Aggression starts from inherited traits SEATTLE, Washington––The dogma that dog aggression, especially pit bull aggression, is “all in how you raise them” is again refuted by science, but the average reader will have a hard time deciphering the message from the highly technical report “Highly heritable and functionally relevant breed differences in dog behavior,” […]
Pit bulls: new gene study shows it is NOT “all in how you raise them”
Black history & animals
(Please scroll down to find links on topics including Leadership, Institutional racism, Ku Klux Klan, Pit bulls & the black community, Slavery & resistance, Environmental justice, African animal advocates, Africa Network for Animal Welfare, and Integration era.) Leadership • What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. • A black-and-white issue […]
Recurring nightmare: my escape from a serial no-killer, by Beth Clifton
Six years later it seems to be happening again PORT RICHEY, Florida––Pasco County Animal Services and Suncoast Animal League personnel on May 3, 2019 removed thirty-two dogs, four cats and a gerbil from the rented premises of the Humane Society of West Florida, a dilapidated former self-storage building in […]
Animals 24-7 IRS Form 990 for 2018
Our fourth IRS Form 990 (FY 2017)
Beth Clifton on pit bulls & Rottweilers
Beth Clifton on pit bulls & Rottweilers Recurring nightmare: my escape from a serial no-killer, by Beth Clifton • Pushing bully behavior: the ASPCA, Best Friends, & HSUS in Springfield • Are pit bulls monsters or are they just dogs? • The Rottweilers in my life • Bulldogs, bullying & bravado: the heart of pit […]
Myth: that the gorilla Harambe “protected” fallen four-year-old
Infanticide is among leading causes of gorilla deaths in the wild Part II of a four-part series. See also: The myth & mystery of Harambe the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla; Conclusion: what the life & death of Harambe the gorilla means; And the lesson from Harambe’s death is? Well, it’s not to blame mom. Much of the […]
Pit bull behavior
Pit bull behavior • Why “Human races are not like dog breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy” • Dog study let pit bull owners lie & still found behavior is breed-specific • Pit bulls: new gene study shows it is NOT “all in how you raise them” • Dog brain study refutes every major claim of […]
What does chocolate have to do with ANIMALS 24-7?
Good question! Why are we talking about chocolate while asking you to donate? As an ANIMALS 24-7 reader, you know you get a different pro-animal perspective from us. We don’t just repeat what the major mass media have already reported, or the one-sided watered-down kibble that you get in fundraising appeals from the biggest national […]