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 […]
Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy
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 […]
Mother & son blame each other for pit bull pack attack killing in Tucumcari
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 […]
California bill would halt use of unleashed K-9 dogs in arrests & crowd control
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 […]
Rottweiler owners walk for death of granddaughter Olivia Grace Floyd, 7
Five years each suspended in plea bargain WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Penny L. Bachlor, 65, and Stephen Christopher Kachmar, 60, on February 3, 2023 escaped jail time with plea bargained sentences for the January 29, 2022 Rottweiler mauling death of seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd. Both defendants entered guilty pleas to reduced charges ten days before a scheduled five-day […]
If pit bulls are not “devil dogs,” why not speak their names?
Ignoring pit bull mayhem does not make it go away What happens when ANIMALS 24-7 goes ten days without publishing a new dog attack death or maiming account? Unfortunately, the multinational failures of the so-called humane community to recognize and effectively address dog attack mayhem do not stop. The body count rises, even if temporarily […]
“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege
Accused of hoarding but not charged, no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK, California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30, 2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance, issued […]
2nd fatal dog attack of 2023, like the first, kills child out past sunset
Mother mauled trying to save son from four Rottweilers & Rott mixes FORT HALL, Idaho––The second fatal dog attack in the U.S. of 2023 occurred in almost exactly the same manner as the first and the first near-fatality: a small child, alone outdoors after dark, was fatally mauled by unfamiliar big dogs, in this […]
Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim
South African pit bull-inflicted fatality rate, over past 100 days, soars to four times the U.S. record rate of 2022 LICHTENBERG, South Africa––Few Americans would recognize the name Philemon Mulala, but among soccer fans in Africa, he enjoyed approximately the fame of a major league baseball player who punctuated a career longer than most by […]
Pit bulls allowed to run loose bring 1st fatality & 1st near-fatality of 2023
One child killed & one nearly killed within minutes on sixth day of the year EAST BATON ROUGE, Louisiana; APPLING, Georgia––The first human death by dog attack in 2023 came earlier in the year than the first fatal dog attack of any of the 40-plus previous years that ANIMALS 24-7 has logged fatal and […]