National SPCA and U.S. counterparts continue pushing pits, heedless of consequence PRETORIA––Has South Africa learned anything, the National SPCA of South Africa in particular, from the stern warning issued by the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa in November 2017 about rehoming pit bulls of dangerous history? Apparently not. Retired police officer Henry Kleynhans, […]
SHARK fights pigeon shooters where black man was hunted for sport
Three drones shot down; pigeon shooters quit early EHRHARDT, S.C. ––Losing three video drones to gunfire, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) nonetheless believes it won what might be termed the Third Battle of Broxton’s Bridge, South Carolina. SHARK had apparently already delayed the start of a scheduled four-day, six-station pigeon shoot by two days […]
“Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
Pit bulls killed 92% of dogs killed by dogs & 96% of cats killed by dogs “Pit bull roulette” cost the lives of 39 humans, plus nearly 13,000 dogs, 5,000 cats, and more than 20,000 farmed animals in 2017––and, only two weeks into 2018, has already killed Happy Hound Hotel boarding kennel worker Laura Williams […]
57 dog attack deaths & 645 disfigurements in 2017, led by pit bulls
Setters, Newfies, Dalmatians & greyhounds continue 35-year record as the safest big dogs Preliminary “final” 2017 dog attack data from the U.S. and Canada suggests some good news, in that “only” 989 dogs participated in killing or disfiguring humans, down from the 2016 record 1,075. But the bad news is that those 989 dogs killed […]
Chicago animal control chief, a pit bull advocate, attacked by pit bull
Under fire for having killed the pit bull who bit her CHICAGO, Illinois––Chicago Animal Control director Susan Russell, among the most prominent pit bull advocates in the animal care and control field, was herself “rushed to a hospital over the Christmas holidays after a pit bull she was walking took a chunk out of her arm […]
A year in jail for the life of Christmas Eve pit bull victim Lorraine Saylor
Death demonstrates that responsible dog-keeping begins with what dogs are kept ARJAY, Kentucky––Johnny Dale Lankford, 42, already jailed on other charges when his two pit bulls killed Lorraine Brock Saylor, 66, on Christmas Eve, was sentenced to serve a year in jail on January 3, 2018 after pleading guilty to a single charge of harboring […]
Are pit bulls monsters or are they just dogs?
And what are pit bull advocates? by Beth Clifton Photos, memes and videos posted to social media and the Internet by pit bull advocates continually share and amplify the message that pit bulls are not monsters, despite the rapidly rising body count associated with them. We are urged to believe instead the myth that pit […]
Virginia pit bull fancier, 22, sets new record for pit bull deaths in one year
Fourth U.S. pit bull fatality in first two weeks of December 2017 GOOCHLAND, Virginia––Pit bull advocate Bethany Lynn Stephens, 22, on December 14, 2017 became the record 36th human killed by a pit bull in the U.S. in one year, the 37th in the U.S. and Canada combined, and the 54th killed by a […]
What pit bull advocates don’t learn from their own maulings
“Sometimes things are just too broken to fix” FREDONIA, Arizona––Severely injured by one of her own pit bulls on December 4, 2017, Jacqueline Bedsaul Johnson, 61, lost little time in reasserting her determination to continue militant online pit bull advocacy, even if she cannot use her hands to type. Explained her daughter Adria in […]
How the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa views Galunker
by Barbara Kay [Montreal resident Barbara Kay is a columnist for The National Post, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.] On November 5, Montreal’s mayoral election produced a surprise upset, and by a significant margin, for incumbent Denis Coderre. The new mayor, Valérie Plante, is a relative newcomer to urban politics. Plante is a genuinely nice individual, […]
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