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Courts reject suing landlords for attacks by dogs kept by indigent tenants

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“Don’t ask,  don’t tell” exempts landlords from risk             MONTPELIER, Vermont––A newly published Vermont Supreme Court decision,  rendered on September 3,  2021,   affirms previous jurisprudence weakening the ability of dog attack victims and survivors to sue landlords in cases involving tenants’ dogs. The verdict in Katherine Higgins v. Shawn Bailey & Suzan Bailey appears to give […]

Austin Animal Services: “On the far side of stupid”

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Failure to promptly pick up free-roaming pit bull leads to disabling injury             AUSTIN, Texas––Alexis Montgomery,  70,   of Travis County,  Texas,  hospitalized with a softball-sized bite taken out of her leg by a free-roaming pit bull,  left most of the talking on September 21,  2021 to her husband,  retired Texas personal injury lawyer Boyce Reid […]

Suspected drugged animals again displayed on New York City streets

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Joseph Ramos-Noal/Noah and his immobile animals reappear on the Upper West Side            NEW YORK,  N.Y. –– He’s back! Just when you thought it was safe again to walk on the Upper West Side of New York City without encountering Joseph Ramos and his zombie-like animal collection,  Ramos “seems to have reemerged with a whole […]

NRA loses deal to promote hunting via the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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Biggest trophy the NRA bagged from the Trump administration WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Rifle Association spent $16.3 million during the 2020 U.S. national election campaign to try to secure pro-gun and pro-hunting concessions granted by ex-president Donald Trump. After Trump lost,  the National Rifle Association spent $3.3 million more on federal lobbying. Despite all that,  the […]

Jen gets 10: Colorado pit bull defense lawyer sentenced for hit plot

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Jennifer Edwards Emmi goes to the pound for dangerous behavior GOLDEN, Colorado–– Jefferson County First Judicial District Judge Randall C. Arp on August 16,  2021 sentenced pit bull defense lawyer Jennifer Reba Edwards Emmi,  43,  to serve ten years in state prison,  less 217 days for time already served,  on nine felony counts in three […]

The deaths of Katie Janness & Javon Stokes, pit bulls & Occam’s Razor

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The simplest,  most obvious explanation for an observed phenomenon is usually the best and most accurate.             ATLANTA, Georgia;  EAST TOLEDO, Ohio––Occam’s Razor seems to be rarely wielded lately in response to human deaths associated with pit bulls,  for example the July 28,  2021 death of Katherine “Katie” Janness in Atlanta,  Georgia,  and the August […]

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 […]

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

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Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 87th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to be held nightly,  August 12-15,  2021,  after a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. Bizarre as the race itself is,  even more bizarre––and […]

Why Disney & Frontier Days are rich & alleged cockfighters are not

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Accused cockfighters could take lessons from cowpokes & Mickey Mouse in how to cut & spin losses             BURBANK, California;  CHEYENNE, Wyoming;  IRONTON, Ohio––Suspected cockfighting promoters James and Beckie Newcomb are unlikely to ever be accused of possessing the business smarts behind either the 125-year-old Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo and concert series,  or Walt Disney […]

$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 […]