One child killed & one nearly killed within minutes on sixth day of the year EAST BATON ROUGE, Louisiana; APPLING, Georgia––The first human death by dog attack in 2023 came earlier in the year than the first fatal dog attack of any of the 40-plus previous years that ANIMALS 24-7 has logged fatal and […]
What’s worse than coal for Christmas? 10 years for dogfighting!
Dogfighting, drugs, & firearms AKRON, Ohio––Convicted dogfighter Ronald Smith, 39, of Akron, Ohio was on December 19, 2022 sentenced to serve ten years and three months in jail, after pleading guilty to a 22-count indictment, including charges of dogfighting, drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge John R. […]
8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Council Bluff pit bull ban
Highest court ruling yet on breed-specific legislation favors it ST. LOUIS, Missouri––A three-judge panel from the St. Louis-based, conservative-leaning U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on November 10, 2022 unanimously delivered the strongest judicial affirmation yet of the constitutionality of breed-specific dog legislation, including outright bans on the possession and sale of pit […]
New study finds: India rabies deaths & therefore world toll far exaggerated
International Journal of Infectious Diseases affirms what ANIMALS 24-7 has reported since 2012 GUANGZHOU, Guangdong, China––ANIMALS 24-7 was right all along that “official” estimates of human deaths from rabies are inflated by magnitudes of order. The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about how and why the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, […]
Impoundments from hoarding cases down 90% in six years––why?
No-kill shelters & “rescues” are failing at half the rate of 2016, but the reason appears to be growing reluctance by animal care & control agencies to undertake mass impoundments LITTLEROCK, California––Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control public information officer Don Belton waited until Halloween, October 31, 2022, to disclose a raid […]
Rats or guinea pigs––which rodent will inherit New York City?
Pending bill to ban guinea pig sales is far more likely to succeed than rat control bills passed by 44-6 margins NEW YORK CITY–– “Legislation to prohibit New York City pet stores from selling guinea pigs has 35 co-sponsors in the New York City Council – this is incredible!” exulted Voters for Animal Rights […]
Darlene Wohler Larson, 78, mentored generation of animal care workers
Best known for long tenures with the National Animal Control Association & ASPCA Darlene Wohler Larson, 78, died on October 17, 2022. “She had entered hospice after extended hospital care following surgery,” longtime friend Bob Marotto announced via Facebook. “Darlene was an extraordinary and beloved person of great professional accomplishment,” Marotto said, but “never forgot […]
Vicky Crosetti, 66: “She was a good friend,” to animals & humans
ANIMALS 24-7 founding board member KNOXVILLE, Tennessee––Vicky Crosetti, for 19 years executive director of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and a founding member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors, died on January 22, 2020, after a multi-year fight against lung cancer and a variety of other serious health issues. Crosetti would have […]
Georgia pit bull owner hit with rare criminal charges in mother’s death
Fewer than 15% of fatal dog attacks bring prosecutions of dog owners LaGRANGE, Georgia––Rosetta Marian Russell Gesselman, 81, of La Grange, Georgia, on October 7, 2022 became the 56th dog attack fatality of the year in the U.S. and Canada. Forty-three of the 56 dog attack victims thus far in 2022 were not the actual […]
Pit bull “nanny dogs” kill three children, two adults, in nine days
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 […]
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