British bully breed advocates urge U.K. to adopt approach failing in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Missouri; LONDON, U.K.––Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom currently reviewing possible amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, many of them inclined to pay excessive deference to dog advocacy organizations instead of the public, might look […]
Waiting for Godot & a good, cheap non-surgical alternative to s/n surgery
Joyce Briggs of ACC&D to leave the cast of “Waiting for Godot” after 18 years PORTLAND, Oregon––Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs president Joyce Briggs might be accused of burying the lead in the May 2, 2023 edition of the ACC&D electronic newsletter. “First, we want to let you know that our 2021-22 Biennial […]
Cats will now be fixed by India’s national Animal Birth Control program
Response to pack attacks: new rules also restrict where & when feeders may feed street dogs CHENNAI, India––Cats, as of March 10, 2023, are at last included in the Indian national Animal Birth Control program, operating since 2003. The inclusion of cats in effect officially recognizes neuter/return as the preferred method of cat population control […]
Dog pack killing of 4-year-old, caught on video, shows need for ABC
20 years of India’s national Animal Birth Control program helps to quell rabies, but not to reduce dog attacks, because feeders continue to concentrate dogs in problematic places HYDERABAD, India––Video security cameras set up above a car repair garage in Amberpet, a 250-year-old suburb of 425-year-old Hyderabad, India, on February 19, 2023 shocked the nation […]
“Spay/neuter deficit” of 8 million run up in COVID crisis: is there a fix?
Bob Weedon hopes Florida House bill HB 719 might help POLK CITY, Florida––Just a little over three years ago, as COVID-19 hit the U.S., killing 1.1 million Americans to date and initially all but shutting the country down, feline spay/neuter specialist G.R. “Bob” Weedon of Polk City, Florida was among the few veterinarians who continued […]
“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege
Accused of hoarding but not charged, no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK, California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30, 2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance, issued […]
Impoundments from hoarding cases down 90% in six years––why?
No-kill shelters & “rescues” are failing at half the rate of 2016, but the reason appears to be growing reluctance by animal care & control agencies to undertake mass impoundments LITTLEROCK, California––Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control public information officer Don Belton waited until Halloween, October 31, 2022, to disclose a raid […]
Vicky Crosetti, 66: “She was a good friend,” to animals & humans
ANIMALS 24-7 founding board member KNOXVILLE, Tennessee––Vicky Crosetti, for 19 years executive director of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and a founding member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors, died on January 22, 2020, after a multi-year fight against lung cancer and a variety of other serious health issues. Crosetti would have […]
India Supreme Court moves against “dog menace”
Rejects notion that local governments & High Courts have no jurisdiction over dog control, rejects claim of unconditional right to feed street dogs, & orders Animal Welfare Board to produce data showing programs are working to reduce dog bites NEW DELHI––Advocates for no-kill animal control, feeding street dogs wherever and whenever, and defenders of dangerous […]
“Peak dog” means no homes left––especially not for “behavior dogs”
“Peak dog” also means “Fix the problem before it gets worse.” LOS ANGELES, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO––City of San Antonio Animal Care Services did not mention “peak dog,” pit bulls, nor even spay/neuter in a September 1, 2022 bulletin lamenting that “Just this week, 26 dogs have been humanely euthanized due to our shelter’s capacity restraints.” […]