Bestiality bust just before Christmas went viral BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana––The animal story most often read, worldwide, during the five days before Christmas 2018 had nothing to do, so far as is known, with reindeer, and probably nothing to do with donkeys, lambs, or wise men on camels, either, though the full details are yet to […]
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 […]
Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios
Houston dog fancier killed: “Before pit bulls, it was Dobermans”? Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls The Rottweilers in my life, by Beth Clifton
Quebec introduces toughest dangerous dog law in North America
Quebec Bill 128 follows Montreal pit bull ban QUEBEC, Quebec––Dog Bite Prevention Week 2017 and National Animal Care & Control Appreciation Week ended in Quebec much as the overlapping weeks began, with two dogs including a pit bull mauling a hapless victim. In between, Quebec minister of public security Martin Coiteux on April 13, […]
Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2016
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When dogs mauled children outside the White House
Prof adds depth & detail to history of dogs & race relations you first read here “Examining the history of canine violence in European and Euro-American colonialism is not an easy task,” observes Tyler D. Parry early in “Man’s Best Fiend,” appearing in the newly published December 2016 edition of History Today. Found same facts we did––& […]
Legacy of Thai king included arrest of man who “liked” cartoon of his dog
The king and the dog helped to improve treatment of street dogs in Thailand BANGKOK, Thailand––Thai King Bhumibol Aduladej, 88, died on October 13, 2016 with charges apparently still pending against factory worker Thanakorn Sirpaiboon, 28, for having allegedly insulted the king’s dog Tong Daeng by “liking” a cartoon about the dog posted by someone else […]
Bad dogs & minority communities
From conquistadores, slavers, & the Ku Klux Klan to gang-bangers & security guards for Dakota Access Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted owners Heroism stops dog attacks––but knowing how helps, too When dogs mauled children outside the White House Standing Rock: Who let the dogs out? Security guards set dogs on […]
The animal & human heroes & most overlooked lesson of 9/11
Remembering national trauma Today, September 11, 2016, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the national trauma the U.S. experienced as result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The aftermath of those attacks brought global traumas including ongoing warfare in much of the Middle East, Central Asia, […]
Standing Rock: Who let the dogs out?
With suspects identified, will the injured Sioux sue? FORT YATES, North Dakota––Who let the dogs out? Confronting protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation on September 3, 2016 with five to eight leashed but leaping, lunging, and biting dogs, who injured at least six people and a horse, the Dakota Access pipeline construction security […]