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Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios, Boerboels

June 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios, Boerboels • Houston dog fancier killed: “Before pit bulls, it was Dobermans”? • Deadliest dogs in South Africa? Boerboels challenge pit bulls • Boerboel dogs: “bull-biters” became symbols of apartheid • Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy • Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls • […]

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

Quebec introduces toughest dangerous dog law in North America

April 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

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,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Police & military, Population control, Service dogs, Shelters, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Alanna Devine, Martin Coiteux, Merritt Clifton, Tommy Chouinard

Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2016

January 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Police & military, Service dogs, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Rottweiler, wolf hybrid

When dogs mauled children outside the White House

November 18, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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––& […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Police & military, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bartolome de las Casas, Charlton Yingling, Merritt Clifton, Solomon Northup, Tyler D. Parry

Legacy of Thai king included arrest of man who “liked” cartoon of his dog

October 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Book & film reviews, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Obituaries (human), Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Uses of dogs Tagged With: King Bhumibol Aduladej, Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Thanakorn Siripaiboon, Tong Daeng

Bad dogs & minority communities

September 15, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Bad dogs & minority communities • Black man killed by police dog; white man threatened by cop caught at cockfight • Why “Human races are not like dog breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy” • Pit bull attack deaths only slightly slowed by COVID-19 stay-home orders • Is the new “Motown sound” the scream of a pit bull […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Police & military, Population control, Service dogs, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Birmingham, Merritt Clifton, Standing Rock

Standing Rock: Who let the dogs out?

September 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amy Goodman, Ashley Nicole Welch, Bob Frost, David Archambault II, Gavin Ehringer, Jonni Joyce, Merritt Clifton

Security guards set dogs on Sioux demonstrators at Standing Rock

September 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Oil pipeline builders didn’t await court verdict before bulldozing on Labor Day weekend (Part I of two parts.  See also How Standing Rock 2016 echoes Birmingham 1963.)          FORT YATES,  North Dakota––1,130 linear miles,  almost the 1,168-mile length of the projected Dakota Access pipeline route from the Bakken oil shale fields of North Dakota to Illinois, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bakken oil shale, Bull Connor, David Archambault II, Donnell Preskey, Jayla Rodriguez, John Hoeven, Julia Charging Whirlwind, Kyle Kirschmeir, Marcus Frejo, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Sunshine Manning, Standing Rock, Steve Sitting Bear, Ursula Young Bear

How Standing Rock 2016 echoes Birmingham 1963

September 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Use of dogs against protesters may mark turning point in pipeline campaign (Part II of two parts.  See also Security guards set dogs on Sioux demonstrators at Standing Rock.) FORT YATES,  North Dakota––History may in the long run favor the Dakota Access pipeline,  or a modified and re-routed version of it.  But history is unlikely to […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bull Connor, Dakota Access, LaDonna Braveheart Allard, Merritt Clifton, Roger Witherspoon, Sitting Bull, Whitestone Massacre, William T. Hornaday, Wovoka

2016 survey: List of top 5 U.S. dog breed types ousts pit bulls

July 29, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Pits fall to lowest since 2010 relative to other top breed types Non-pit bull small terriers,  the hound category,  large retrievers,  and dachshunds all have a legitimate claim to being the most popular dog type in the U.S.,  according to the seventh annual ANIMALS 24-7 survey of classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption. Data […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting, Police & military, Screen industry, Service dogs, Shelters, USA Tagged With: boxer dog, Dachshund, French bulldog, hound, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, retriever, Rottweiler, terrier

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