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Dog Bite Prevention Weak, 2015

May 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Four criminal convictions for fatal pit bull attack Dog Bite Prevention Week 2015,  May 17-23, was announced by the American Humane Association on May 14,  2015––the same day that former child care provider Jena Wright, 26, of Prairie City, Iowa, was convicted of four criminal offenses in connection with the April 2013 fatal pit bull mauling […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Rabies, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: American Humane Association, Arthur E. Summerfield, Dog Bite Prevention Week, Frankie Flora, Jordyn Arndt, Merritt Clifton

Shirley Temple Black, 85, chaired 1936 “Be Kind To Animals Week”

March 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Shirley Temple Black,  85,  a film star from 1933 to 1950 and U.S. politician and diplomat from 1967 to 1992,  died on February 11,  2014.  As an adult she had no known connection with humane work,  but at the height of her popularity,   in June 1935 and January 1936,  she was cover girl for The […]

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: American Humane Association, Shirley Temple

New AHA study finds adoption failure rate of 10% in six months

July 22, 2013 By Merritt Clifton

Failure rates half of what they were in 1993 WASHINGTON D.C.––Adoption failure rates may now be as little as half of what they were 20 years ago,  suggests a newly published study by the American Humane Association’s Animal Welfare Research Institute ––but also appear to be about twice as high as is now conventionally believed. […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Shelters, USA Tagged With: American Humane Association, Merritt Clifton

Dog bite prevention weak

July 3, 2009 By Merritt Clifton

At Risk Dogs bill tabled in Indianapolis ALBANY,  CHICAGO,  DENVER, INDIANAPOLIS,   NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON D.C.–Dog Bite Prevention Week 2009 opened with opponents of breed-specific legislation claiming victories in Indianapolis and Highland Park,  a Chicago suburb,  but closed with a 13-page verdict against pit bull advocates in Loudoun County,  Virginia. The Indianapolis city/county council on May […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: American Humane Association, Doberman, Doretta Zinke, Frankie Flora, Merritt Clifton

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