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How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession

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Diagnosis by Dr. Jeff Young, Rocky Mountain Vet, & prescription by Bob Christiansen could provide a cure-all Drawing from a million to 1.7 million viewers per episode of his reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet,  Jeff Young might be considered the most influential veterinarian in the world. Certainly Young must be the most […]

Six pit bull-related deaths linked to “The Wickedest City in America”

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Phenix City goes to the dogs (& transfers dogs to laboratories)             PHENIX CITY, Alabama––Frank Jerome “Red” Cobb,  70,  killed by a pit bull on September 21,  2021,  was at least the sixth pit bull-related fatality linked to Phenix City,  Alabama,  population 36,000,  since 1988. Only three of the deaths,  including Cobb’s.  actually occurred within […]

Courts reject suing landlords for attacks by dogs kept by indigent tenants

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“Don’t ask,  don’t tell” exempts landlords from risk             MONTPELIER, Vermont––A newly published Vermont Supreme Court decision,  rendered on September 3,  2021,   affirms previous jurisprudence weakening the ability of dog attack victims and survivors to sue landlords in cases involving tenants’ dogs. The verdict in Katherine Higgins v. Shawn Bailey & Suzan Bailey appears to give […]

Austin Animal Services: “On the far side of stupid”

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Failure to promptly pick up free-roaming pit bull leads to disabling injury             AUSTIN, Texas––Alexis Montgomery,  70,   of Travis County,  Texas,  hospitalized with a softball-sized bite taken out of her leg by a free-roaming pit bull,  left most of the talking on September 21,  2021 to her husband,  retired Texas personal injury lawyer Boyce Reid […]

Albuquerque animal shelter may lead U.S. in staff maulings

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Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department has been repeatedly spotlighted since circa 2010 for housing & rehoming high-risk dogs  ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Yet again an Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department employee has suffered a severe dog attack on the job. Yet again observers who should know better are often looking in the wrong places for the reasons why. Reported […]

Lifelong safe dog advocate could not save mother from Rottweiler

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Ann Marie Rogers tried,  but family did not heed warnings             BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan––Ben and probably Wren,  two family Rottweilers,  on September 2,  2021 fatally mauled Sally Fredrica Rogers,  91,  on her daughter Susan Rogers’ back deck in Bloomfield Hills,  Michigan,  an outlying Detroit suburb. Standing just 4’11”,  suffering from memory impairment and other conditions […]

Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls (2021 update)

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Neither Rotts nor pits should ever be considered “safe” FRESNO, California––Five fatal Rottweiler attacks in the U.S. during the first 242 days of 2021,  four on toddlers and one on 91-year-old Sally Fredrica Rogers of Bloomfield Township,  Michigan,  followed essentially the same pattern of warnings,  denial,  and eventual tragedy as most of those that came […]

The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me

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by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother,  Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91,  was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer,  animal control officer,  and vet tech;  animal rescuer;  and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]

Mississippi dog burning

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The Buddy case parallels local human deaths             TUNICA, Mississippi––“Each New Day is a Celebration of Light and Life for Buddy!” bannered the Tunica Humane Society of Tunica,  Mississippi on August 18,  2021 above a glowing update about a young dog whose face was set afire on April 22,  2021 by a juvenile who has […]

Jen gets 10: Colorado pit bull defense lawyer sentenced for hit plot

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Jennifer Edwards Emmi goes to the pound for dangerous behavior GOLDEN, Colorado–– Jefferson County First Judicial District Judge Randall C. Arp on August 16,  2021 sentenced pit bull defense lawyer Jennifer Reba Edwards Emmi,  43,  to serve ten years in state prison,  less 217 days for time already served,  on nine felony counts in three […]