The 1994 San Francisco “Adoption Pact” recast the roles of animal control & humane societies––but not as intended Again, in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S., and indeed around the world, factions are polarized in furious conflict over what their local animal control agencies, humane societies and shelterless, volunteer-run “rescues” should be doing. […]
Deadliest dogs in South Africa? Boerboels challenge pit bulls
The most dangerous dogs of the apartheid era make a bloody comeback BLOEMFONTAIN, South Africa––Adriana Salomina van Deventer, widow of David van Deventer, on July 4, 2019 in the High Court of South Africa, Bloemfontain Division, won an eight-year battle to establish that her husband was killed by a […]
Pit bull advocate charged with hit-&-run killing of Holocaust survivor
Alleged killer had her favorite pit cloned, & was charged with trying to break into a pound to rescue pits who mauled a couple LOS ANGELES, California––Joyce Bernann McKinney, 68, once a globally prominent pit bull advocate, was on July 3, 2019 formally charged with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run driving, and vehicular […]
Alabama mauling: “Emily’s Law” fails to protect public from pit bulls
2018 law raised penalties for dog attacks, but also raised bars to preventing them FORT MITCHELL, Alabama––“Vicious dog attack warrants misdemeanor charge,” bannered Robbie Watson of WLTZ-38 First News on July 10, 2019, but the story focus was on the shock and frustration of victim Sandy Vogts that the attack itself actually brought no […]
Breed survey 2019: more puppies, yet fewer homes for pit bulls
54% of U.S. pit bulls are seeking homes, up from 41% in 2018 Americans seeking to add a dog to their families had 17.2 million dogs to choose from in the first week of July 2019, a third more than in July 2018, according to the 10th annual ANIMALS 24-7 mid-summer survey of online classified […]
Blue Buffalo, Rachael Ray, Nutro, & 13 other brands linked to rare disease
When being big-hearted is not good in a dog SILVER SPRING, Maryland––Dogs are supposed to be big-hearted, but not in the literal sense. An abnormally enlarged heart can kill a dog, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on June 27, 2019 warned for the second time in two years, this time linking the warning […]
Why vultures are not circling over the drought-parched world
It isn’t that vultures don’t feel the threat from global warming GABORONE, Botswana––Scarce over much of drought-parched India, Central Asia, and Africa, vultures still converge over dead livestock and wildlife in Botswana, stripping the corpses of even elephants and hippos down to the bones within hours––but for how much longer? The Botswana Department of […]
Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted owners
Severely injured Duane Eddie Vanlanham won a medal & a lawsuit, but no payout SAGINAW, Michigan––Duane Eddie Vanlanham, a 2009 recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Civilian Valor for fighting off three pit bulls to rescue neighbor Bridgetta Hadley, at huge cost to himself, died on June 14, 2019 as quietly as he had […]
Drowning in pit bulls, HOPE Humane Society goes under
No-kill failure leaves city without an animal shelter FORT SMITH, Arkansas––As of July 17, 2019, just over a month from now and maybe sooner, the second-biggest city in Arkansas is likely to be without a functional animal shelter and humane society for the first time in 81 years. Anticipating the loss of the shelter, […]
Why is the ASPCA stonewalling about the deaths of 20 dogs in transport?
Three-week silence howls for answers NEW YORK CITY––Twenty dogs died on May 15, 2019 aboard an American SPCA vehicle that was hauling them from one or more Mississippi shelters to Wisconsin to be offered for adoption. That could be called just a really bad accident, except that three weeks after Emily Jacobs and Ben […]
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