Screwworm quarantines threaten adoption transport approach to achieving Best Friends’ “90% live release rate” threshold for “no kill” status AUSTIN, Texas––From agribusiness pundits to zoonotic disease researchers, online commentators were mystified on June 18, 2026 to see Best Friends Animal Society senior director of national programs Brent Toellner lined up to testify to the Texas […]
Pit bull puts infant in critical where Best Friends campaign undid ban
First known attack by the pit bull involved––as is typical PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kansas; KANSAS CITY, Missouri––From Prairie Village, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri is just one step over the middle of State Line Road. Therefore an infant who reportedly remained in critical condition a week later a pit bull mauling in the child’s home was […]
Another Kansas City pit bull fatality intensifies spotlight on KC Pet Project
Seven pit bulls maul man for 23 minutes, caught on video; injure rescuer too. KANSAS CITY, Missouri––Juanita L. Sanchez, 35, staying with friends in Fontana, California, and an unidentified homeless man reportedly living in Perris Hill Park, San Bernardino, California, had already been fatally attacked by multiple pit bulls each on November 3, 2024, but […]
Kansas City Pet Project dog attack claims don’t add up
Veterinary Information Network notes rising shelter dog attacks KANSAS CITY, Missouri––The numbers on two recent dog attacks furnished by the Kansas City Pet Project to Fox 4 news reporter Robert Townsend don’t add up, but the total of victims and the severity of their injuries mounted in mid-November 2016 after the no-kill shelter founded by […]