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The RSPCA recommends you & your pets for a pit bull’s dinner

August 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Breed Specific Legislation:  A Dog’s Dinner by the Royal SPCA of Britain (no individual author credited) Reviewed by Merritt Clifton     Free download from: https://www.rspca.org.uk/webContent/staticImages/Downloads/BSL_Report.pdf The Royal SPCA of Britain could scarcely have chosen a title more dismissive of dog attack victims,  both animal and human,  under which to try once again to dismantle […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Isles, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Barbara Kay, Jack Russell, Kellie Ann Richardson, Merritt Clifton, Patterdale, pit bull, Rottweiler, RSPCA, Veronica Lynch

“ANIMALS 24-7 is right” on pit bulls, says Animal Aid India

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

An open letter from Animal Aid Unlimited co-founder Erika Abrams Dear ANIMALS 24-7: I want to applaud your perseverance in bringing light to the numerous sorrowful fatal consequences of pit bull/mix attacks. I am aware that you have adversaries who claim among other things that your statistics are questionable; that breed “profiling” is similar to racial […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Animal Aid, Erika Abrams

Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Mark Kumpf to stand trial in case by survivors of Klonda Richey This is part I of a two-part series.  See also Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses. DAYTON,  Ohio––The Ohio Second Appellate District Court of Appeals on July 29,  2016 overturned an earlier trial court finding that Montgomery County Animal Resources Center director Mark Kumpf […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Dawn Juergens, Jonathan Quarles Jr., Kimiko Hardy, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton

Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Sued for alleged negligence causing death of dog attack victim Klonda Richey This is part II of a two-part series.  See also Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules. Most of the July 29,  2016 Ohio Second Appellate District Court of Appeals finding that Montgomery County Animal Resources Center director Mark Kumpf may […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: J. Thomas Beasley, Kenneth Phillips, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, YourLawScholar.com

Pit bull “raised from a puppy, always inside” kills animal expert

August 3, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Victim was 500th fatality of molosser-breed dogs since 1982          NEWINGTON,  Georgia––Georgia Department of Agriculture meat inspector Michelle Wilcox,  30,  on August 2,  2016 “died when her boyfriend’s pit bull mauled her at his home,   near Newington,”  in rural Screven County,  Georgia,  reported Dal Cannady of WTOC News. Wilcox,  an equestrian who had studied pre-veterinary […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Michelle Wilcox

Which dogs commit serial & rampage maulings?

July 24, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Why do some dogs attack again & again? “One dog bites,  then lets go,  or walks away or pulls back on his own,”  an ANIMALS 24-7 reader recently asked.  “Another dog bites,  continues to bite,  refuses to let go,  and cannot be dragged away.  Do you have any stats on that?” Indeed we do,  through the efforts […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls, Rottweilers

Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool

July 22, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Seeking a better solution for reservations than culling Part III of a three-part series. See also:  12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations and Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”:  fatal dog attacks triple “The solution,” to dog attacks on Native American reservations, “is to cull the dog population, and provide spay/neuter services […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Jeff Young, Josiah Teller, Judith Samson-French, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger, Sergeant Preston

Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”: fatal dog attacks triple

July 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Reservation attacks outside the Far North were formerly almost unheard of Part II of a three-part series. See also 12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool. From the first documentation of reservation dog attacks until 2006 most “Indian country” dog attack fatalities and disfigurements involved sled […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dog racing, Dog sledding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Deanne Coando, Jayla Rodrieguez, Julia Charging Whirlwind, Karen Shultz, Membertou, Merritt Clifton

12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations

July 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Navajo Nation residents are 35 times more likely to be killed by dogs than other Americans Part I of a three-part series. See also:  Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”:  fatal dog attacks triple and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool.          WINDOW ROCK,  Arizona––Three-year-old Kayden Colter Begay was on July 14,  2016 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Canada, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Mexico, Police & military, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Cuban bloodhound, Jason White Hip, Kayden Colter Begay, Louis Werner, Merritt Clifton, Navajo Nation, Old Yeller

Can pit bull advocates be trusted to do rabies control?

July 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Fitchburg pit bull attacks raise the question          FITCHBURG,  Massachusetts––From Fitchburg to Leicester,  Massachusetts,  both outer suburbs of Boston,  is just 24 miles as a fox runs,  over hills and through fields,  woods,  and low-density residential neighborhoods. A rabid fox bit two Leicester residents in March 2016,  causing public health authorities to reissue periodic warnings […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Rabies, Shelters, Training, USA Tagged With: Amy Egeland, Anna Burgess, David Boucher, Ernest Martineau, Merritt Clifton, Susan Kowaleski

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