Did the dogs come from dog meat farms or from puppy millers, hoarders, & dogfighters? SEOUL, South Korea––Has Humane Society International thus far in 2015 bought out three South Korean breeders of dogs for meat, or several puppy millers breeding primarily for the pet trade, and/or unwittingly bought a dogfighter’s culls, and/or just bought some […]
“Pit Bull Awareness” day & month mark 33 years of exponentially accelerating pit bull mayhem
Miami, Albuquerque, and Charleston incidents illustrate the cost of pro-pit mendacity Pit bull advocates will on October 24, 2015 celebrate the ninth annual “Pit Bull Awareness Day,” founded in 2007 by Jody Preis of the Tennessee pit bull rescue Bless the Bullies, and subsequently expanded by many pit bull advocates into an entire “Pit Bull […]
How behavior testing fails adopters, dogs, volunteers & shelter staff
False sense of security PATCHOGUE, New York––Stephen Neira, 40, of Patchogue, Long Island, New York, on September 3, 2015 happened across an online ad for a pit bull named Alex. Housed by Animal Care & Control of New York City since August 30, 2015, Alex was said to have had just 22 minutes left to […]
Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog
Large retrievers 2nd, pit bulls 3rd Max the Malinois, whose story opened in theatres on June 26, 2015, may capture movie-goers’ hearts, but the most popular dog breed category in the U.S. still ain’t nothing but a hound dog. Hounds have made up 8.5% of the total U.S. dog population on average since 2010, or […]
Introducing Calcium Chloride Castration
by Ruth Steinberger, founder, Spay First (www.spayfirst.org) On July 24, 2015 a company called Calcium Chloride Castration, the brainchild of Canadian veterinarian Peter Denooij, will launch the sale of pharmaceutical grade calcium chloride dihydrate for the non-surgical castration of male dogs and cats at a daylong event in the Dominican Republic. Each premeasured dose will […]
Pit bull wisdom & dog pound foolishness
by Liz Marsden On April 29, 2015 I testified before the Rhode Island House Health, Education, and Welfare Committee against a bill, H. 5585, which if passed would require law enforcement agencies to transfer dogs impounded in raids on suspected dogfighters to “The SPCA” for adoption to the public or transfer to an “appropriate rescue […]
For Animal Rights & Human Rights: A Case for Breed-Specific Legislation
Why do we let people breed “bully” dogs, let alone sell them? by Lee Hall The orientation for new U.S. mail carriers includes a half-day of video clips showing guard dogs charging professional dog trainers. The carrier learns: When taken on by an aggressive dog—and as a mail carrier you will be, probably soon and […]
Speaking out against blind & frivolous pit bull advocacy
by Ashton Blackwell Ever since I was a little girl, I loved dogs. I accumulated an impressive menagerie of stuffed animals and dog books, and I excitedly educated anyone who would indulge me on my almost strangely encyclopedic knowledge of the breeds. My parents received ingratiating misspelled notes regularly, begging them […]
Police dogs should be trained as officers, not equipment
by Alexandra Semyonova On Friday, October 24, 2014, in Hustisford, Wisconsin, seven-year-old Logan T. Meyer was mauled to death by a Rottweiler ‘family protection dog’, trained by Vohne Liche Kennels. Less than eight weeks later, on Sunday, December 21, in Douglas County Colorado, a police dog trained and sold by Vohne Liche Kennels leaped from […]
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council hires former ASPCA president Ed Sayres
WASHINGTON D.C.––The board of directors of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, the lobbying umbrella for pet stores and breeders, on August 20, 2014 “voted to offer the positions of President and CEO to Ed Sayres,” PIJAC announced two days later. The choice of Ed Sayres to lead PIJAC was […]