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New adoption center gives Fresno humane community a point of pride

April 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

A rare “good news for animals” event in a city which has had little to celebrate FRESNO,  California––Celebrating a rare “good news for animals” event in a city which has had little to celebrate,  the Cat House on the Kings and the Petco Foundation on February 15,  2013 together opened a new 1,500-square-foot adoption center […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Population control, Population control, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Linda Van Kirk, Lynea Lattanzio, Merritt Clifton, Tammy Barker

Study of misreported dog attack deaths affirms ANIMALS 24-7 findings

April 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 6 Comments

Investigation of unreported multiple causes of death finds totals & “proximate cause” numbers very close to ours             RALEIGH,  North Carolina––Marilyn Goss Haskell,  DVM,  and Ricky Lee Langley, M.D.,  both also holders of master’s degrees in public health,  may never have heard of ANIMALS 24-7 and our log of fatal and disfiguring dog attacks in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Marilyn Goss Haskell, Merritt Clifton, Ricky Lee Langley

16 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2021 edition)

April 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 8 Comments

Could electroshock have stopped shocking attack on Queen Charlotte the carriage horse? by Merritt & Beth Clifton Shocked by video of an April 3,  2021 pit bull attack on a carriage horse named Queen Charlotte,  and vividly reminded of her own recent narrow escape from a pit bull attack while riding her horse Link,  “social […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Amanda Medlin Underwood, Beth CliftonQueen Charlotte, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Raleigh Lilith, Victoria Stilwell

Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years

April 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Fewer claims in 2020,  but more damage             NEW YORK CITY––National Dog Bite Prevention Week is back for April 11-17,  2021,  focused as usual since 1956 on “educating people about preventing dog bites.” Again in 2021 there is no mention in the Dog Bite Prevention Week literature distributed by American Humane,  American Veterinary Medical Association,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aziz Ahmed, Megan Fisher, Merritt Clifton, Victoria Stilwell, Yolanda Ciccone

Los Angeles Animal Services chief Brenda Barnette to retire in May 2021

April 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Took L.A. to “no kill” at cost of soaring pit bull attacks             LOS ANGELES, California––Brenda Barnette,  the third-longest-serving general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services since World War II,  has announced her retirement,  effective in mid-May 2021. The City of Los Angeles has officially not yet begun what is expected to become a nationwide […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Ed Boks, Julie Castle, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, Richard Bonner

Neighbor’s pit bulls kill three-year-old in COVID-19 quarantine, put mother in critical

March 19, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls allegedly had history of breaking fence, running at large,  & biting passers-by             CARTERET,  New Jersey––COVID-19 quarantine precautions and pit bulls who were not safely contained collided on March 16,  2021 in a Carteret,  New Jersey back yard. Three-year-old Aziz Ahmed,  “playing in his new home’s yard for the very first time with his […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Aziz Ahmed, Brian Thompson, Brittany Kriegstein, Merritt Clifton, Santos Rodriguez, Snejana Farberov, Tanveer Ahmed

Five-year-old disfigured by pit bull 21 days after Aurora ban is lifted

March 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull,  only the third rehomed by the Aurora Animal Shelter,  passed the ASPCA “SAFER” test             AURORA, Colorado––Just 21 days after an Aurora city council ordinance undoing the longstanding community pit bull ban took effect,  five-year-old Leonardo Duran is facing possible lifelong disfigurement from only the third pit bull rehomed by the Aurora Animal […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Apryl Steele, Austin Chavez, Dave Gruber, Joshua Strother, Karen Duran, Leonardo Duran, Merritt Clifton

Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s boyfriend Christophe Ellul indicted for manslaughter

March 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Indictment follows 16-month investigation of attack that has been the talk of France             SOISSONS,  France––Christophe Ellul, 46,  boyfriend of November 16,  2019 pit bull attack fatality Elisa Pilarski,  29,  was on March 4,  2021 indicted for manslaughter by Soissons prosecutor Julien Morino-Ros. Pilarski was six months pregnant.  Ellul,  the father of their unborn son […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Mediterranean, Training Tagged With: Benoit Blanc, Beth Clifton, Eric Boussuge, Julien Morino-Ros, Le Rallye de la Passion, Merritt Clifton, Nathalie Pilarski, Poitevin hound, Sharon DeWit, Xavier Terquem Adoue

Police dog attacks on black children soar in Baton Rouge

February 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But black cop was disciplined for shooting a pit bull BATON ROUGE,  Louisiana––A Baton Rouge Police Department K9 officer,  on patrol with his dog Mack on the night of January 6,  2021,  “pulled over a suspected stolen white Dodge Ram pick-up truck,” WBRZ-TV reported. “As the two waited for assisting officers to arrive,  police say the […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Police & military, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Abraham Wilson III, Bryn Stole, Grace Toohey, Jerell Hebert, Merritt Clifton, Murphy Paul, Sharon Weston Broome, Silas Clouatre, Thurgood Marshall

Parents try to raise children safely; pit bulls et al have other ideas

February 15, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Mourning on Valentine’s Day Having taken to heart the pit bull advocacy claim that “It’s all in how you raise them,”  young people in at least eight communities scattered among Argentina,  Britain,  and the U.S. spent Valentine’s Day 2021 in shock and mourning after eight pit bulls,  a Dogo Argentino mix,  and a Rottweiler unexpectedly […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, South America, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Brenden Wininger, Cameron Hatfield, Keira Ladlow, Lara Rebecca Agüero, Micaela Rufina Mendoza Natalia Florencia Mendoza Peirano, Mohammed Zakriyya, Nighat Khatoon, Victoria Rose LaBar, Yaser Baig

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