by Kenneth M. Phillips [Kenneth M. Phillips, an attorney since 1976, is the senior specialist in dog bite cases in the U.S. and very likely the world.] ANIMALS 24-7 readers will be interested to know that a major development recently occurred in the Argelia Alvarado pit bull attack case, now widely known as the “Pit […]
L.A. County tightens dog policies; Albuquerque drops the ball
New animal control boss in Albuquerque caught repeating the old boss’s errors ALBUQUERQUE, LOS ANGELES––Los Angeles County Animal Control marked Dog Bite Prevention Week 2017, April 9-15, by moving decisively to try to ensure that only dogs deemed safe for adoption leave the county shelters. Albuquerque Animal Welfare fumbled to explain why a staff […]
Dog attack deaths bring sentences ranging from 0 to life
Less time in cases with non-white victims Human death resulting from dog caretaker negligence in the first third of 2016 brought or affirmed sentences of four convicted dog owners ranging from no time served to a potential life sentence. The four cases were similar, each involving dangerous dogs either running at large or left unattended […]
Three convicted & seven facing trial in death-by-dog cases
Murder by dog LITTLE ROCK, Ark.; LOS ANGELES, Calif.––A jury in Saline County, Arkansas late on October 8, 2014 convicted Brande Coy, 50, and Emily Coy, 25, of Hot Springs Village of misdemeanor negligent homicide and participating in an unlawful dog attack, respectively, for the November 21, 2013 fatal mauling […]
Lenient animal control policies toward bully breeds were in background of four of five recent death-by-dog cases
Alex Donald Jackson found guilty of second-degree murder in Pamela Devitt death LOS ANGELES––Alex Donald Jackson, 31, of Littlerock, California, was on August 29, 2014 found guilty of second-degree murder for the pit bull mauling death of Palmdale resident Pamela Devitt, 63. The case was among at least five murder or […]