Little animal agriculture where storm made landfall CAMERON PARISH, Louisiana––From the animal safety perspective, Hurricane Laura could scarcely have hit in a less vulnerable location. Reportedly the most powerful hurricane to hit coastal Louisiana since the Last Island hurricane of 1856, Hurricane Laura whirled into the coastal bayous of sparsely populated Cameron Parish in […]
Pit bulls & the humane community
Pit bulls & the humane community • “Flesh & blood scattered everywhere”: Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023 • Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023: stiletto heels in mud, blood, & dog poop • Pit bulls kill would-be rescuer in Detroit & two-year-old in Maryland • No-kill drive leaves TN county with no shelter & as many strays […]
Pit bulls & public safety
Pit bulls & public safety • Does not acknowledging a fatal pit bull attack mean it did not happen? • “Flesh & blood scattered everywhere”: Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023 • Woman killed by pit bulls where cockfighters appear to own the law • Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023: stiletto heels in mud, blood, & dog poop • Pit bull […]
Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions
Response to child’s death ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Amanda L. Stone, assistant county manager for Buncombe County, North Carolina, on July 16, 2015 ordered the Asheville Humane Society to enforce “An immediate moratorium on the transfer of any pit bull or pit bull mix from the shelter to an adoption agency,” and to account for any and […]
Pit bull from Asheville Humane Society kills six-year-old
The Asheville Humane Society has been at the forefront of pit bull advocacy & adoption promotion ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office on July 9, 2015 confirmed that the pit bull who two days earlier killed six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother in Hendersonville, North Carolina, had recently been adopted from the Asheville Humane Society. […]