by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, SHARK for short, conducted our first rodeo investigation conducted in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1993. Our latest investigation concluded in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on July 31 of this year––less than two weeks ago. In between we have exposed the cruelty of hundreds of […]
Fundraising turf war brings California groups’ complaint against the ASPCA
Lawsuit alleged “unfair and deceptive fundraising” EL CERRITO, California––Alleging “unfair and deceptive fundraising practices which harm local humane societies and SPCAs,” the State Humane Association of California on May 3, 2011 filed a complaint against the American SPCA with the California Office of the Attorney General. The complaint was dropped after the Better Business Bureau […]
Pit bulls & the humane community
Pit bulls & the humane community • Citrus County, Florida, tries to put Out of the Box Rescue back in the box • 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 […]
Pit bulls & public safety
Pit bulls & public safety • The deaths of Katie Janness & Javon Stokes, pit bulls & Occam’s Razor • Emily Kahl: 16th fatality attributable to 2012 gutting of Ohio dog law • Why were Amber Miller & Tony Ahrens killed by dogs in Newport, TN? • Pit bulls kill at Mafia graveyard; extortion in […]
Pit bull liability
Pit bull liability • “Stand your ground” fails in both iguana case & pit bull attacks • Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years • Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted owners • Dog attacks on babies double, but State Farm hails fewer claims […]
Did ASPCA discover certifying SAFER dog screening might be dangerous?
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 […]
Marc R. Jurnove won right of citizens to bring Animal Welfare Act cases
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. […]
Albuquerque city shelter released dangerous dogs
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 […]
No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality
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 […]
Albuquerque pound broke city’s own dangerous dog law
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 […]