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Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem?

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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 […]

HSUS, Donald Trump, & the PACT Act: The Art of the Deal

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Good publicity for Trump,  fundraising photo-op for HSUS & friends,  but not much in it for animals WASHINGTON D.C.––One could almost suspect a quid-pro-quo deal––Latin for “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine”––among U.S. President Donald Trump and major U.S. animal charities,  especially the Humane Society of the United States,   in arranging the heavily […]

Why is Trump EPA chief cutting animal testing while the NRDC defends it?

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Natural Resources Defense Council has fought for 50 years to make EPA enforce chemical safety standards WASHINGTON D.C.––How has the Natural Resources Defense Council,  whose emblem is a polar bear,  become the front line of public defense of the animal testing industry? Why is Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler leading the most aggressive effort […]

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 […]