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How multi-state effort to save the pit bull Blue led to Code Blue for Margaret Colvin

June 2, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Reportedly surrendered for biting a child,  Blue was routed through five rescue programs in six months before killing 90-year-old          VIRGINIA BEACH,  Virginia––Fatally mauled by a pit bull named Blue just six hours after Forever Home Rescue & Rehabilitation delivered him to her daughter Linda Colvin Patterson at their home in Virginia Beach,  Virginia,  Margaret […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Training, USA Tagged With: Amber Patterson, Jamie Cochran, Linda Colvin Patterson, Margaret M. Colvin, McLovin, Merritt Clifton, Toni Enright

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