British bully breed advocates urge U.K. to adopt approach failing in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Missouri; LONDON, U.K.––Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom currently reviewing possible amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, many of them inclined to pay excessive deference to dog advocacy organizations instead of the public, might look […]
Waiting for Godot & a good, cheap non-surgical alternative to s/n surgery
Joyce Briggs of ACC&D to leave the cast of “Waiting for Godot” after 18 years PORTLAND, Oregon––Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs president Joyce Briggs might be accused of burying the lead in the May 2, 2023 edition of the ACC&D electronic newsletter. “First, we want to let you know that our 2021-22 Biennial […]
Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023: stiletto heels in mud, blood, & dog poop
Victoria Stilwell cannot train genetics out of pit bulls & neither can anyone else NEW YORK, N.Y.––If celebrity dog trainer Victoria Stilwell tried to teach an old dog a new trick, specifically to ask to go outside to poop, with 67 failures in a row, would she conclude that she didn’t really know what […]
“Spay/neuter deficit” of 8 million run up in COVID crisis: is there a fix?
Bob Weedon hopes Florida House bill HB 719 might help POLK CITY, Florida––Just a little over three years ago, as COVID-19 hit the U.S., killing 1.1 million Americans to date and initially all but shutting the country down, feline spay/neuter specialist G.R. “Bob” Weedon of Polk City, Florida was among the few veterinarians who continued […]
Groundhog Day hoarding cases showed need for Feline Fix by Five
Deceased couple left 150+ cats in Yorktown Heights; 176 cats found in Crystal Springs, Mississippi BRUNSWICK, Maine––Can Feline Fix by Five get us out of Groundhog Day? What does fixing felines have to do with either groundhogs or Groundhog Day, or the deaths in Yorktown Heights, New York, disclosed on Groundhog Day, of New York […]
“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege
Accused of hoarding but not charged, no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK, California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30, 2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance, issued […]
“Peak dog” means no homes left––especially not for “behavior dogs”
“Peak dog” also means “Fix the problem before it gets worse.” LOS ANGELES, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO––City of San Antonio Animal Care Services did not mention “peak dog,” pit bulls, nor even spay/neuter in a September 1, 2022 bulletin lamenting that “Just this week, 26 dogs have been humanely euthanized due to our shelter’s capacity restraints.” […]
Has the U.S. already reached Peak Dog?
Demand for dogs––bought or adopted––likely to fall as Baby Boom generation ages CULLOWHEE, North Carolina––“Peak Oil,” explains Wikipedia, “is the moment at which extraction of petroleum reaches a rate greater than that at any time in the past and starts to permanently decrease.” The oil extraction and processing giant BP, formerly British Petroleum, projected in […]
No-kill drive leaves TN county with no shelter & as many strays as ever
Not a fraction enough s/n done to be no-kill, deadly dogs running amok, & humane society near broke NEWPORT, Tennessee––Locally recognized as deficient for more than 50 years, animal control services in Cocke County, Tennessee are within a week of vanishing entirely. Effective on August 1, 2022, the nonprofit organization founded in 1993 as Friends […]
“Rez dogs” kill two people in two days––but likely were not born there
Deaths underscore that Native American lands are no more an appropriate venue for dumping dangerous dogs than “crazy cat ladies” are for dumping kittens SPIRIT LAKE, North Dakota; MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT, Iowa; TELLICO VILLAGE, Tennessee––Native Americans were the victims of two fatal dog attacks in two days on March 27 and March 28, 2022, on […]