Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones Edited by Debra Horwitz & John Cirbassi Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003), 2012. 347 pages hardback, $27.00. The study of animal behavior has been around for a long time. […]
Fire marshall demoted for Facebook remarks about killing pit bulls
Internal affairs investigation TORRINGTON, Connecticut––Torrington deputy fire marshall Richard Prince was demoted to firefighter in December 2013 and his pay was cut from $69,700 a year to $59,000 after an internal affairs investigation of comments about how to kill pit bulls that Prince posted to Facebook on November 10, 2013. […]
Mission Rabies vaccinates 60,000 dogs in 10 Indian cities in 30 days
Exceeded target by 10,000 NILGIRIS, Tamil Nadu, India––Vaccinating 60,000 dogs in 30 days at 10 rabies hot spots around India, Mission Rabies exceeded its preliminary target by 10,000 and kept right on rolling, vaccinating another 30,000 and sterilizing more than 9,000 during the next five months. Mission Rabies “will continue for three years, with a goal […]
Newly found ferret badger rabies strain raises concern about dogs
First recognized in July 2013 TAIPEI, Taiwan––A new rabies strain identified in Taiwanese ferret badgers may have the potential to exponentially increase the risk of rabies transmission by dogs. But even if the new rabies strain does not behave in dogs as it does among ferret badgers, it has ignited unprecedented public controversy in Taiwan […]
Political foes close Bali Animal Welfare Association
Veterinarians complained UBUD, Bali, Indonesia––The Bali Animal Welfare Association was on September 30, 2013 closed by police for allegedly operating without permits, apparently following complaints from veterinarians about competition from the BAWA street dog clinic. “Our ambulance and spay/neuter team are not allowed to work until we get the clinic permit, which will take a […]
New adoption center gives Fresno humane community a point of pride
A rare “good news for animals” event in a city which has had little to celebrate FRESNO, California––Celebrating a rare “good news for animals” event in a city which has had little to celebrate, the Cat House on the Kings and the Petco Foundation on February 15, 2013 together opened a new 1,500-square-foot adoption center […]
Pack hunters struggle to explain how setting dogs on wildlife differs from dogfighting
Why no criminal prosecutions for operating chase pens? RICHMOND, MADISON––Since dogfighting is a felony in all 50 U.S. states, why is allowing a dog to kill or injure other animals outside of a fighting pit not subject to criminal penalties in any state? Why is introducing dogs into enclosures to chase coyotes and foxes not […]
Humane community stops Alabama vets from blocking low-cost s/n
Alabama Veterinary Medical Examiners Board denies Alabama Veterinary Practice Owners Association request to deny licenses to nonprofit clinics MONTGOMERY––The Alabama Veterinary Medical Examiners Board on October 10, 2012 unanimously rejected a rule proposed by the Alabama Veterinary Practice Owners Association which could have closed all four nonprofit dog and cat sterilization clinics in the state. […]
Texas fatal dog attacks bring proposed life sentence & new breed-specific injury data
AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO–The Texas House of Representatives on May 4, 2011 approved by a vote of 123 to 7 a bill which could send the keepers of a dog who kills a child or a senior citizen to prison for life. Assigned to the Texas Senate criminal justice committee on May 5, the bill appeared to be unlikely […]
BAWA achieves Bali rabies turnaround
UBUD, Bali, Indonesia–Vaccinating 210,000 dogs in the six months ending on March 31, 2011, the Bali Animal Welfare Association achieved a 48% reduction in human rabies deaths and a 45% decrease in dog rabies cases. This was the fastest containment of a rabies outbreak in the history of Indonesia, achieved even as a 13-year-old outbreak continues in Flores, where […]