Settlement includes no skin off former animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s ass DAYTON, Ohio––The Montgomery County, Ohio board of commissioners are on March 31, 2020 expected to approve a $3.5 million settlement with survivors of Klonda Richey. Richey, 57, was on February 7, 2014 fatally mauled by her next door neighbors’ two dogs, variously […]
How COVID-19 and pit bulls show we are in pain
by Roderick Balt Despite not being evidently more dangerous than a heavy flu, which can kill tens of thousands of the most vulnerable people without sparking panic, and did as recently as the 2018-2019 flu season, the COVID-19 virus has terrified much of the public worldwide, resulting in disproportionate measures being taken to manage the […]
With all eyes on COVID-19, Missouri moves to undo pit bull bans
Pit bull fatalities, meanwhile, proceed at record pace JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri; PORTSMOUTH, Virginia; HOUSTON, Texas––With all eyes on COVID-19, pit bull advocates on March 11, 2020 pushed a bill through the Missouri state House of Representatives to prohibit and repeal breed-specific legislation. The bill, similar to bills that have failed annually in the Missouri […]
Dog study let pit bull owners lie & still found behavior is breed-specific
Finn study is third in six months to refute the saw that “It’s all in how you raise them.” HELSINKI, Finland––For the third time in six months a major new study of the heritability of dog behavior, published by a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal, has refuted the shibboleth of pit bull advocacy that “It’s all […]
Denver pit bull ban repeal vetoed by mayor Michael B. Hancock
Veto followed four days of consultation, including with medical experts DENVER––Mayor Michael B. Hancock on February 14, 2020 vetoed the repeal of the 30-year-old Denver ban on pit bulls engineered by council member Chris Herndon on February 10, 2020. The veto was upheld on February 24, 2020. The Hancock veto handed an unexpected Valentine to […]
Denver repeals pit bull ban on night that pit bulls kill two people
Ink dried in Denver before the tears in Chicago, Los Angeles, & Tampa DENVER, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, TAMPA––Pit bulls made news in four major U.S. cities on the night of February 10, 2020. In Plainfield, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, 25-year-old Devin J. White died from severe bites to his arms inflicted two nights earlier by […]
Pit bulls on aircraft: ANIMALS 24-7 responds to federal proposal
To: DOT-OST-2018-0068 Docket Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590-0001 In response to: RIN No. 2105–AE63 Traveling by Air with Service Animals AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). From: Merritt & […]
Vicky Crosetti, 66: “She was a good friend,” to animals & humans
ANIMALS 24-7 founding board member KNOXVILLE, Tennessee––Vicky Crosetti, for 19 years executive director of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and a founding member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors, died on January 22, 2020, after a multi-year fight against lung cancer and a variety of other serious health issues. Crosetti would have […]
Pit bull suspected of killing Elisa Pilarski struck twice more in five days
French fatality, still under investigation, echoes & contrasts with U.S. cases BEAUVAIS, OISE, France; CLEARCREEK TOWNSHIP, Ohio; PORTSMOUTH, Virginia; ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Curtis, the pit bull suspected of killing Elisa Pilarski in the Retz Forest near Soissons, France, on November 16, 2019, also injured her fiancé Christopher Ellul at the police station on the evening of […]
Feds crack door to banning pit bulls from airliners
But rulemakers lean the other way. Pit bull advocates celebrate “victory” while the fight has just begun. WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. federal Department of Transportation secretary Elaine L. Chao on January 22, 2020 cracked the door open to allowing airlines to ban pit bulls and other dangerous dog breeds from passenger cabins, even if those dogs […]
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