by Merritt Clifton 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 of four-year-old Jordyn Arndt. The […]
Shirley Temple Black, 85, chaired 1936 “Be Kind To Animals Week”
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 popularit, in June 1935 and […]
New AHA study finds adoption failure rate of 10% in six months
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. Funded by PetSmart Charities, the AHA “Keeping Pets […]
Dog bite prevention weak
by Merritt Clifton 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 12, 2009 voted […]