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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(Beth Clifton collage)

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

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

SAACSAudit 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

Pit bull beerHow 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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