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Dog pack killing of 4-year-old, caught on video, shows need for ABC

March 4, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

20 years of India’s national Animal Birth Control program helps to quell rabies,  but not to reduce dog attacks,  because feeders continue to concentrate dogs in problematic places HYDERABAD,  India––Video security cameras set up above a car repair garage in Amberpet,  a 250-year-old suburb of 425-year-old Hyderabad,  India,  on February 19,  2023 shocked the nation […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Breeding, Cultural, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Population control, Rabies, Street dogs Tagged With: Amberpet, Animal Birth Control, Bareilly, Chinny Krishna, Hyderabad, Merritt Clifton

Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy

February 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Murder-by-dog convict Marjorie Knoller is denied parole SACRAMENTO––The California Board of Parole Hearings on February 15,  2022 again denied parole to Marjorie Knoller,  67,  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 was previously denied parole […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dale Bretches, Diane Whipple, Jean Donaldson, Marjorie Knoller, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, Richard Avanzino, Robert Noel, Sharon Smith

More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland

December 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why is death-by-dog accepted as punishment for even innocent & accidental trespass? MOGWASE,  South Africa;  GREENBANK, Australia;  DUBLIN,  Ireland––Two December 3,  2022 dog attack fatalities resulting from use of high-risk dogs as alleged crime deterrents,  and a new investigative report about pit bull breeding in Ireland,  have further fueled rising demands for stricter dog laws […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Ireland, Isles, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Brayden O'Hanlon, Floyd Metsileng, Jyedon Pollard, Kane Minion, Merritt Clifton, Takisha Pollard

“We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children”

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fourth South African pit bull fatality in 10 days News analysis by Beth Clifton “We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children,”  pit bull owner Mokete Selebano of Phomolong township,  South Africa,  told BBC News reporter Vumani Mkhize,  a week after Selebano on November 21,  2022 saw a neighbor’s two pit […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Keketso Innocent Saule, Mokete Selebano, Pit Bull Federation of South Africa, Sizwe Kupelo, Zimkhitha Brenda Gaga

Lab animal supplier Inotiv allegedly sold smuggled monkeys

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Company hits trifecta:  alleged monkey-trafficking,  mass neglect of beagles,  & accused of stock fraud MIAMI,  Florida––It isn’t easy to get caught in the middle of the biggest monkey-smuggling case associated with biomedical research,  the biggest beagle neglect case in the history of vivisection,  and the alleged biggest pump-and-dump stock-selling scandal to hit biomedical research investors,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Regulation, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: David Grimm, Envigo, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Omaliss Keo, Shirley McGreal, Steve Hindi

Baby is 3rd South African killed by pit bull in 9 days; calls for ban rise

November 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Never aggressive to me,  but killed two other dogs,”  says owner EAST LONDON,  South Africa––Fifteen-month-old Reuben le Roux on November 23,  2022 became the third South African child killed by pit bulls in nine days. The attack whetted public demands for a national pit bull ban and further mobilized pit bull advocates in defense of […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Bennie le Roux, Keketso Innocent Saule, Lebohang Pali, Merieke van der Nescht, Merritt Clifton, Noleen Fourie, Reuben le Roux, Sizwe Kupelo

Pit bull attacks inflame pit bull lynchings in South African shantytowns

November 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Four pit bulls burned by two mobs,  800 miles apart,  after the pits killed one child and nearly killed another CAPE TOWN,  South Africa––Inter-racial friction,  a legacy of the continuing use of fierce dogs to defend white privilege,  decades after apartheid ended,  smoldered just beneath the remains of four pit bulls lynched and burned by […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Boerboel, COSATU, Gatesville, Hennenman, Jeffrey Mfini, Lins Rauterbach, Merritt Clifton, Pit Bull Federation of South Africa

87,570 South Africans petition for pit bull ban after most recent fatalities

November 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Firefighter leads response to deaths of eight-year-old and 10-year-old BLOEMFONTEIN,  South Africa––The two most recent South African pit bull fatalities differed little from dozens of others,  both in South Africa and around the world,  in the United States,  the United Kingdom,  Europe,  India,  and South America. This time,  though,  the South African response,  though,  has […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Keshvi Nair, Merritt Clifton, Olebogeng Mosime, Sizwe Kupelo, Storm Nuku

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Council Bluff pit bull ban

November 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Highest court ruling yet on breed-specific legislation favors it ST. LOUIS, Missouri––A three-judge panel from the St. Louis-based,  conservative-leaning U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on November 10,  2022 unanimously delivered the strongest judicial affirmation yet of the constitutionality of breed-specific dog legislation,  including outright bans on the possession and sale of pit […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Duane Benton, Holt vs. Mamuelle, James Loken, John Jarvey, Jonathan Kobes, Merritt Clifton, Toledo vs. Tellings, Tracey v. Solesky

“The Conversation” & the pit bull shit

October 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Five howling factual errors in just the first three lines The Conversation,   an online periodical publishing only academic authors,  claiming to reach more than 10 million people throughout the English-speaking world,  prides itself on fact-checking and peer-reviewed content,  albeit allowing little or no opportunity for non-academics to respond to errors and offer corrections. The Conversation […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Colin Dayan, His master's voice, Joan Dayan, Merritt Clifton, Our Gang, Petey, Vanderbilt

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