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Pit bull kills rescuer trying to stop a fight; third fatal dog attack in six days

March 25, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

What you don’t know about a pit bull will kill you––and so will what you think you do know TULSA, Oklahoma;  VISALIA, California;  CENTRE TOWNSHIP;  Pennsylvania––“Try to find out some background,  try to find out some other things before you actually take this dog into your home,”  advised Sergeant Brian Collum of the Tulsa Police […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Brad Metzner, Brian Collum, Don Gibson, Gena Carter, Jack & Jeff's, Mateo Lucas Salvador, Merritt Clifton

Cats will now be fixed by India’s national Animal Birth Control program

March 21, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Response to pack attacks:  new rules also restrict where & when feeders may feed street dogs CHENNAI, India––Cats,  as of March 10,  2023,  are at last included in the Indian national Animal Birth Control program,  operating since 2003. The inclusion of cats in effect officially recognizes neuter/return as the preferred method of cat population control […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Street dogs Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, Blue Cross of India, Chinny Krishna, Citizens for Animal Rights, Merritt Clifton, Rishi Dev

Riverside County, California extends lead in fatal dog attacks

March 10, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Joe Cleveland Scott & Mateo Salvador were 10th U.S. dog attack fatalities in 10 weeks   JURUPA VALLEY, California;  McDONALD CHAPEL, Alabama––As of the moment,  ANIMALS 24-7 has discovered little about the lives of Joe Cleveland Scott, 73,  of McDonald Chapel,  Alabama,  just outside Birmingham,  and Mateo Lucas Salvador,  42,  of Jurupa Valley,  California,  in Riverside […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Cane Corso, Joe Cleveland Scott, John Welsh, Mateo Salvador, Merritt Clifton, Mona Darwish, pit bull

Death by Pit Bull: Bred to Kill, by Richard W. Morris, J.D., Ph.D.

March 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

$9.95 paperback,  $2.99 Kindle A 52-second video trailer is live on: YouTube https://youtu.be/mrE1-bM_tdk Rumble https://rumble.com/v2a7ztq-death-by-pit-bull.html Bit Chute https://www.bitchute.com/video/DzP2jI9g2OSu/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “My history with pit bulls goes back to 1990,”  retired San Diego and Tucson prosecutor Richard W. Morris opens in Death by Pit Bull. “That year, while my wife and I were out […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Arizona Humane Society, Hollace Dean Bennard, J. Thomas Beasley, Jesse Beasley, Kirstie Jane Bennard, Lilly Jane Bennard, Merritt Clifton, Tori Whitehurst

Dog pack killing of 4-year-old, caught on video, shows need for ABC

March 4, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

20 years of India’s national Animal Birth Control program helps to quell rabies,  but not to reduce dog attacks,  because feeders continue to concentrate dogs in problematic places HYDERABAD,  India––Video security cameras set up above a car repair garage in Amberpet,  a 250-year-old suburb of 425-year-old Hyderabad,  India,  on February 19,  2023 shocked the nation […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Breeding, Cultural, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Population control, Rabies, Street dogs Tagged With: Amberpet, Animal Birth Control, Bareilly, Chinny Krishna, Hyderabad, Merritt Clifton

Pit bull mauling death of Ramon Najera, 81, shocks San Antonio

February 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Two witnesses caught pit bull attack on Najera,  wife,  & firefighters on video SAN ANTONIO, Texas––Posted Silvia Paola Hernandez,  36,  to Facebook on February 24,  2023,  with video clips of the fatal mauling of Ramon Najera,  81,  and the frantic attempts of firefighters and a neighbor to save him: “This just happened @ 2810 Depla […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Abilene Schneider Moreno, Belinda Rodriguez, Christian Alexander Moreno, Juanita Najera, Liz Campos, Merritt Clifton, Silvia Paola Hernandez

Toledo pit bull advocate Bonnie Varnes, 58, killed by family pit bull

February 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Took daughter’s pit bull out;  daughter’s pit bull took her out TOLEDO, Ohio––Washington Local Schools bus driver Bonnie Varnes,  58,  who prominently advocated for pit bulls on social media,  was on February 20,  2023 killed by one of her daughter Amelia Brooke Varnes’s two pit bulls. Amina the pit bull was leashed as Bonnie Varnes […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Amelia Varnes, Emily Kahl, Javon Stokes, John Robinson Block, Merritt Clifton, Tom Skeldon

Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy

February 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Murder-by-dog convict Marjorie Knoller is denied parole SACRAMENTO––The California Board of Parole Hearings on February 15,  2022 again denied parole to Marjorie Knoller,  67,  convicted of murder-by-dog for the January 26,  2001 death of St. Mary’s College lacrosse coach Diane Whipple,  33,  at the door to her San Francisco apartment. Knoller was previously denied parole […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dale Bretches, Diane Whipple, Jean Donaldson, Marjorie Knoller, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, Richard Avanzino, Robert Noel, Sharon Smith

Mother & son blame each other for pit bull pack attack killing in Tucumcari

February 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Charged with felony manslaughter TUCUMCARI,  New Mexico––Charged with felony possession of a dangerous dog and involuntary manslaughter,  also a felony,  for the February 1,  2023 pit bull pack death of computer programmer Stanley Hartt,  Kristopher Morris,  27,  in a KQRE television interview blamed his mama. Morris’ mama,  Mary Montoya,  50,  earlier blamed Morris. Photos and […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Kristopher Morris, Mary Montoya, Merritt Clifton, Quay County, Stanley Hartt

California bill would halt use of unleashed K-9 dogs in arrests & crowd control

February 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Use of dogs in search & rescue, explosives detection,  narcotics detection & use of leashed dogs would be unaffected             SACRAMENTO, California––A first-in-the-U.S. California state assembly bill to “prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person,  and any use of a police canine for crowd control” was introduced […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Police & military, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: AB 742, Ash Kalra, Chris Catren, Corey A. Jackson, Merritt Clifton, Rick L. Callender, Ronald Davis

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