Tennessee attack killed two children and left mother in critical condition MEMPHIS, LUBBOCK, LIVERPOOL, GQERBERHA––Five fatal pit bull attacks in nine days and three nations––the U.S., the United Kingdom, and South Africa––ended September and opened October 2022. Three victims were children. All but one of the victims were members of the households of experienced […]
Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities
Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years, most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan, 97, known to the world as Bill Jordan, wildlife veterinarian, author, and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe, died on July 5, 2022, at the SSM Health/St. […]
“Bloody hell!” Elizabeth II set poor example on hunting, but loved her dogs
Corgis were almost certainly first to mourn LONDON, U.K.–– Queen Elizabeth II, 96, who ceremonially ruled the United Kingdom for 70 years and 214 days, died on September 8, 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, one of the three royal hunting estates. The others are the 20,000-acre Sandringham estate, in Norfolk, England, and Dalnadamph, a 6,700-acre […]
Pit bull kills trainer as U.K. groups seek repeal of Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
Second of three fatal or disfiguring U.K. dog attacks in a week FAREHAM, Hampshire, U.K.––Dog walker and trainer Ian “Wiggy” Symes, 34, by both family and police accounts a canine handling expert, was on the morning of August 10, 2022 killed in a facial attack by an out-of-control “American Bully XL” pit bull belonging to […]
Pit bull fatality streak reaches seven in eight days
Includes new U.K. record for dog attack deaths in a year NOELVILLE, Ontario; WEST MELTON, South Yorkshire––Chuck Evans, 83, and Joanne Robinson, 43, on July 14 and July 15, 2022 respectively became the sixth and seventh known pit bull attack fatalities in eight days, worldwide. (See Five pit bull attack deaths in five days: […]
Sentencing for “Carefully” pit bull attack death marks start of U.K. dog law debate
“American XL Bully” injured three people in three days, then killed 10-year-old neighbor LONDON, United Kingdom––On Monday, June 6, 2022, the British Parliament heard from pit bull advocates in the House of Commons a litany of familiar arguments against the breed-specific aspects of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. On Friday, June 10, 2022, Brandon Hayden, […]
Tony Fitzjohn, renowned for wildlife conservation work in Kenya & Tanzania, dies at 76
Began as a Boy Scout, became a hippie, hitchhiked to Africa, & made himself useful Tony Fitzjohn, 76, died on May 23, 2022, “following a prolonged fight against a malignant cancer,” the Tony Fitzjohn-WildlifeNow George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust announced. Fitzjohn recounted most of his long career working on behalf of African wildlife in his […]
4th Cane Corso attack at U.K. farm kills child; cops probe own weak past response
Survivors warned that next incident could be fatal MANCHESTER, United Kingdom––Greater Manchester police are reportedly investigating themselves after alleged weak response to three previous dog attacks on passers-by led up to the May 15, 2022 fatal mauling of three-year-old Daniel John Twigg. Daniel John Twigg loved dogs and liked to play with them, according to […]
Bird flu means “cage free” & “free range” hens can run around indoors in the dark
“Cage free” & “free range” producers protect their “girls” by keeping them in jail Think that “cage-free” or “free-range” label on a box of eggs or meat package amounts to more than bull-feathers? Even if it is certified by any of the major farmed product certification organizations? Amid the current global H5N1 high pathogenic avian […]
U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill
Two-year-old & 17-month-old are two latest victims of legal omission WORCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom––A pre-inquest review of the March 28, 2022 fatal Rottweiler mauling of two-year-old Lawson Bond, now set for August 31, 2022 in Stourport, is likely to investigate every aspect of Bond’s death except the obvious: that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, supposed to […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 10
- Next Page »