At least five out of six babies killed by dogs in 2026 were killed by pit bulls STATESBORO, Georgia; ANDERSON, South Carolina––The 2026 record pace of fatal dog attacks, especially pit bull attacks, slowed slightly during the first half of May, but remains ahead of the 2025 pace, when dogs killed 84 Americans, 64 of […]
How landlords & animal control made horrific hoarding cases worse
Hoarding situations are bad enough even when the people with jurisdiction respond AUSTIN, Texas; CASWELL, Alaska; RIVERSIDE, California––Among the first 49 animal hoarding cases coming to the notice of ANIMALS 24-7 during the first four months of 2026, three in particular stand out, not because they were among the biggest, though one was, but because […]
Mystery fatal dog attacks in four states include at least two by pit bull
Other two fatalities probably also by pit bull, but this remains unconfirmed DES MOINES, Iowa; NEWARK, New Jersey; KAUNAKAKAI, Hawaii; YAKAMA NATION, Washington; AURORA, Colorado––The 2026 U.S. fatal dog attack count, midway through April, appears to have reached 27, including 20 by pit bull and six by dogs not identified, but particulars about all of […]
Who was “CO-CONSPIRATOR 1” in Massachusetts dog fighting bust?
Five-year investigation brings charges against one suspect. Another was apparently already convicted. BOSTON, Massachusetts––”Beginning in 2021,” the affidavit of U.S. Department of Agriculture special investigator Christopher Robinson begins, “the United States initiated a criminal investigation of CO-CONSPIRATOR 1 for federal offenses related to dog fighting. “Law enforcement identified two Facebook accounts associated with CO-CONSPIRATOR 1. […]
Absence of pit bull advocacy remorse prevents resolving the pit bull issue
Even pit bull advocates who recognize pit bull overpopulation & mayhem don’t accept responsibility for the monster they have created NEW YORK, N.Y.––“If we don’t do something progressive and humane,” lamented Animals Matter, NYC blogger and Coalition for NYC Animals founder Elizabeth Forel on April 6, 2026, “the status quo will continue with periodic […]
U.K. Bully XL ban slows Bully XL fatalities, but pit bull attack deaths go on
Two fatal pit bull variant attacks in two days underscore that pit bulls by any name are unsafe LONDON, United Kingdom––Bully XL fatalities have dropped from ten in 2024, when the breed was banned in the United Kingdom, to four in 2025, to none more than four months into 2026, but fatal attacks in the […]
How denial about pit bulls killed LaKesha Newsom & Celeste Jackson
The low-income semi-rural South has always had dogs at large. Those dogs were not always pit bulls. HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi; LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas––LaKesha Newsom, 35, and Celeste Jackson, 2, lived and died in low-income semi-rural Southern communities many miles and cultural light years from the ivory towers of academia, mauled by pit bulls roving at […]
How “rescue” replicates the alleged sins of dog pounds, only worse
Near-fatal attack at Kentucky boarding kennel & alleged mass hoarding case in California spotlight how “rescue” hobby has evolved into big business LOUISVILLE, Kentucky––The two biggest dog stories of the third week in March 2026 riveted attention on a March 21 horrific attack by two XL Bully pit bull variants at Shamrock Acres County […]
Warren Cox: Dean of U.S. humane work
“Everything” about Warren Cox A few weeks ago Warren Cox called, while my wife Beth and I were putting up cat climbing ramps and resting boards in our new back porch “catio,” and asked if we could put together “everything” we had written about him into a little booklet, so that he could show his […]
Predatory pit bulls kill the very young & the old in Michigan & Mississippi
Five-day old victim died in seconds. 75-year-old suffered for five weeks. NOVI, Michigan; OKOLONA, Mississippi––Predatory pit bull behavior was again starkly evident in Novi, Michigan and Okolona, Mississippi on March 17, 2026 and two days earlier, in the mauling deaths of five-day-old Freya French and 75-year-old Cereise Watson. Predators typically attack the youngest and the […]