Pit bulls & the humane community

The chimp who mauled Charla Nash, HSUS president Wayne Pacelle’s statement about it, & pit bull who mauled woman in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Time for a national conversation about pit bulls, by guest columnist Ed Boks

Bully Breed Rescue president allegedly starved five dogs to death

Pit bull victims sue the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society

How tabloids turned the pits who killed Tracy Garcia into “dachshunds”

How a shelter “Blackjacked” adopters with the “nanny dog” myth

New Best Friends & HSUS execs flunk economic logic that dogs understand

More deaths in South Africa despite Pit Bull Federation warning

“Second chance” pit bull mauls pit advocate groomer at PetSmart

Akita rescuer Carol Harris is record 5th fatality of 2017 by shelter dogs

What pit bull advocates don’t learn from their own maulings

Shelter director resigns in Maine “lost” pit bulls case

Shelter “loses” two pit bulls after Maine Supreme Court orders euthanasia

Pit bulls, “outliers” & Humane Society of the U.S. prez Wayne Pacelle

A cry from the elephant pit

Family of pit bull victim sues the Clinton Humane Society

The Upside-Down Mind of a Rescue Group

Anatomy of a disfigurement by a misidentified shelter pit bull

When are alleged fighting dogs not pit bulls?

Dog bite prevention weak 2015

Pit bull from Asheville Humane Society kills six-year-old

No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality

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

Did ASPCA discover certifying SAFER dog screening might be dangerous?

Best Friends, the ASPCA, & HSUS: rethink pit bulls!

ANIMALS 24-7 data superimposed on ASPCA image, covering up only a black void.

“Worse than chimp attack” pit bull mauling near Pacelle family home

HSUS & Best Friends throw puppy mill pups to pit bulls

The RSPCA recommends you & your pets for a pit bull’s dinner

New Haven pit bull victim dies; pit mix kills 3-day-old girl on same day

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

How the League Against Cruel Sports is defending dogfighting

How to tell a “bait dog” from “click bait”