Fourth South African pit bull fatality in 10 days News analysis by Beth Clifton “We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children,” pit bull owner Mokete Selebano of Phomolong township, South Africa, told BBC News reporter Vumani Mkhize, a week after Selebano on November 21, 2022 saw a neighbor’s two pit […]
Baby is 3rd South African killed by pit bull in 9 days; calls for ban rise
“Never aggressive to me, but killed two other dogs,” says owner EAST LONDON, South Africa––Fifteen-month-old Reuben le Roux on November 23, 2022 became the third South African child killed by pit bulls in nine days. The attack whetted public demands for a national pit bull ban and further mobilized pit bull advocates in defense of […]
Pit bull attacks inflame pit bull lynchings in South African shantytowns
Four pit bulls burned by two mobs, 800 miles apart, after the pits killed one child and nearly killed another CAPE TOWN, South Africa––Inter-racial friction, a legacy of the continuing use of fierce dogs to defend white privilege, decades after apartheid ended, smoldered just beneath the remains of four pit bulls lynched and burned by […]
87,570 South Africans petition for pit bull ban after most recent fatalities
Firefighter leads response to deaths of eight-year-old and 10-year-old BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––The two most recent South African pit bull fatalities differed little from dozens of others, both in South Africa and around the world, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, India, and South America. This time, though, the South African response, though, has […]
South African dog attack deaths, 2004-present
Reports are logged as received. Compiled by the editors of ANIMALS 24-7 from media accounts since 2004, this table (click link below) lists dogs by breed type or ancestry, or as “unidentified,” as designated by animal control officers or others with evident expertise. All accounts are cross-checked by date, location, and identity of the victim. […]
Pit bull “nanny dogs” kill three children, two adults, in nine days
Tennessee attack killed two children and left mother in critical condition MEMPHIS, LUBBOCK, LIVERPOOL, GQERBERHA––Five fatal pit bull attacks in nine days and three nations––the U.S., the United Kingdom, and South Africa––ended September and opened October 2022. Three victims were children. All but one of the victims were members of the households of experienced […]
Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities
Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years, most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan, 97, known to the world as Bill Jordan, wildlife veterinarian, author, and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe, died on July 5, 2022, at the SSM Health/St. […]
How one lion & one bear survived the 2014-2017 ISIS occupation of Mosul
Father of Lions: Saving Starving Animals at the Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 383 pages, 2020. Forge Book, c/o Tom Doherty Associates; available in multiple print & electronic formats c/o Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, and Kindle at prices from $12.99 up. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “Good afternoon. I am writing because I want to […]
Amit Deol saved camels, Anton Mzimba saved rhinos, & both died young
Deol & Mzimba became legendary in India & South Africa, respectively SIROHI, Rajasthan, India; ACORNHOEK, Mpumalanga, South Africa––Amit Deol, 46, spent most of his short life helping camels in the Thar desert of Rajasthan state, India. Anton Mzimba, either 42 or 49 according to various sources, spent his life protecting rhinos from poachers on the […]
Whose trophies were Bianca Rudolph, Paddy Curtis, & Riaan Naude?
Two alleged perps in trophy hunter murders go to trial; four still at large DENVER, Colorado; BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe; MOKOPANE, South Africa––Former Safari Club International president Larry Rudolph, 67, and his longtime trophy-hunting girlfriend Lori Milliron, 60, go to trial in Denver, Colorado, on Monday, July 11, 2022. Rudolph and Milliron face multiple charges originating […]
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