Less time in cases with non-white victims Human death resulting from dog caretaker negligence in the first third of 2016 brought or affirmed sentences of four convicted dog owners ranging from no time served to a potential life sentence. The four cases were similar, each involving dangerous dogs either running at large or left unattended […]
“Animal control: what’s it all about?” asked Mike Burgwin
Cofounded National Animal Control Association Mike Burgwin, 87, founding president of the National Animal Control Association, died on March 23, 2016 at his home in Hoodsport, Washington, “after complications from surgery several weeks earlier,” former NACA president Eric Blow told ANIMALS 24-7. Elaborated Burgwin’s granddaughters Kahlen and Chelsea on a GoFundMe memorial page, “On February […]
Cesar Millan walks: what was the L.A. County prosecutor thinking?
Chance to send a much-needed message to “rehabbers” of dangerous dogs was lost Celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan will not be criminally charged for losing control of a French bulldog named Simon, who then mauled a pig, while videotaping the February 26, 2016 edition of the National Geographic channel’s Cesar 911 reality TV series. Announced Millan […]
Why wasn’t California pit bull fatality sent to county grand jury?
Mauling death of Tyler Trammell-Huston, 9, was handled differently from similar cases in Virginia, Colorado, & Michigan ACCOMACK, Virginia; MARYVILLE, California––Accomack County General District Court on March 20, 2016 arraigned Edna Lenae Parker, 38, on two felony counts of owning a vicious dog and committing “a willful act or omission in the care, control […]
Best Friends, the ASPCA, & HSUS: rethink pit bulls!
An open letter from Beth Clifton to: Gregory Castle, president, Best Friends Animal Society; Matthew Bershadker, president, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Wayne Pacelle, president, Humane Society of the United States Dear Sirs: Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this letter. My name is Beth Clifton. I am the […]
Will trainer Cesar Millan be charged for “hog-dog rodeo”?
Dog attack on pig is assigned to Major Case Unit Investigator LOS ANGELES, California––Will celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan be prosecuted for allowing a French bulldog in his care to maul a pig while making the February 26, 2016 episode of National Geographic Wild’s Cesar 911 “reality” television show? “We have assigned it to […]
What on earth was celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan thinking?
Simon says, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn what Cesar says.” by Beth Clifton As practically everyone who knows celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan from a Caesar salad must know by now, the February 26, 2016 episode of the National Geographic channel’s Cesar 911 reality TV series went from demonstrating a really bad […]
American Pit Bull Examiner flunks examination
While “Sudden Random Unprovoked Violent” blogger retires with distinction AUSTIN, BOSTON, SEATTLE––Two of the most widely read blogs about pit bulls came almost simultaneously to an end in February 2016, under strikingly different circumstances. On or about February 6, 2016, the online news-and-commentary host Examiner.com, claiming 20 million readers worldwide, delisted American Pit Bull Examiner […]
Pit bulls killed 24,000 other dogs & 13,000 cats in 2015
But when pit bulls maul other animals, usually it isn’t news When man bites dog, that’s news. When pit bulls kill or disfigure other animals, increasingly often it isn’t, because such mayhem is more and more just what is expected of pit bulls, seen by many reporters and editors as no more remarkable than roadkills, […]
Dogfighting
Dogfighting • District Attorney will not prosecute alleged bull-baiting at Salinas rodeo • SHARK video shows dogs baiting bulls at Calif. Salinas Rodeo 2019 • Michael Garcia’s sadism did not begin with video of pit bull mix killing fawn • 2 pit bulls, 29 dead cats, but Dothan changes topic to fundraising • What the […]
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