Failure to promptly pick up free-roaming pit bull leads to disabling injury AUSTIN, Texas––Alexis Montgomery, 70, of Travis County, Texas, hospitalized with a softball-sized bite taken out of her leg by a free-roaming pit bull, left most of the talking on September 21, 2021 to her husband, retired Texas personal injury lawyer Boyce Reid […]
Albuquerque animal shelter may lead U.S. in staff maulings
Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department has been repeatedly spotlighted since circa 2010 for housing & rehoming high-risk dogs ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Yet again an Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department employee has suffered a severe dog attack on the job. Yet again observers who should know better are often looking in the wrong places for the reasons why. Reported […]
Fire, crime, shelter management & the wisdom of Warren Cox
“Fire is always a threat” ORLANDO, Florida; FRISCO, Texas––“We were able to save 45 cats and 26 dogs,” the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando posted to Facebook after a late night fire on September 15, 2021. “We are heartbroken to report that we lost 13 cats and there are four still missing,” the posting […]
The Supremacist Syndrome, by Peter Marsh
How Domination Underpins Slavery, Genocide, the Exploitation of Women, & the Maltreatment of Animals Lantern Publishing & Media, 128 Second Place, Brooklyn, NY 11231; www.lanternpm.org. Available in both Kindle and paperback editions. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Many ANIMALS 24-7 readers will remember Supremacist Syndrome author and New Hampshire attorney Peter Marsh as an occasional presenter […]
Food & Justice, veg history to be proud of, & chickenshit in Kentucky
What Brenda Sanders & Chinny Krishna don’t have in common with Sheriff John Root BALTIMORE, Maryland; CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India; London, Kentucky––Some people, like Food & Justice web video host Brenda Sanders of Baltimore, dedicate their lives to breaking down stereotypes and expanding the horizons of everyone around them. Some people, like longtime Blue Cross […]
Animal & human heroes & the most overlooked lesson of 9/11
Remembering national trauma September 11, 2021 marks the twentieth anniversary of the national trauma the U.S. experienced as result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The aftermath of those attacks brought global traumas including ongoing warfare in much of the Middle East, Central Asia, and […]
Lifelong safe dog advocate could not save mother from Rottweiler
Ann Marie Rogers tried, but family did not heed warnings BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan––Ben and probably Wren, two family Rottweilers, on September 2, 2021 fatally mauled Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91, on her daughter Susan Rogers’ back deck in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, an outlying Detroit suburb. Standing just 4’11”, suffering from memory impairment and other conditions […]
Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls (2021 update)
Neither Rotts nor pits should ever be considered “safe” FRESNO, California––Five fatal Rottweiler attacks in the U.S. during the first 242 days of 2021, four on toddlers and one on 91-year-old Sally Fredrica Rogers of Bloomfield Township, Michigan, followed essentially the same pattern of warnings, denial, and eventual tragedy as most of those that came […]
The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me
by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother, Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91, was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer, animal control officer, and vet tech; animal rescuer; and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]
Animal evacuations from Kabul & New Orleans echo Saigon & Katrina
No U.S. military dogs left behind this time KABUL, Afghanistan; NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana––The last U.S. military flight from Kabul, Afghanistan lifted off on August 30, 2021 at 3:29 p.m. local time, evoking memories of the 1975 last U.S. military flight from Saigon, Vietnam. No animals were aboard either the final U.S. military flight from Kabul […]
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