after pit bull attack

• “Service pit bull” who attacked three people is re-impounded

• Shelters sued for attacks by rehomed pit bulls

• Father sentenced in case of 4-year-old killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law was not enforced

• Why San Antonio Animal Care Services did not promptly impound a gunshot-wounded mastiff found running in a pack

• Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions

• Albuquerque pound broke city’s own dangerous dog law

• Albuquerque city shelter released dangerous dogs

• How behavior testing fails adopters, dogs, volunteers & shelter staff

• What is the Austin Animal Center doing to dogs in the name of “play”?

• Christmas baby killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law is not enforced

• Dallas: dog attacks soar as “live release rate” climbs

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

• Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses

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