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 […]
Illinois pit bull fatality mirrors attack by HSUS rep Annie Hornish’s pit
Family of Hornish pit bull victim offers to settle for $3.5 million; insurer says Hornish isn’t covered BELLEVILLE, Illinois; SUFFIELD, Connecticut––Moving and storage worker Kelly Knaup, 45, of Belleville, Illinois, and Annie Hornish, 63, Connecticut state representative for the Humane Society of the U.S., have just four things obviously in common. • Both restructured their […]
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 […]
In our time, a bonneted pit bull ate Grandma & Little Red Riding Hood
Fatal pit bull attacks continue at record pace with two babies killed at grandparents’ houses AKRON, Ohio––Perhaps not since the mythical big bad wolf first ate and then posed as Grandma, and then ate Little Red Riding Hood too, have canines posed a greater threat to small children visiting Grandma’s house. The identity of a […]
Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin could get 81 years for killing dogs & fraud
Bond of $200,000 set for “The hot dog man,” allegedly caught hot dogging a few times too often MARYSVILLE, Ohio––Bond of $200,000 was set on August 5, 2020 for high-profile pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin by Judge Mark O’Connor of the Common Pleas Court in Union County, Ohio. Arrested on July 23, 2020 in Acton, […]
Why “Human races are not like dog breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy”
Pit bull killing of Rhode Island child punctuates point made by local prof & colleagues one year earlier KINGSTON, Rhode Island––Fifteen-month-old Scarlett Pereira, of East Providence, Rhode Island, killed by her grandparents’ pit bull as the family enjoyed an outdoor lunch, on July 16, 2020 became the 29th U.S. dog attack fatality of the year. […]
Girl, 11, & father killed over a bull mastiff? Race horses involved too?
Former thoroughbred owner shot son & granddaughter of renowned jockey & racing judge PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida—Why did Ronald John Delserro, 82, on July 6, 2020 fatally shoot two of his longtime Port St. Lucie neighbors, 11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father Guy Alexander Hansman, 55? Was Delserro’s grievance only because the Hansman family brought […]
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