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Pit bulls & the humane community

September 15, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls & the humane community • Illinois pit bull fatality mirrors attack by HSUS rep Annie Hornish’s pit • Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin could get 81 years for killing dogs & fraud •  Pit bull suspected of killing Elisa Pilarski struck twice more in five days • Pit bull kills guest in home […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Asheville Humane Society, ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, Humane Society of the U.S., Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Pit bulls & public safety

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls & public safety • Police dog attacks on black children soar in Baton Rouge • 2020 began & ended with pit bulls killing babies in Dayton, Ohio • Pit bull moonshine claims another life in the “Sunshine State” • Montgomery County to pay $3.5 million to survivors of Klonda Richey • Pit bulls […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Albuquerque Animal Services, Asheville Humane Society, ASPCA, J. Thomas Beasley, Merritt Clifton, SAFER test, San Antonio Animal Services, Stamford Animal Shelter

Pit bull liability

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull liability • Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted owners • Dog attacks on babies double, but State Farm hails fewer claims • Landlord to appeal $2.5 million award to pit bull attack survivors • $4.25 million award for pit bull attack––and the victim may see some of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: ASPCA, Dog Bite Prevention Week, Merritt Clifton, PetSmart Charities, SAFER test

Did ASPCA discover certifying SAFER dog screening might be dangerous?

December 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Or at least cost them a lot of money?          NEW YORK CITY–– “Effective immediately,  the ASPCA will be discontinuing the certification process for SAFER (Safety Assessment to Evaluate Re-homing),”  the American SPCA announced on December 2,  2015 via the ASPCApro blog distributed to shelter workers. The abrupt end to certifying SAFER test-givers appears to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Emily Weiss, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, SAFER test

Marc R. Jurnove won right of citizens to bring Animal Welfare Act cases

October 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Last case was Angel’s Gate          Marc R. Jurnove,  63,  died on July 3,  2013 in McLeansville,  North Carolina. A U.S. Coast Guard veteran who had ridden his own horse since age seven,  Jurnove went on to spend 17 years as a mounted park ranger in New York City,  rising to the rank of lieutenant. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Zoos Tagged With: ALDF, Animal Welfare Act, ASPCA, Long Island Game Farm

Albuquerque city shelter released dangerous dogs

September 6, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Office of inspector general’s report confirms allegations          ALBUQUERQUE––A newly released 38-page investigative report by acting Albuquerque city inspector general Peter Pacheco confirms allegations issued in February 2015 by city Animal Welfare Department second-in-command Jim Ludwick and animal welfare program manager and behavior specialist Carolyn Hidalgo that,  in the report’s wording,  “Dogs with problematic behavior […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Barbara Bruin, Carloyn Hidalgo, Jim Ludwig, Merritt Clifton, Peter Pacheco, SAFER

No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality

August 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

6-year-old killed three weeks after pit bull was rehomed ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina––Absent a lawsuit from the bereaved family,  no person or agency will be held to account for the July 7, 2015 fatal mauling of six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother by a pit bull adopted three weeks earlier from the Asheville Humane Society,  after passing the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Buncombe County, Colleen Lynn, Humane Alliance, J. Thomas Beasley, Joshua Phillip Strother, Merritt Clifton, Quita Mazzena, Sarah Hess, Tracy Elliott

Albuquerque pound broke city’s own dangerous dog law

July 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

City withholds details about consequences          ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––A City of Albuquerque internal investigation has found the city’s Animal Welfare Department to be “only partially in compliance” with the city dangerous dog ordinance, including in rehoming dogs who should have been classified as dangerous. What the cost has been to public safety remains unclear, since […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Albuquerque Animal Welfare, ASPCA, Barbara Bruin, Colleen Heild, Jim Ludwick, SAFER test

ASPCA and the Humane Alliance move toward merger

February 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“While nothing is final at this point, we intend to merge with Humane Alliance” ASHEVILLE, N.C.;  NEW YORK, N.Y.––The American SPCA, the oldest animal advocacy organization in the U.S., and the Humane Alliance, the largest facilitator of nonprofit spay/neuter surgery, are exploring the possibility of a merger. “While nothing is final at this point, we […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Right, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Humane Alliance, Matthew Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Quita Mazzina

New York Police Department eclipses ASPCA humane law enforcement stats in first full year on the beat

February 9, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Impoundments & arrests triple NEW YORK CITY––Rescues of New York City animals from cruelty and neglect and arrests of alleged offenders all soared in 2014, the first full year since the American SPCA began turning the lead role in humane law enforcement over to the New York Police Department. Impoundments of abused and neglected animals […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Henry Bergh, Matthew Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, NYPD

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