Two Rottweilers & a “highly trained” Dutch shepherd maul septuagenarians KNOXVILLE, Tennessee––Dogs apparently acquired for personal protection have twice in under 100 days killed older female family members in the rural outer suburbs of Knoxville, Tennessee. The fatal attacks underscore that dogs are a poor choice of weapon, partly because dogs can “pull […]
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. […]
Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth
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 […]
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 […]
Bestiality & child porn: ex-K9 cop Terry Yetman gets 20 years
Allegedly had sex with police dog BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana––Former Bossier City police officer and K9 handler Terry Yetman, 40, was on November 23, 2021 sentenced to serve at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in August 2021 to six of the 71 counts he faced in connection with alleged acts of bestiality […]
Where the late Bernie Rollin got his garbled “facts” about pit bulls
“It’s in the book!” ––a 1922 work of fiction The ANIMALS 24-7 obituary for philosopher, teacher, and author Bernard Rollin (1943-2021), posted on November 20, 2021, mentioned that, “His late-career writings about pit bulls, in particular, offered no more than recitations of stock pit bull advocacy rhetoric, little if any of his material originating with […]
Animal & human heroes & the most overlooked lesson of 9/11
Remembering national trauma September 11, 2021 marks the twentieth 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, and […]
Police dog attacks on black children soar in Baton Rouge
But black cop was disciplined for shooting a pit bull BATON ROUGE, Louisiana––A Baton Rouge Police Department K9 officer, on patrol with his dog Mack on the night of January 6, 2021, “pulled over a suspected stolen white Dodge Ram pick-up truck,” WBRZ-TV reported. “As the two waited for assisting officers to arrive, police say the […]
Congress rejects immediate repeal of dog breed bans in military housing
U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, & U.S. Air Force bans on pit bulls, Rottweilers, & wolf hybrids stand, at least until uniform military policy is adopted WASHINGTON D.C.––The first U.S. Senate action of the New Year, on the morning of January 1, 2021, quietly affirmed for at least 90 days and perhaps indefinitely the […]