DNA data may decide which dog did the killing, but maybe not who was at fault SOISSONS, France––Pack hunters and pit bull enthusiasts are pitted against each other in a melodrama gripping French media since November 16, 2019, when someone’s dog or dogs killed Elisa Pilarski, 29, six months pregnant. Anxiously awaited DNA test results […]
Fox hunters run amok despite unenforced British hunting ban
But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds kills even more foxes LONDON––On February 18, 2020, the 15th anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into effect in England and Wales, supposedly banning fox hunting by riders on horseback galloping after hounds, “The Wynnstay Hunt deliberately killed a fox in the private garden of […]
Feds crack door to banning pit bulls from airliners
But rulemakers lean the other way. Pit bull advocates celebrate “victory” while the fight has just begun. WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. federal Department of Transportation secretary Elaine L. Chao on January 22, 2020 cracked the door open to allowing airlines to ban pit bulls and other dangerous dog breeds from passenger cabins, even if those dogs […]
Convicted of G.I. Bill fraud: trainer who prepped pit bulls for police work
Must forfeit $1.3 million for scamming feds & veterans SAN ANTONIO, Texas––Bradley Lane Croft, 48, whom the pit bull advocacy organization Animal Farm Foundation funded from 2013 to 2017 to prepare pit bulls for police work, was on December 18, 2019 ordered to forfeit more than $1 million in assets to the federal government, following […]
Houston dog fancier killed: “Before pit bulls, it was Dobermans”?
Elaine Richman killing resembled the 1955 & 1960 attacks that made Dobermans infamous HOUSTON, Texas––Found dead in her Houston back yard on February 8, 2019, Doberman enthusiast Elaine Richman, 66, most likely succumbed to severe facial wounds and apparent defensive wounds to her hands and arms. “Preliminary autopsy results list a sharp force injury as […]
Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy
Murder-by-dog convict Marjorie Knoller is denied parole SACRAMENTO––The California Board of Parole Hearings on February 7, 2019 denied parole to Marjorie Knoller, 64, convicted of murder-by-dog for the January 26, 2001 death of St. Mary’s College lacrosse coach Diane Whipple, 33, at the door to her San Francisco apartment. Knoller will be allowed to seek parole […]
Bully Breed Rescue president allegedly starved five dogs to death
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 […]
Helpful links for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day
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 […]
Trainer who pushed pit bulls for police work indicted for fraud
Animal Farm Foundation funded suspect to boost the image of pit bulls MONTREAL, SAN ANTONIO––The pit bull advocacy organization Animal Farm Foundation, of Bangali, New York, had already had a difficult week, even before a federal grand jury in San Antonio, Texas on August 23, 2018 returned an indictment against Bradley Croft, 46, on […]
Should the only dogs available be the offspring of the irresponsible?
by Margaret A. Cleek, Ph.D More than 25 years ago I was off-put by the claims of positive non-reproductive outcomes for neutering dogs. The recent ANIMALS 24-7 article Does castration really alter male dog behavior? reminded me of my concerns. Proponents of surgical neutering, the sooner the better, were and remain largely concerned with pet overpopulation. Animal […]
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