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COVID-19 made 2020 the strangest year yet for fatal & disfiguring dog attacks

January 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, USA Tagged With: Demi Herod Killebrew, Joshua Jadusingh, Karen Wilkerson, Raelynn Larrison, Robbie Taylor, Scarlett Pereira, Skylar Headrich, Stephen Pemberton, Sterling Vermeer, Zachary Willis

Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2020 log

January 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

(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 […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top

Aurora repeals pit bull ban; pit bull advocates in trouble in three states

January 15, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

$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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Amber Rickles, Anne Hornish, Apryl Steele, Cesar Millan, Cleveratta Gordon-Waldroup, Janet D'Aleo, Jennifer Romano, Marsha Berzins, Ronin Waldroup

Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming

January 12, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 13 Comments

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,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cats, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashli Babbitt, Blair Brandt, Bradley Lane Croft, Brian Sweeney, Donald Trump, Jake Angeli Chansley, Joe Arpaio, Joe Exotic, Lara Trump, Pinky Cole, Raphael Warnock, Slutty Vegan, Stacy Abrams, Wayne Pacelle

Congress rejects immediate repeal of dog breed bans in military housing

January 5, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Police & military, Service dogs, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alaska Airines, base housing, Lara Trump, Merritt Clifton, National Defense Authorization Act, Schofield Barracks, Section 2884, Wounded Warrior

2020 began & ended with pit bulls killing babies in Dayton, Ohio

January 3, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, Raelynn Larrison, Rob Larrison, Rob Oliver Closeoff, Samantha Slaven

Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin, facing 39 felonies, flunks drug test

December 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Eileen McFall, Jeffrey Luke Westerman, Litza Kargakos, Mac Cordell, Mark O'Connor, Matthew L. Smith, Merritt Clifton, Steffen Baldwin, Steffen Finkelstein

Son shot pit bulls who hurt a child, father shot son, son shot father

December 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Angela Summers, Ariel Anderson, Barbara Rogers, Brent Anderson, Clint Coker, Guy Hansman, Kelvin Coker, Kelvin James Coker, Kelvin Nicholas Coker, Merritt Clifton, Monique Hansman, Nic Coker, Richard Stringer

Solvang animal advocate “Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen dies at 85

December 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, United Kingdom, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Bob Mortensen, Daxton Borchardt, Fran Smith, Hazel Mortensen, Lisa Andre, Merritt Clifton, Quinn Spaulding, Rachelle Mueller

Alex Pacheco serves stale “Spay & Neuter Cookies” again for Christmas

December 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, ChemSpay, David Duchovny, Joyce Briggs, Merritt Clifton, Rayjay Kumar, SenesTech

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