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 […]
Large retrievers still nearly twice as popular as pit bulls
Fifth annual survey An ANIMALS 24-7 electronic survey of 206,014 classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption confirms that large retrievers are still by far and away the most popular dogs in the U.S. Births of pit bulls and their close mixes are continuing to increase at the rate of about 10% per year. […]
Humane success makes market for mixed-breed pups
TACOMA–Why did the Humane Society of Tacoma & Pierce County fire one 15-year employee on May 25, 2006, and suspend another without pay for three days, for mistakenly euthanizing five Labrador-mix puppies? Why did Joseph P. “Jo Jo the Dog Man” O’Neill, 70, die alone of a heart attack on June 22, 2005 aboard a train in Poland, after 40-odd years […]
Pet Overpopulation and the 70% Rule
by W. Marvin Mackie, D.V.M. March 2003 In an October 2002 article about the national Animal Birth Control program in India, entitled “Get 70% or flunk”, ANIMALS 24-7 editor Merritt Clifton mentioned the Fibonacci 70% rule. His writing piqued my interest to the point that I asked him for further clarification, and then conducted some research of […]
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