An open letter from Animal Aid Unlimited co-founder Erika Abrams Dear ANIMALS 24-7: I want to applaud your perseverance in bringing light to the numerous sorrowful fatal consequences of pit bull/mix attacks. I am aware that you have adversaries who claim among other things that your statistics are questionable; that breed “profiling” is similar to racial […]
Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses
Sued for alleged negligence causing death of dog attack victim Klonda Richey This is part II of a two-part series. See also Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules. Most of the July 29, 2016 Ohio Second Appellate District Court of Appeals finding that Montgomery County Animal Resources Center director Mark Kumpf may […]
2016 survey: List of top 5 U.S. dog breed types ousts pit bulls
Pits fall to lowest since 2010 relative to other top breed types Non-pit bull small terriers, the hound category, large retrievers, and dachshunds all have a legitimate claim to being the most popular dog type in the U.S., according to the seventh annual ANIMALS 24-7 survey of classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption. Data […]
Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool
Seeking a better solution for reservations than culling Part III of a three-part series. See also: 12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations and Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”: fatal dog attacks triple “The solution,” to dog attacks on Native American reservations, “is to cull the dog population, and provide spay/neuter services […]
Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”: fatal dog attacks triple
Reservation attacks outside the Far North were formerly almost unheard of Part II of a three-part series. See also 12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool. From the first documentation of reservation dog attacks until 2006 most “Indian country” dog attack fatalities and disfigurements involved sled […]
12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations
Navajo Nation residents are 35 times more likely to be killed by dogs than other Americans Part I of a three-part series. See also: Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”: fatal dog attacks triple and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool. WINDOW ROCK, Arizona––Three-year-old Kayden Colter Begay was on July 14, 2016 […]
New Haven pit bull victim dies; pit mix kills 3-day-old girl on same day
Humane Society of U.S. president Wayne Pacelle has yet to comment on fatality five blocks from family home NEW HAVEN, Connecticut; FRESNO, California––A three-day-old baby girl was on June 27, 2016 fatally mauled by a pit bull/Sharpei mix at her mother’s home in Fresno, California, the same day that pit bull attack victim Jocelyn […]
The Search for Paradise: The Fictionalized Ordeal of Two Quite Real Dogs
by Pat Becker Illustrated by Sharon Brown-Judy Total Publishing And Media, 2015. 74 pages, hardcover. $24.95. Reviewed by Ruth Steinberger There are animal welfare advocates who believe that the quality of the adoption process dictates the welfare of homeless animals. These advocates see a bleak future for pets who are rehomed through open door policies, […]
How the League Against Cruel Sports is defending dogfighting
League recommendations would work opposite to stated intent Bloodline: Tackling Dog Fighting in the Community League Against Cruel Sports New Sparling House Holloway Hill Godalming Surrey GU7 1QZ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Part I of a three-part series also including: Dog attacks surge 76% in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit bulls […]
HSUS & Best Friends throw puppy mill pups to pit bulls
Pit bull-pushing legislation in Arizona undoes ban on selling puppy mill pups PHOENIX, Arizona––Losing six spring 2016 attempts to ban at the state level breed-specific local ordinances meant to protect the public and other pets from pit bull attacks, the Best Friends Animal Society on May 19, 2016 won a ban on breed-specific legislation […]
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