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Rather than kill pit bulls, Ontario SPCA quits busting dogfights

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Ontario SPCA also quits investigating cockfighting, farmed animal,  & horse-related cases             TORONTO, Ontario––Paid $5.75 million per year by the Ontario government to enforce animal-related legislation,  the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has unilaterally––and without public announcement or prior disclosure to the government––opted out of enforcing laws including the 2006 provincial ban […]

The view from Phuket, Thailand: Jeff Young, DVM is right!

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by John Dalley,  co-founder,  The Soi Dog Foundation Unfortunately,  owing to health issues,  I was unable to attend the International Companion Animal Welfare conference last year to hear Jeff Young,  DVM speak,  so have never met him.  But Young’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & […]

Alleged pit bull starver Lueders charged, but not her enablers

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Arrest warrant affidavit issued more than two weeks after remains of caged pit bulls were found at Bully Breed Rescue president’s home             FAIRFIELD, Connecticut––An arrest warrant affidavit has been at last been issued for Bully Breed Rescue president Heidi E. Lueders,  31,  of Fairfield,  Connecticut,  police lieutenant Robert Kalamaras told media on November 29,  […]

Landlord to appeal $2.5 million award to pit bull attack survivors

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Case over 2010 fatality already in court for seven years             MEMPHIS, Tennessee––The rental property management firm Epstein Enterprises and apartment house owner Longview Heights Partners,  both of Memphis,  Tennessee,  reportedly intend to fight a court award of $2.5 million to the surviving family of 2010 pit bull attack fatality William Parker,  71. The award,  […]

Bully Breed Rescue president allegedly starved five dogs to death

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Suspect not officially named pending charges, but rescue networks finger “Heidi Pibble.”             FAIRFIELD,  Connecticut––No arrests had been made and no charges brought,  as of November 18,  2018,  four days after Fairfield,  Connecticut police found the skeletonized remains of five caged dogs in a home rented by one of the most prominent pit bull advocates […]

Pit bull attacks: the “divisive” issue that is NOT on 2018 ballots

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Two fatal dog attacks on the last weekend of 2018 campaign maintain pace toward matching 2017 record             WINDSOR TOWNSHIP,  Pennsylvania––Details of the 34th and 35th known fatal dog attacks to occur in the U.S. in 2018 remained scarce as Election Day 2018 dawned. The two fatalities matched the toll as of the same date […]

Hen caging & greyhound racing go before voters in 2018 election

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Animal advocates & agribusiness split over California Proposition 12;  Republicans split over Florida Proposition 13             SACRAMENTO, California;  ORLANDO, Florida––The axiom that animal politics cut diagonally across partisan divides could scarcely be better illustrated than by the alignments for and against the two major ballot initiatives on animal issues going before voters on November 6,  […]

Albuquerque sued again for allegedly rehoming dangerous dogs

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Earlier cases allege rehoming dangerous cats, too             ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Already sued half a dozen times in under four years over issues pertaining to rehoming dangerous animals,  the city of Albuquerque was in the fourth week of October 2018 sued yet again,  this time by former Albuquerque Animal Welfare employee Victoria Murphy. Murphy in her filing […]

Should dog owners face prison for fleeing the scene of attacks?

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Maine politician promises bill to address dine-and-dash behavior ––if elected             AUGUSTA,  Maine––Should dog owners be criminally prosecuted for leaving the scene of an attack injuring a human or another animal? Oddly enough,  no state legislature appears to have addressed hit-and-run dog-walking yet,  nor even instances in which dog owners flee with dogs who have […]

Helpful links for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day

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Both animal & human victims to be remembered on October 27,  2018 With “Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day,”  October 27,  2018,  fast approaching,  including activities on behalf of both animal and human pit bull attack victims,  many readers may find the Pit Stop Archive useful––a special sub-menu offered by ANIMALS 24-7 to help access our […]