Civic fines could total $120,000; criminal charges may be pending CALGARY, Alberta, Canada––On July 20, 2022, the first day in ten that no one was reported dead from a new pit bull attack, Calgary residents Denis Ivan Bagarić, 33, and Talyn Lexie Calkins, of similar but unclear age, were jointly charged with 12 offenses […]
Calgary asks why 86-year-old pit bull victim waited 30 minutes for ambulance
City should also ask why Calgary Animal Services continues history of promoting pit bull proliferation CALGARY, Alberta, Canada––Scrambling for answers under intense media scrutiny, Alberta Health Services and Calgary Police Services on June 7, 2022 released preliminary findings from an investigation as to why Betty Ann “Rusty” Williams, 86, fatally injured by a neighbor’s […]
Pit mix fatality spotlights failure of so-called “Calgary model”
Victim killed by her own dog while defending grandchild CALGARY, Alberta––Lisa Lloyd, 50, of Langdon, Alberta, killed by her own pit bull/boxer mix on September 16, 2018 while defending her two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter from attack, lived about 21 miles, 28 minutes of travel time, from Calgary Animal Services. “The child was taken to hospital with serious but […]
The Killer Dog Problem, by Charles Danten
Going to the root of things is always a good idea if you really intend to change things. Let’s start with pit bull advocate Anne-Marie Goldwater’s delirious statement: “We use derogatory words to identify a certain subgroup of dogs which does not form a ‘race.’ Like blacks, Latinos, Arabs… these aren’t races. Just like there […]