“Do you have the ability to freeze off a bunch of guinea pigs and/or rabbits?” TUCSON, Arizona––A copy of a text message forwarded to KVOA News 4 chief investigator Chorus Nylander clarifies the probable fate of more than 300 missing guinea pigs, rabbits, and other small mammals who were transferred on August 7, 2023 from […]
318 missing small pets: San Diego Humane vs. HS of Southern Arizona
Did the reputations of two major humane societies go to rat poop or to snake poop? Inquiring minds & people who care about animals want to know. TUCSON, Arizona; SAN DIEGO, California––Humane Society of Southern Arizona board chair Robert Garcia in an October 5, 2023 pledged to “explain everything that we know as of October […]
Yet again, repealing BSL brings a pit bull-inflicted fatality
Pit bull fatality followed BSL repeal in Moses Lake in 2020, & now in Kennewick, 75 miles south on Washington state route 395, in 2023 KENNEWICK, Washington––The September 21, 2023 death of Billene “Billi” Cameron, 65, demonstrated yet again the strong likelihood that a community that repeals breed-specific restrictions of possession of pit bulls […]
Pit bulls kill 2 women, 2 days apart. Small town cares; does Toledo?
Response to fatal pit bull attacks in Genoa, Arkansas, and Toledo, Ohio, could scarcely be more different. GENOA, Arkansas; TOLEDO, Ohio––Fatally mauled by pit bulls in their own yards two days apart, on September 24, 2023 and September 26, 2023, respectively, Brenda Lynn Witt, 60, of Genoa, Arkansas, and Diane Etta Knepper, 70, of Toledo, […]
The biggest dogfighting bust that South Carolina media did not report
Only one journalist saw fit to mention the second largest dogfighting sweep in state history COLUMBIA, South Carolina––Four days after the biggest dogfighting bust in South Carolina in almost a year, and one of the biggest in South Carolina and for that matter the entire U.S. ever, only crime and courts reporter Ted Clifford of […]
$1.62 million award against rescue for fostering out vicious pit bull
Record award in fostering case remains lower than record awards in cases involving adoption and shelter volunteer HACKENSACK, New Jersey––A $1.62 million settlement to be paid by Eleventh Hour Rescue, of Flanders, New Jersey, to pit bull attack victim Carol Olsen, 59, of Midland Park, New Jersey, appears to be the highest disclosed payout […]
Soi Dog celebrates a million animals fixed in 18 years; lesson for U.S.
U.S. shelter killing is up, despite & actually because of emphasis on “no kill” instead of s/n. PHUKET, Thailand; ATLANTA, Georgia––“Today, I am overjoyed to share the news that the millionth stray animal has passed through Soi Dog Foundation’s spay/neuter program,” Soi Dog Foundation cofounder John Dalley exulted on September 8, 2023. “This is the first time […]
Cane Corsos & pit bulls killed two 93-year-old women in two weeks
CDC belatedly admits that fatal dog attacks are starkly up, but does not acknowledge that bully breeds are doing 90% of the killing MODESTO, California––The demographic odds were 380-to-one against two consecutive dog attack fatalities being 93-year-old women who were minding their own business in their own yards when mauled, 2,000 miles away from each […]
Maui Humane Society CEO’s 4-week review of Lahaina rescue work
350 animals found alive after National Guard adjutant general Kenneth Hara said there were none, details Lisa Labrecque, DVM. Editors’ note: Though dated September 5, 2023, the statement below from Maui Humane Society chief executive Lisa Labrecque, DVM, just reached ANIMALS 24-7 as a media release today, September 11, 2023, and is posted for the […]
Two perspectives from animal advocates on the ground in Lahaina
Dave Pauli: “There are always lessons to be learned from these horrific events, but human decision makers need to apply those lessons.” [Dave Pauli, a member of the Greater Good Charities rescue team, debuted in animal rescue after major disasters following Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992, was incident commander at the Lamar-Dixon animal rescue […]