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Cane Corso:  A pit bull by any other name

February 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Italy, Mediterranean, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amber Miller, Amy Roman Daniello, John P. Colby, Klonda Richey, Merritt Clifton, Pam Robb, Tony Ahrens, Will Judy

Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls (2021 update)

September 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Neither Rotts nor pits should ever be considered “safe” FRESNO, California––Five fatal Rottweiler attacks in the U.S. during the first 242 days of 2021,  four on toddlers and one on 91-year-old Sally Fredrica Rogers of Bloomfield Township,  Michigan,  followed essentially the same pattern of warnings,  denial,  and eventual tragedy as most of those that came […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs

The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me

September 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother,  Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91,  was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer,  animal control officer,  and vet tech;  animal rescuer;  and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Sam Kleinfeld

Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios, Boerboels, Malinois, German shepherds

June 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Rottweilers • Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia • Family Rottweiler raised from pup kills first dog attack victim of 2022, age 7 • Lifelong safe dog advocate could not save mother from Rottweiler • Rottweilers: two fatal attacks & three near-fatalities disclosed in one day • Why Rottweilers are as deadly as […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Germany, Hunting, Netherlands, Police & military, Population control, Service dogs, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs

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