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Pit bull kills guest in home of HSUS Connecticut state rep Anne Hornish

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Hornish claims fatal attack was only an “enthusiastic” greeting SUFFIELD, Connecticut–– Even after Dexter the alleged pit bull/pointer mix fatally injured Janet D’Aleo,  95,  on November 6,  2019 in the home of Anne Hornish,  Connecticut senior state director for the Humane Society of the U.S.,  Hornish remained in adamant denial about the threats pit bulls […]

Hazel Park undid pit bull bylaw that should have saved 4-year-old

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“National Pit Bull Awareness Month” 2019 began & ended with fatal maulings             HAZEL PARK,  Michigan––October 2019,  designated the thirteenth annual “National Pit Bull Awareness Month” by pit bull advocates,  closed much as it opened,  with a blood-red sunset over Hazel Park,  Michigan,  barely 30 hours after four-year-old Benjamin Cobb was fatally mauled in his […]

Secret agent for animals: Pete Paxton

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Rescue Dogs by Pete Paxton with Gene Stone $26.00 hardcover,  246 pages. TarcherPerigree, c/o Penguin Random House Penguinrandomhouse.com   “Pete Paxton (a pseudonym to protect his identity) is nationally recognized as the leading undercover investigator and rescuer of dogs in peril,”  the Rescue Dogs jacket tells us. ANIMALS 24-7 hopes not,  because if Paxton is […]

Michigan hero takes on pit bull advocacy with a song & a trash can

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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 […]

More cockfighters than stars in Doris Day/Clint Eastwood country?

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Cock-breeding explodes around Carmel-by-the-Sea             MONTEREY,  California––By the look of it,  more might have been done in Monterey County to enforce legislation against breeding gamecocks if California had remained a U.S. territory in 1850 instead of becoming a state,  four years after overthrowing Spanish rule.             Exulted Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block […]

USDA Slaughterhouse Deregulation:  Pigs in Peril

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Guest column by Gail A. Eisnitz In December 2019,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture will implement its “modernization” plan for the slaughter of pigs by turning over key inspection duties to the very industry it regulates. While current regulations allow slaughterhouses to kill a staggering 1,106 pigs per hour – or one pig every three […]

Fur sales, wildlife acts, & hiding dog bite history banned in California

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Fur-bearing animals & adopters of shelter/rescue dogs win protections             SACRAMENTO,  California––The new animal-related law in California that Governor Gavin Newsom and mass media said least about,  to help protect Californians against recklessly rehomed dogs with bite history,  may in the end become the most emulated among the raft of bills sent to Newsom’s desk […]

David Wills, ex-humane exec, convicted; may get life in child sex case

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17-count conviction follows two-week trial; sentence pending             ROCKPORT,  Texas––David Keith Wills,  a former executive of four humane  organizations including the Humane  Society of the United States,  faces a potential sentence of life in prison,  following his conviction on October 8,  2019  by a U.S. federal court jury in Rockport,  Texas on 17 counts pertaining […]

“National Pit Bull Awareness Month” opens with two pit bull fatalities

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But HSUS and the ASPCA mark the occasion by pushing pit bulls for families Rottweiler kills a child,  too             NEW YORK CITY,  WASHINGTON D.C.––October 2019,  designated the thirteenth annual “National Pit Bull Awareness Month” by pit bull advocates,  opened with a blood-red sunrise. Only 24 hours earlier police in Bryan County,  Oklahoma,  and Hampton, […]

Someone said ANIMALS 24-7 should not exist. Help us prove him wrong!

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Dear friends & readers: Beth & I listen to you when you ask us to investigate and report about urgent animal issues, usually issues that no one else is covering in comparable depth. We stay up very late, very often, to make sure we live up to your expectations in a timely manner. Every now […]