Busts plummet as pit bull advocacy has all but legalized dogfighting NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Designated National Dog Fighting Awareness Day by the American SPCA, April 8, 2019 and the next several days appear to have passed without a single dogfighting bust or other noteworthy event pertaining to dogfighting occurring anywhere in the United States. […]
Dog attacks on babies double, but State Farm hails fewer claims
Fewer ordinary bites but more maulings & deaths sends payouts soaring 40% in five years CHICAGO, Illinois––U.S. children under one year of age were rushed to emergency rooms due to dog attack almost twice as often in 2018 as in 2001. At least 3,125 babies made the terrifying trip to an emergency room after […]
Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls (2019 update)
Neither Rotts nor pits should ever be considered “safe” FRESNO, California––The March 22, 2019 fatal mauling of a one-year-old boy in his grandparents’ front yard in one important respect much resembled three of the six previous dog attack fatalities in Fresno and Fresno County since 2005. As in three of the six previous fatalities, neighbors […]
No more pit bull stunts putting children at risk, says South Korea
Dangerous breeds banned from daycare centers, kindergartens, & elementary schools SEOUL––Cracking down on possession of dangerous dogs for the second time since dogs killed a one-year-old child and a 53-year-old woman in October 2017, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food, & Rural Affairs on March 20, 2019 served notice that it will not […]
Deadliest dogs in South Africa? Boerboels challenge pit bulls
The most dangerous dogs of the apartheid era make a bloody comeback PRETORIA, DURBAN, South Africa––Boerboels are back in contention with pit bulls for the dubious distinction of deadliest dogs in South Africa, after killing two people in first 52 days of 2019 and nearly killing two others. But rivaling pit bulls as perhaps […]
Why would a personal injury law firm promote pit bulls?
Part of Carter Mario Injury Lawyers’ co-promotional history with the West Haven Animal Shelter MILFORD, Connecticut––A March 12, 2019 dog-for-adoption posting by the West Haven Animal Shelter, of West Haven, Connecticut, superficially resembled thousands of others posted every day to social media. But it struck one ANIMALS 24-7 reader as alarmingly different. What the […]
Heroism stops dog attacks––but knowing how helps, too
Detroit & Greenville rescuers try everything at hand DETROIT, Michigan; GREENVILLE, S.C.––Demonstrating courage, determination, and resourcefulness, despite increasing exhaustion, passer-by Oneil Colley, 44, and neighbor Sandra Lois Lucas, 74, did not stop fighting to save an unidentified 52-year-old Detroit mail carrier from an attacking pit bull on February 22, 2019 until the mail carrier was […]
15 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2019 edition)
Bad advice from celebrity trainers & humane societies gets people & animals killed by Merritt & Beth Clifton If the expert geniuses passing out advice about avoiding dog attacks as celebrity trainers and on behalf of animal advocacy organizations really knew what they were talking about––and yes, Cesar Millan, Robert Cabral, and Victoria Stilwell, we […]
A Grim tale of suspected dumb rabies & a dumber response
Who named the pit bull Faust, and why? ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Faust in German legend was an alchemist, sorcerer, and perhaps even a necromancer, meaning one who consorts with the dead, who sold his soul to the devil for the secret of transforming “base” metals into gold. The much more complex Faust of many literary renditions––who […]
Houston dog fancier killed: “Before pit bulls, it was Dobermans”?
Elaine Richman killing resembled the 1955 & 1960 attacks that made Dobermans infamous HOUSTON, Texas––Found dead in her Houston back yard on February 8, 2019, Doberman enthusiast Elaine Richman, 66, most likely succumbed to severe facial wounds and apparent defensive wounds to her hands and arms. “Preliminary autopsy results list a sharp force injury as […]
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