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Albuquerque animal shelter may lead U.S. in staff maulings

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Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department has been repeatedly spotlighted since circa 2010 for housing & rehoming high-risk dogs  ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Yet again an Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department employee has suffered a severe dog attack on the job. Yet again observers who should know better are often looking in the wrong places for the reasons why. Reported […]

Fire, crime, shelter management & the wisdom of Warren Cox

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“Fire is always a threat”             ORLANDO,  Florida;  FRISCO,  Texas––“We were able to save 45 cats and 26 dogs,”  the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando posted to Facebook after a late night fire on September 15,  2021. “We are heartbroken to report that we lost 13 cats and there are four still missing,”  the posting […]

Animal & human heroes & the most overlooked lesson of 9/11

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Remembering national trauma September 11,  2021 marks the twentieth anniversary of the national trauma the U.S. experienced as result of the terrorist attacks of September 11,  2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The aftermath of those attacks brought global traumas including ongoing warfare in much of the Middle East,  Central Asia,  and […]

Lifelong safe dog advocate could not save mother from Rottweiler

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Ann Marie Rogers tried,  but family did not heed warnings             BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan––Ben and probably Wren,  two family Rottweilers,  on September 2,  2021 fatally mauled Sally Fredrica Rogers,  91,  on her daughter Susan Rogers’ back deck in Bloomfield Hills,  Michigan,  an outlying Detroit suburb. Standing just 4’11”,  suffering from memory impairment and other conditions […]

Why Rottweilers are as deadly as pit bulls (2021 update)

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Neither Rotts nor pits should ever be considered “safe” FRESNO, California––Five fatal Rottweiler attacks in the U.S. during the first 242 days of 2021,  four on toddlers and one on 91-year-old Sally Fredrica Rogers of Bloomfield Township,  Michigan,  followed essentially the same pattern of warnings,  denial,  and eventual tragedy as most of those that came […]

The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me

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by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother,  Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91,  was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer,  animal control officer,  and vet tech;  animal rescuer;  and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]

Rodeo has had free pass from humane groups for 60 years, recalls Cox

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Dean of U.S. humane work Warren Cox bucked rodeo before there was an “animal rights movement” The ASPCA, HSUS, PETA et al ignore the Omak Suicide Race. Why?! asked Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve’ Hindi in an August 11,  2021 ANIMALS 24-7 guest column. Hindi’s question reminded Warren Cox,  the dean of […]

Fundraising turf war brings California groups’ complaint against the ASPCA

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Lawsuit alleged “unfair and deceptive fundraising” EL CERRITO, California––Alleging “unfair and deceptive fundraising practices which harm local humane societies and SPCAs,”  the State Humane Association of California on May 3, 2011 filed a complaint against the American SPCA with the California Office of the Attorney General. The complaint was dropped after the Better Business Bureau […]

CBS News affirms ANIMALS 24-7 exposés of ASPCA fundraising

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ASPCA chief exec Matt Bershadker is grossly overpaid & ASPCA is not the national umbrella for your local SPCA,  among other key points             NEW YORK, N.Y.––“The heartbreaking commercials are almost impossible to ignore:  Sarah McLachlan singing to images of suffering animals and making an urgent appeal for donations to the American Society for the Prevention of […]

$20.8 million jury award for California dog attack

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Retired police dog chased mail carrier before killing man,  mauling woman             EXETER, California––A San Luis Obispo County jury on July 28,  2021 awarded $7 million to Rachel,  Sarah,  and Steven Fear,  the adult survivors of December 2016 dog attack victim David Fear,   plus $13.8 million to David Fear’s former neighbor,  Betty Long,  who was […]