The most dangerous dogs of the apartheid era make a bloody comeback PRETORIA, DURBAN, South Africa––Boerboels are back in contention with pit bulls for the dubious distinction of deadliest dogs in South Africa, after killing two people in first 52 days of 2019 and nearly killing two others. But rivaling pit bulls as perhaps […]
Drove out the snakes? What did St. Patrick do with the Irish wolves?
He made friends with them! DUBLIN, TEL AVIV, ROME––As of St. Patrick’s Day 2019, there are still no wild snakes in Ireland, more than 1,660 years after the patron saint of Ireland allegedly drove them all out. Paleontologists say there were never any wild snakes in Ireland in the first place. But there were […]
Why would a personal injury law firm promote pit bulls?
Part of Carter Mario Injury Lawyers’ co-promotional history with the West Haven Animal Shelter MILFORD, Connecticut––A March 12, 2019 dog-for-adoption posting by the West Haven Animal Shelter, of West Haven, Connecticut, superficially resembled thousands of others posted every day to social media. But it struck one ANIMALS 24-7 reader as alarmingly different. What the […]
Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, brought “humane spring” to Egypt
Headed three leading organizations CAIRO, Egypt––Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, who with his British-born wife Jackie led the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends, the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare, and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare, on March 7, 2019 died at home in Shabramont, Giza, a Cairo suburb, after several years of fighting multiple […]
How to count feral cats & street dogs in the 21st century
Spay/neuter success makes old projection methods obsolete––& makes doing new surveys essential Counting feral cats and street dogs in the early 21st century is not what it was in your grandparents’ time, or your own time any more, either, if you have lived much longer than the oldest cat or dog of your acquaintance. For […]
Heroism stops dog attacks––but knowing how helps, too
Detroit & Greenville rescuers try everything at hand DETROIT, Michigan; GREENVILLE, S.C.––Demonstrating courage, determination, and resourcefulness, despite increasing exhaustion, passer-by Oneil Colley, 44, and neighbor Sandra Lois Lucas, 74, did not stop fighting to save an unidentified 52-year-old Detroit mail carrier from an attacking pit bull on February 22, 2019 until the mail carrier was […]
15 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2019 edition)
Bad advice from celebrity trainers & humane societies gets people & animals killed by Merritt & Beth Clifton If the expert geniuses passing out advice about avoiding dog attacks as celebrity trainers and on behalf of animal advocacy organizations really knew what they were talking about––and yes, Cesar Millan, Robert Cabral, and Victoria Stilwell, we […]
A Grim tale of suspected dumb rabies & a dumber response
Who named the pit bull Faust, and why? ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Faust in German legend was an alchemist, sorcerer, and perhaps even a necromancer, meaning one who consorts with the dead, who sold his soul to the devil for the secret of transforming “base” metals into gold. The much more complex Faust of many literary renditions––who […]
Houston dog fancier killed: “Before pit bulls, it was Dobermans”?
Elaine Richman killing resembled the 1955 & 1960 attacks that made Dobermans infamous HOUSTON, Texas––Found dead in her Houston back yard on February 8, 2019, Doberman enthusiast Elaine Richman, 66, most likely succumbed to severe facial wounds and apparent defensive wounds to her hands and arms. “Preliminary autopsy results list a sharp force injury as […]
Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy
Murder-by-dog convict Marjorie Knoller is denied parole SACRAMENTO––The California Board of Parole Hearings on February 7, 2019 denied parole to Marjorie Knoller, 64, 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 will be allowed to seek parole […]
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