Miami, Albuquerque, and Charleston incidents illustrate the cost of pro-pit mendacity Pit bull advocates will on October 24, 2015 celebrate the ninth annual “Pit Bull Awareness Day,” founded in 2007 by Jody Preis of the Tennessee pit bull rescue Bless the Bullies, and subsequently expanded by many pit bull advocates into an entire “Pit Bull […]
NASA finding means calcium chloride castration can be done on Mars
Calcium chloride appears to exist, but alcohol would have to be imported to fix Martian dogs & cats SAN FRANCISCO, California––Eight scientists who analyzed National Aeronautics & Space Administration data on September 28, 2015 announced in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Geoscience that they had discovered strong evidence of the presence of liquid water […]
No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality
6-year-old killed three weeks after pit bull was rehomed ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Absent a lawsuit from the bereaved family, no person or agency will be held to account for the July 7, 2015 fatal mauling of six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother by a pit bull adopted three weeks earlier from the Asheville Humane Society, after passing the […]
Albuquerque pound broke city’s own dangerous dog law
City withholds details about consequences ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––A City of Albuquerque internal investigation has found the city’s Animal Welfare Department to be “only partially in compliance” with the city dangerous dog ordinance, including in rehoming dogs who should have been classified as dangerous. What the cost has been to public safety remains unclear, since […]
Pound dog inventory down, no-kill inventory up, in 2015 shelter survey
Big change from 2014 About half of the dogs in U.S. shelters as of June 2015 were housed by tax-funded animal care and control facilities, 25% were housed by open-admission humane societies, and 25% were housed by selective admission no-kill shelters and rescues, according to the annual ANIMALS 24-7 summer survey of shelter dog inventory. The […]
Introducing Calcium Chloride Castration
by Ruth Steinberger, founder, Spay First (www.spayfirst.org) On July 24, 2015 a company called Calcium Chloride Castration, the brainchild of Canadian veterinarian Peter Denooij, will launch the sale of pharmaceutical grade calcium chloride dihydrate for the non-surgical castration of male dogs and cats at a daylong event in the Dominican Republic. Each premeasured dose will […]
Why San Antonio Animal Care Services did not promptly impound a gunshot-wounded mastiff found running in a pack
Prepared for flooding but not for gunfire SAN ANTONIO, Texas––It was no secret in San Antonio, Texas that Memorial Day 2015 weekend promised to be three days from hell. Predicted Accuweather meteorologist Brian Thompson on Friday, May 22, 2015, “Another round of downpours and thunderstorms will bring a renewed threat for flooding from Kansas to Texas…Cities […]
Calcium chloride chemosterilant tested successfully in tomcats
Parsemus Foundation announces progress SAN FRANCISCO––An injectable calcium chloride chemosterilant costing only pennies per dose has been tested successfully in male cats, following years of positive results in dogs, the San Francisco-based Parsemus Foundation on April 29, 2015 announced via the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s “Eureka Alerts” media release distribution system. […]
Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department #2 and behaviorist allege neglect of public safety in pushing pit bull adoptions
“Practices that put the public at risk from dangerous dogs” ALBUQUERQUE––City of Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department second-in-command Jim Ludwick and animal welfare program manager and behavior specialist Carolyn Hidalgo have alleged in parallel written complaints to Albuquerque city inspector general Peter Pacheco that Albuquerque animal welfare director Barbara Bruin has boosted the “live release rate” […]
No-kill pioneer Richard Avanzino to retire after dispensing $153 million in Maddie’s Fund grants
Founding president of Maddie’s Fund after long tenure as president of the San Francisco SPCA PLEASANTON, California––Maddie’s Fund on March 25, 2015 announced that founding president Richard Avanzino is to retire in June, at the end of the current fiscal year. Said David Duffield, who cofounded Maddie’s Fund with his wife […]