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Dogfight over HSI/HSUS dog rescues in South Korea

October 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Food, Greyhound racing, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Population control, Shelters, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bernard Unti, Humane Society International, James Hyams, Korea Observer, Lola Webber, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

“Pit Bull Awareness” day & month mark 33 years of exponentially accelerating pit bull mayhem

October 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Barbara Bruin, Joe Elmore, Merritt Clifton

How behavior testing fails adopters, dogs, volunteers & shelter staff

September 9, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Carri Westgarth, Cesar Millan, Emily Weiss, Francine Watkins, Merritt Clifton, Stephen Neira, Sue Sternberg

Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog

July 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Shelters, USA Tagged With: boxer, Hal Herzog, large retriever, Malinois, Merritt Clifton, pit bull

Introducing Calcium Chloride Castration

July 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Breeding, Caribbean, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Peter Denooij, Ruth Steinberger

Pit bull wisdom & dog pound foolishness

May 6, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: “How it’s raised”, Liz Marsden, pit bull, Vick dogs

For Animal Rights & Human Rights: A Case for Breed-Specific Legislation

February 26, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters Tagged With: bully breeds, Lee Hall, pit-bulls, Rottweilers

Speaking out against blind & frivolous pit bull advocacy

January 7, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Ashton Blackwell, pit bull, Richard Stratton

Police dogs should be trained as officers, not equipment

January 5, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Opinion, Police & military, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, schutzhund, Vohne Liche

Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council hires former ASPCA president Ed Sayres

August 25, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

           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 […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Ed Sayres, PIJAC

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