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Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios, Boerboels

June 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios, Boerboels • 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 • Cane Corso: A pit bull by any other name • Lifelong safe dog advocate could not save mother from Rottweiler • Rottweilers: two fatal attacks […]

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

How the Americans with Disabilities Act has become the “Pit Bull Pushers Act”

June 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“Service dog” attack aboard airliner spotlights crisis ATLANTA––A June 4,  2017 attack by a purported “chocolate lab/pointer mix” who appears to have actually been a pit bull or pit mix has renewed attention to widespread abuse of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and Air Carrier Access Act to force dogs,  especially pit bulls,  into […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Service dogs, The Americas, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: ADA, Air Carriers Access Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Dogington Post, Harlan Kilstein, insurance, J. Ross Massey, Marlin Tremaine Jackson, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Ronald Kevin Mundy Jr.

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

34th annual update   Please donate to support our work:  http://www.animals24-7.org/donate/      

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

Bad dogs & minority communities

September 15, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Bad dogs & minority communities • Malcolm X on pit bulls, other dangerous dogs, & betrayal • Six pit bull-related deaths linked to “The Wickedest City in America” • Navajo Nation: “They hid the dogs who killed my daughter!” • Black man killed by police dog; white man threatened by cop caught at cockfight • Why “Human races […]

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

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

Pit bull attack tests Army will to enforce ban from base housing

June 15, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. Army slow to release information about the case          FORT POLK,  Louisiana––A May 22,  2016 pit bull attack on five-year-old Wyatt Herrington of Fort Polk,  Louisiana,  appears to have evolved into a test of the U.S. Army’s determination to enforce a 2009 ban of pit bulls and several other categories of dangerous dog from […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Other dog topics, Police & military, Service dogs, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amy Bushatz, Angela Herrington, Camp Lejeune, Fort Hood, Fort Polk, Major General Edward Usher, Merritt Clifton, Seth Lovett, Wyatt Herrington

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