Pit bull advocates • Pit bull hoarder Heidi Lueders jailed; bad day at Black Rock Canines • Where the late Bernie Rollin got his garbled “facts” about pit bulls • Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts • Pit bull & animal neglect defense lawyer pleads in murder-for-hire plot • […]
Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia
by Ruth Steinberger, founder, Spay First (www.spayfirst.org) There is a proposed change in the U.S. and global regulatory status of ketamine, a safe, effective and cost effective anesthetic drug used in both human and veterinary medicine. Sometimes referred to as a “date rape” drug, ketamine is already highly controlled, yet any veterinarian or clinic choosing to […]
Dogfight over HSI/HSUS dog rescues in South Korea
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 […]
Court finally puts Angel’s Gate out of its misery
Eight-year struggle DELHI, New York––More than eight years of investigation and three years of litigation over the management of the former Angel’s Gate hospice in Delhi, New York, appeared to end with the dissolution of the charity on October 2, 2015 by Otsego County Court Judge John F. Lambert. The verdict may end one […]
What is the Austin Animal Center doing to dogs in the name of “play”?
It isn’t “play” when a dog is terrorized or hurt Seasoned humane volunteer Delwin Goss on September 28, 2015 reported witnessing “playgroup” behavioral assessment at the Austin Animal Center using methods which repeatedly subjected one dog to the threat of attack and sometimes actual attack. This activity, in his view and that of ANIMALS 24-7, […]
Why San Antonio Animal Care Services did not promptly impound a gunshot-wounded mastiff found running in a pack
Prepared for flooding but not for gunfire SAN ANTONIO, Texas––It was no secret in San Antonio, Texas that Memorial Day 2015 weekend promised to be three days from hell. Predicted Accuweather meteorologist Brian Thompson on Friday, May 22, 2015, “Another round of downpours and thunderstorms will bring a renewed threat for flooding from Kansas to Texas…Cities […]
Tell Mitt Romney: no dogs allowed on car roofs in Ohio
Four toddlers & wife in mini-van, four pups on roof AKRON, Ohio––Perhaps Wendell Steiner, a Mennonite from Nova, Ashland County, Ohio, imagined he could safely emulate 2012 Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on April 17, 2015, when Steiner set out for Chambersburg, Pennsylvania with his four toddlers and his wife inside the family mini-van, […]
New York Police Department eclipses ASPCA humane law enforcement stats in first full year on the beat
Impoundments & arrests triple NEW YORK CITY––Rescues of New York City animals from cruelty and neglect and arrests of alleged offenders all soared in 2014, the first full year since the American SPCA began turning the lead role in humane law enforcement over to the New York Police Department. Impoundments of abused and neglected animals […]
How to help dogs left chained alone in the cold
“In most parts of the U.S., it is still perfectly legal to force a dog to live on a chain 24 hours a day” by Tamira Thayne Founder and CEO, Dogs Deserve Better “Bringing dogs into the family since 2002” We are again deep into winter, the time when Dogs Deserve Better’s phones ring off the hook with people desperate […]
Note to animal abusers: Big Brother is watching you!
WASHINGTON D.C.–– Federal Bureau of Investigation director James B. Comey on September 17, 2014 announced that the FBI will add cruelty to animals to the national Uniform Crime Report Program as a unique category of offense. Including crimes against animals in the Uniform Crime Report Program is unlikely to change broad understandings about the […]
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