Forty percent of pit bull attack disfigurements not reported? Dog attack fatalities were up in 2020, but disfiguring dog attacks were down? Pit bull attack fatalities rose to the second highest total in a year on record, yet disfiguring pit bull attacks dropped by 62%? How could this be, in view that fatalities are a […]
Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2020 log
(Click the link below to see the complete data log, 1982-2020.) Dog attack stats with breed % 2020 final Please be aware that the data lines for years previous to 2020 may have changed as result of making updates based on new information. For example, we occasionally learn of dog attacks not reported in the […]
Aurora repeals pit bull ban; pit bull advocates in trouble in three states
$2 million payout to family of Janet D’Aleo, 95, killed on November 6, 2019 by “rescue” pit bull belonging to Humane Society of the U.S. state representative Annie Hornish AURORA, Colorado––Overturning an ordinance banning pit bulls that was endorsed by 64% of the electorate as recently as 2014, four of the seven members of the […]
Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming
From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6, 2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt, […]
Congress rejects immediate repeal of dog breed bans in military housing
U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, & U.S. Air Force bans on pit bulls, Rottweilers, & wolf hybrids stand, at least until uniform military policy is adopted WASHINGTON D.C.––The first U.S. Senate action of the New Year, on the morning of January 1, 2021, quietly affirmed for at least 90 days and perhaps indefinitely the […]
2020 began & ended with pit bulls killing babies in Dayton, Ohio
Raelynn Larrison death on New Year’s Eve warrants further in-depth investigation DAYTON, Ohio––The year 2020 ended as it began in Dayton, Ohio, with a pit bull killing the four-month-old daughter of a mother with drug issues while a parent slept nearby. The differences between the December 31, 2020 death of Raelynn Larrison, to date […]
Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin, facing 39 felonies, flunks drug test
Charges originating out of allegedly killing dogs & defrauding donors could bring Baldwin a maximum of 81 years in prison MARYSVILLE, Ohio––Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin, already facing 42 criminal charges that could potentially bring him 81 years in prison, including 39 felonies and three misdemeanors, was on December 15, 2020 further charged with violating […]
Son shot pit bulls who hurt a child, father shot son, son shot father
Ariel Anderson: “Nic Coker ‘died saving my child and trying to protect her.’” WAGARVILLE, Alabama––What in Sam Hill? Three shotgun blasts and a pistol shot fired from the wooded vicinity of Sam Hill and Sullivan Roads, about halfway between Wagarville and Saint Stephens, Alabama, 55 miles north of Mobile, on December 19, 2020 brought […]
Solvang animal advocate “Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen dies at 85
Mortensen was still on the job of helping animals in every way that she could SOLVANG, California––“Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen, 85, remembered for nearly 50 years of dynamic animal advocacy and her hearty laugh, died at her home on September 26, 2020 from complications of heart disease. “Born on April 26, 1935 in England, Hazel […]
Alex Pacheco serves stale “Spay & Neuter Cookies” again for Christmas
Pacheco says he eats them POMPANO BEACH, Florida––600 Million Stray Dogs Need You founder Alex Pacheco, who also cofounded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in 1981, is no longer distributing old photos of himself exchanging banter with soon-to-be-former-U.S. President Donald Trump. But predictably as Trump’s temper tantrums over losing the presidency to […]
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