Murder-by-dog convict Marjorie Knoller is denied parole SACRAMENTO––The California Board of Parole Hearings on February 15, 2022 again denied parole to Marjorie Knoller, 67, convicted of murder-by-dog for the January 26, 2001 death of St. Mary’s College lacrosse coach Diane Whipple, 33, at the door to her San Francisco apartment. Knoller was previously denied parole […]
What’s worse than coal for Christmas? 10 years for dogfighting!
Dogfighting, drugs, & firearms AKRON, Ohio––Convicted dogfighter Ronald Smith, 39, of Akron, Ohio was on December 19, 2022 sentenced to serve ten years and three months in jail, after pleading guilty to a 22-count indictment, including charges of dogfighting, drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge John R. […]
Dogo Argentinos running at large kill 80-year-old woman out for a walk
Supersized pit bull variant bred to kill BALDY MESA, California––Soon Han, 80, picked wind-swept and barren Baldy Mesa as her hill to live on. Having lived through World War II and the Korean War, Soon Han was out for her morning walk at about 11:00 a.m. on October 7, 2022 when two Dogo Argentinos running […]
Big dogfighting busts follow plea bargains by alleged perps in South Carolina
305 pit bulls impounded from suspects in weekend raids COLUMBIA, South Carolina—Raiding alleged dogfighters in the Carolinas for at least the seventh time in 10 months, “a joint team of more than 60 federal and state law enforcement officers executed nearly two dozen warrants” over the weekend of September 24-25, 2022 “in what is believed to […]
Five paws up for Stephen Best dog rescue film “Saving Dinah”
Saving Dinah Directed by Stephen Best Starring Amanda Langille, Craig Martin, and Paul James Saunders. 90 minutes. $1.99 from Amazon Prime Video (rental) or $4.99 to purchase. Produced by the Animal Alliance of Canada. Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton. Bill Sikes, arch-villain of the 1838 Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, might justly be called one of […]
“English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one name, & a rising body count
Pug mixes vs. pit bulls in thin disguise SELMA, California––Much of the public did a double-take on July 31, 2022 as word spread that five “English bulldogs” belonging to breeder Victor Carranza, of 4 Brothers Bulldogs, killed neighbor Richard “Hutch” Barry, 59, as he walked home from his brother’s house around the corner. Fatal […]
“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness stops yet another big cockfight STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––”Here they came to snuff the rooster,” to paraphrase the best known song by “Alice In Chains” guitarist Jerry Cantrell, the most famous of the 410 residents of Stringtown, Oklahoma. Yet more than 60 carloads of cockfighting enthusiasts barely saw any roosters snuffed on […]
Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg
Pit bull ban would have been replaced by “one free bite” WINNIPEG, Manitoba––Rejecting both of the leading pet-keeping fads of the past two decades, both often covers for animal fighting and organized crime, the Winnipeg city council by identical 9-7 votes on April 28, 2022 upheld reputedly the oldest pit bull ban in Canada and […]
15 years ago Michael Vick’s pit bulls killed the humane movement
And killed the no-kill movement too, but the deaths were by suicide WASHINGTON D.C.––National animal advocacy groups boosted by appeals playing off the 2007 arrest and conviction of former football star Michael Vick for dogfighting have so far made little mention of the 2022 fifteenth anniversary of the April 20, 2007 drug bust and […]
Cane Corso: A pit bull by any other name
Cane Corso history is not what the “dog literature” says OAKLAND PARK, Florida––Was Gladys, the star rescue dog who killed volunteer Pam Robb on February 17, 2022, really a Cane Corso and not, as ANIMALS 24-7 reported, a “supersized pit bull”? Or is “Cane Corso” really just a sanitized and gentrified name for a common […]
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