Wolves are also on the ballot DENVER, Colorado––Just a week before Denver voters cast ballots on whether to repeal the city’s 31-year-old ban on pit bulls and on whether to restore wolves to Colorado, the dog attack getting most local media attention involves neither a pit bull, nor a wolf dog, nor even a […]
Hawaii infant death shows why pit bulls are banned from military housing
Schofield Barracks attack comes as Congress considers ending breed-specific base housing policies HONOLULU, Hawaii––Strapped into her car seat, and too young to try to escape or fight back, a four-month-old baby girl died from canine head bites at her home on Hall Street, Schofield Barracks, at about five p.m. on October 14, 2020. Though the […]
Self-defined pit bull rescuer killed by pit bull in Moses Lake, Washington
Moses Lake rescinded restrictions on possession of pit bulls under advocacy pressure in 2011 MOSES LAKE, Washington–– Zachary S. Willis, 27, a self-proclaimed pit bull rescuer with little verifiable record of actual involvement with pit bulls, was on October 9, 2020 identified to media by Grant County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Kyle Foreman […]
Kamala Harris: long record on animal issues, including pit bull attacks
Prosecuted two dog attack fatalities, enforced pit bull sterilization ordinance, but favors adoptions of fighting dogs SAN FRANCISCO––U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, named vice presidential running mate to Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden on August 11, 2020, brings to the election campaign both a strong record on animal protection and a mixed record in […]
Black man killed by police dog; white man threatened by cop caught at cockfight
Public records requests reveal how cops killed Joseph Lee Pettaway; threatened Steve Hindi MANCHESTER, Kentucky; MONTGOMERY, Alabama––“White privilege,” in parts of the rural South, could be defined as being able to find out through public records requests that corrupt and sadistic cops might want to kill you before they actually do it. This, anyhow, appears […]
Pit bull advocate involved in breeding killed in South Carolina
“All In The Family”: more victims than ever killed by dogs they know well GRAY COURT, South Carolina––Laurens County, South Carolina sheriff’s deputies on October 2, 2020 arrested Jeffrey Kenneth Sullivan, 35, for involuntary manslaughter and three counts of possession of a dangerous animal in connection with the September 28, 2020 pit bull mauling […]
Pit bull fatality leads to judge ouster in Oklahoma
Black-and-white issues in shades of grey OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––Antwon Demetris Burks, 32, of Oklahoma City, has yet to be either convicted or acquitted on long-pending second degree manslaughter charges resulting from the April 6, 2017 pit bull mauling death of Cecille Short, 82. The case nonetheless had an outcome of far-reaching implications on September 18, 2020, […]
Cleveland pit bull owner fatally shoots attack victim who complained
Cleveland killing follows killings of dog attack victims who complained in Port St. Lucie and Indianapolis CLEVELAND, Ohio––Irate pit bull owner Johnny Hogue, 80, on September 16, 2020 pleaded “not guilty” to aggravated murder in Cuyahoga County Court, not quite two full days after killing neighbor Barbara “B.J.” Rogers, 68, with multiple close-range gunshots to […]
“We’re not just the family who got murdered over the dog.”
Monique Hansman & surviving children try to rebuild their lives PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida––Behind every story of a fatal or disfiguring dog attack is a story of injustice that will be suffered by the victims and survivors for the rest of their lives even if the physical scars heal. Usually the attacks occur because […]
Pit bull moonshine claims another life in the “Sunshine State”
Similar “rescuer” rhetoric takes toll in South Africa, too MARGATE, Florida; EDENVALE, South Africa––Joseph Varanese, 57, of Margate, Florida, just plain Joe to friends and family, believed the pit bull moonshine. On August 7, 2020, Joe Varanese adopted a pit bull reportedly picked up by Miami Dade Animal Services as an injured stray on […]
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