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Screwworms: can Best Friends Animal Society “save them all”?

June 23, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Canada, Cats, Cattle & dairy, Central America, Disease, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Mexico, Shelters, South America, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brent Toellner, Erika Kelly, Greg Abbott, Merritt Clifton, Rebecca Giamona, Tawny Preisner

Pit bull puts infant in critical where Best Friends campaign undid ban

March 21, 2025 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Brent Toellner, GameDog Guardian, Katie Bray Barnett, KC Pet Project, Ledy VanKavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton, Sheila Myers, Tori Fugate

Another Kansas City pit bull fatality intensifies spotlight on KC Pet Project

November 10, 2024 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Angela Culbertson, Brent Toellner, Chris Culbertson, Juanita L. Sanchez, Merritt Clifton, Sam Zeff, Tori Fugate

Kansas City Pet Project dog attack claims don’t add up

November 22, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Training, USA Tagged With: Brent Toellner, Kansas City Pet Project, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis DeGioa, Piper Dunbar, Robert Townsend, Savannah Edwards, Victoria Eve

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