Editorial by Merritt & Beth Clifton Two nights ago, in advance of Martin Luther King Day, ANIMALS 24-7 posted as our lead feature Four black leaders who built the humane movement, profiling William Key, John W. Lemon, Richard Carroll, and Frederick Barnwell Rivers. Those four forgotten black men between 1898 and 1945 probably reached more […]
Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem?
Prosecuting shelters for withholding bite history might be a start DAYTON, Ohio; CONWAY, Kentucky; LOS ANGELES, California––The first two U.S. dog attack fatalities to be reported in 2020, both involving pit bulls, upstaged the possibly more indicative resignations of two strong pit bull advocates from senior positions with Los Angeles Animal Services and Orange […]
Record pit bull attacks on other animals in 2019, pro football, & the Titanic
Trent Williams case appears to exemplify national trend MISSOURI CITY, Texas––Pit bulls appear to have killed 50,541 other animals in 2019, the most ever, including 9,976 other dogs, 4,092 cats, and 27,450 other pets, poultry, and hoofed species, according to the seventh annual ANIMALS 24-7 projection from reported cases. Pit bulls accounted for 91% […]
Bullhead City shelter break-in: owner & pit bulls on the lam
Pet theft in the 21st century more often involves pit bulls under euthanasia order than laboratory supply BULLHEAD CITY, Arizona––Rhonda Kathrine Johnson, 51, on the lam with her pit bulls Melony and Ginger, sprung on Thanksgiving 2019 from the animal shelter in Bullhead City, Arizona, is unlikely to make the FBI “Ten Most Wanted List.” […]
Brother Wolf: “Warehousing is not working,” says director of no-kill experiment
“Keeping aggressive animals isn’t the solution for lifesaving” ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––“We are warehousing aggressive animals at Brother Wolf when we know this isn’t the solution for lifesaving,” executive director Leah Craig Fieser acknowledged in “Warehousing is not working,” a December 5, 2019 social media statement inspiring heated debate nationwide. “We inherited this way of operating,” Fieser said, […]
The Third Dog: a mystery featuring 2 deaths, 2 Great Danes, 2 pit bulls, and ???
Female victims died alone, found by husbands minutes apart WAYNESVILLE, Ohio; BAY CITY, Michigan––Police in Waynesville, Ohio and Bay City, Michigan are still trying to unravel the many mysteries surrounding the alleged unwitnessed dog attack deaths of Mary Malissa Matthews, formerly Mary Begovich Evans, 49, and Brandy Joy Boschen O’Dell, 41, more than ten […]
Pit bulls: An active 40+ year shelter director speaks out too, by Debra Boswell
“Thank you so much, Deborah Turner!” Thank you so much, Deborah Turner, for your truthful and informative ANIMALS 24-7 guest column Pit bulls: A retired humane professional speaks out at last. I have been the director at a large open admission shelter in the south, the Mississippi Animal Rescue League in Jackson, Mississippi, since […]
Pit bulls: A retired humane professional speaks out at last, by Deborah Turner
“All dogs should be recognized as individuals,” but what of the victims? Last week (and practically every week) a prominent animal welfare group talked on Facebook about how nearly all shelters now agree that all dogs should be recognized as individuals and no breed is inherently aggressive. Really? Humans have been breeding dogs for specific […]
Michigan hero takes on pit bull advocacy with a song & a trash can
Oneil Colley serenades Michigan lawmakers for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day LANSING, Michigan––In the Michigan state capital, at least, Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day on October 25, 2019 upstaged National Pit Bull Awareness Day, both officially celebrated a day later. National Pit Bull Awareness Day, held annually since 2007 to whitewash the public image […]
Heidi Lueders, alleged rescuer who starved pit bulls, rejects plea bargain
Lueders to be tried on five felony counts in early 2020 BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut––Former Bully Breed Rescue president Heidi Lueders, 31, on October 11, 2019 rejected a plea bargain to lesser charges, and instead is to go to trial at an unspecified date in early 2020 on five felony counts of cruelty to animals for allegedly […]
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