Chicago animal control director out; Oakland director quit but is still there, for now CHICAGO, OAKLAND––More than two weeks after Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel controversially fired two-year Chicago Animal Care & Control director Susan Russell, and more than two months after Oakland Animal Services director Rebecca Katz put her job on the line to […]
The Killer Dog Problem, by Charles Danten
Going to the root of things is always a good idea if you really intend to change things. Let’s start with pit bull advocate Anne-Marie Goldwater’s delirious statement: “We use derogatory words to identify a certain subgroup of dogs which does not form a ‘race.’ Like blacks, Latinos, Arabs… these aren’t races. Just like there […]
Should the only dogs available be the offspring of the irresponsible?
by Margaret A. Cleek, Ph.D More than 25 years ago I was off-put by the claims of positive non-reproductive outcomes for neutering dogs. The recent ANIMALS 24-7 article Does castration really alter male dog behavior? reminded me of my concerns. Proponents of surgical neutering, the sooner the better, were and remain largely concerned with pet overpopulation. Animal […]
Does castration really alter male dog behavior?
Data says the notion is nuts Does castration really make male dogs less dangerous? The historical record says it does not. That castration should make male dogs safer has been presumed since 1923, when the American Veterinary Medical Association first approved the safety of the surgical procedure for dogs. But the presumption has been surprisingly […]
$4.25 million award for pit bull attack––and the victim may see some of the money
Landlord’s failure to respond or defend puzzles observers ATLANTA, Georgia––A $4.25 million default judgment issued on June 1, 2018 against Atlanta landlord Jonathan Kent Hart, 61, for an August 26, 2016 pit bull attack may be the biggest yet in which the victim is believed to be likely to collect at least a substantial […]
Will regime changes underway in New Jersey bring a new day for animals?
Biggest transitions in New Jersey humane work since 1868 FREEHOLD, TRENTON, NEWARK, New Jersey––Whether humane work will be any more effective in New Jersey going forward from 2018 is anyone’s guess, but it will be done under different leadership and a new legal regime. Familiar names move on The New Jersey SPCA no longer […]
Virginia bars shelters & rescues from hiding dogs’ bite history
No more “Don’t ask, don’t tell” for pit bulls RICHMOND, Virginia––The era of shelters and rescues concealing dog attack history from prospective adopters is over, says the Virginia state legislature, effective July 1, 2018. But the widespread practice of hiding dogs’ violent histories cost Virginia Beach resident Margaret M. Colvin her life on June 1, […]
Oklahoma law to curb bogus “service dog” claims likely to flunk first test
Where the hot air comes sweeping up the plain OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma–– A new Oklahoma state law takes a new approach to trying to curb widespread misuse of “service dog” claims and paraphernalia, but will probably fail the first time a conviction is appealed to a federal court. Oklahoma HB 3282 addresses people who use bogus “service […]
How tabloids turned the pits who killed Tracy Garcia into “dachshunds”
“Hot-dogging” headlines amplify claims of pit bull advocates ARDMORE, Oklahoma––Killed by a pit bull and a pack of pit mixes on the evening of May 10, 2018, Tracy Janine Garcia, 52, had by May 16, 2018 passed into legend via “hot-dogging” and flagrantly inaccurate tabloid headlines as the purported victim of an attack by […]
How a shelter “Blackjacked” adopters with the “nanny dog” myth
Four-year-old nearly lost eye to pit bull rehomed by the Humane Society of Catawba County LENOIR, North Carolina––Responding to a week of intensive pit bull adoption promotion by the Humane Society of Catawba County, mother of two toddlers Justina Danielle Turner on April 28, 2018 visited the Catawba County Animal Services shelter in Newton, […]
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