$2 million payout to family of Janet D’Aleo, 95, killed on November 6, 2019 by “rescue” pit bull belonging to Humane Society of the U.S. state representative Annie Hornish AURORA, Colorado––Overturning an ordinance banning pit bulls that was endorsed by 64% of the electorate as recently as 2014, four of the seven members of the […]
Robert Cabral: “The Malibu Dog Trainer”
A Cesar Millan salad with Catalina dressing Editor’s note: Robert Cabral, the self-described “Malibu dog trainer,” was formerly a martial arts instructor, film director, actor, cinematographer and motivational speaker according to his posted biography. This would appear to have left Cabral little time for training dogs, had he remained fully employed in any of these […]
Cesar Millan walks: what was the L.A. County prosecutor thinking?
Chance to send a much-needed message to “rehabbers” of dangerous dogs was lost Celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan will not be criminally charged for losing control of a French bulldog named Simon, who then mauled a pig, while videotaping the February 26, 2016 edition of the National Geographic channel’s Cesar 911 reality TV series. Announced Millan […]
What on earth was celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan thinking?
Simon says, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn what Cesar says.” by Beth Clifton As practically everyone who knows celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan from a Caesar salad must know by now, the February 26, 2016 episode of the National Geographic channel’s Cesar 911 reality TV series went from demonstrating a really bad […]
Pit bull advocates
Pit bull advocates • Colorado pit bull defense lawyer charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot • Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin, facing 39 felonies, flunks drug test • Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming • Pit bull advocate involved in breeding killed in South Carolina • Cleveland pit bull owner fatally shoots […]
How behavior testing fails adopters, dogs, volunteers & shelter staff
False sense of security PATCHOGUE, New York––Stephen Neira, 40, of Patchogue, Long Island, New York, on September 3, 2015 happened across an online ad for a pit bull named Alex. Housed by Animal Care & Control of New York City since August 30, 2015, Alex was said to have had just 22 minutes left to […]