Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming, chemical pollution, and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]
Pit bull hoarder Heidi Lueders jailed; bad day at Black Rock Canines
Ex-Bully Breed Rescue president sentenced; cop charged who ran police & military dog training center BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut––One high-profile Connecticut mass cruelty case involving high-risk “status dogs” ended on May 4, 2022––pending appeals––just as another began, 20 miles north. The permanent status of five former Bully Breed Rescue pit bulls is dead. Likewise for at least […]
U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill
Two-year-old & 17-month-old are two latest victims of legal omission WORCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom––A pre-inquest review of the March 28, 2022 fatal Rottweiler mauling of two-year-old Lawson Bond, now set for August 31, 2022 in Stourport, is likely to investigate every aspect of Bond’s death except the obvious: that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, supposed to […]
Weary (and wary) rescuers decry dangerous dogs, yet never say “pit bull”
Statements otherwise echo decades of warnings from ANIMALS 24-7 DETROIT, Michigan––Kristina Millman-Rinaldi, who in 2011 founded Detroit Dog Rescue, billed as “Detroit’s first no-kill shelter,” rattled the overlapping “no kill” and “rescue” worlds on March 12, 2022 by posting to Facebook a critique of the prevailing “no kill” and “rescue” philosophy strikingly similar in […]
Cane Corso: A pit bull by any other name
Cane Corso history is not what the “dog literature” says OAKLAND PARK, Florida––Was Gladys, the star rescue dog who killed volunteer Pam Robb on February 17, 2022, really a Cane Corso and not, as ANIMALS 24-7 reported, a “supersized pit bull”? Or is “Cane Corso” really just a sanitized and gentrified name for a common […]
“Live lure training” likely to survive greyhound racing, for the sadism of it
Few tracks left to run on, but “trainers” continue setting greyhounds on rabbits GREELEY, Colorado––Greyhound racing began as the bastard offspring of hare coursing, whitewashed for public consumption by calling it “live lure training.” Because raw sadism appears to die even harder than the gambling habit, so-called live lure training will likely also outlive […]
Malcolm X on pit bulls, other dangerous dogs, & betrayal
Malcolm X said little about dogs, yet his whole message was directly relevant NEW YORK, N.Y.–– February 21, 2022 will mark the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Afro-American leader Malcolm X at the former Audubon Ballroom in New York City, now preserved as the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center. […]
Greyhound racing drug dealer goes down with the industry
Kennel Supply owner Jon Stidham to forfeit more in profits than the Iowa greyhound racing industry has seen in years CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa––Former Iowa Greyhound Association president Jon Stidham, 57, who most recently served the association as vice president and treasurer, on January 5, 2022 pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally dealing drugs, […]
What RU-486 means for animals
FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco.) WASHINGTON D.C.––The pharmacological race to be first to market a safe, affordable, easily administered contraceptive drug for dogs, cats, and nuisance wildlife, somewhat quiet of […]
Police dog bites soar in Richmond, California; city tries to hide the data
Richmond has long history of controversial police use of violence RICHMOND, California––Praised in 2018 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for significantly decreasing use of force without increasing officer fatalities, the Richmond, California police department is now under fire from critics for a marked rise in bites by police dogs, many of them severe, most of them […]
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