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Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy

February 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dale Bretches, Diane Whipple, Jean Donaldson, Marjorie Knoller, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, Richard Avanzino, Robert Noel, Sharon Smith

What’s worse than coal for Christmas? 10 years for dogfighting!

December 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anthonio Latoranodo Orr, K2 Solutions, Merritt Clifton, Vincent Le Mark Burrell

Dogo Argentinos running at large kill 80-year-old woman out for a walk

October 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting, South America, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Antonio Nores Martinez, Augustin Nores Martinez, Baldy Mesa, Jenna Sutphin, Merritt Clifton, Soon Han

Big dogfighting busts follow plea bargains by alleged perps in South Carolina

September 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anthonio Latoranodo Orr, Delontay Moore, Derrick Twitty, Dwayne Loadholt, Joshua Mungo, Laddie Dwayne McMillian, Merritt Clifton, Terrance Marvin Cooper, Toriano Marcellus Cave

Five paws up for Stephen Best dog rescue film “Saving Dinah”

August 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Canada, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Science, The Americas, Uncategorized, USA Tagged With: Amanda Langille, Barbara Kyle, Barry Kent MacKay, Bill Sykes, Cruella DeVil, Eric Christiani, Heather Sessions, John Lunman, Liz White

“English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one name, & a rising body count

August 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: David Leavitt, Jiggs, John D. Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Olde English Bulldogge, Richard "Hutch" Barry, Victor Carranza

“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him

June 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Bonnie & Clyde, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Kobliska, Miranda Lambert, Reba McIntire, Rob Baughman, Steve Hindi, Stringtown

Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg

April 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Canada, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, The Americas Tagged With: Brian Bowman, Brittany Semeniuk, Malathi Raghavan, Merritt Clifton, Sam Samson, Shawn Nason, Winnipeg Humane Society

15 years ago Michael Vick’s pit bulls killed the humane movement

April 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Cyrus Talkington, Erin Beach, Maria Rachel Perez, Merritt Clifton, Shawna Jo Bell

Cane Corso:  A pit bull by any other name

February 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Italy, Mediterranean, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amber Miller, Amy Roman Daniello, John P. Colby, Klonda Richey, Merritt Clifton, Pam Robb, Tony Ahrens, Will Judy

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