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Heather Pingel death protecting child echoes the Daxton Borchardt case

December 19, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Pingel died eight days after rescuing son from pit bull,  on what would have been Daxton’s 10th birthday             WAUSAU,  Wisconsin––Heather Pingel, 35,  of Bowler,  Wisconsin,  mauled by a pet pit bull on December 8,  2021 while rescuing her four-year-old son from attack,  died eight days later at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital from injuries including […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Avalee Little Whirlwind, Damion Pingel, Daxton Borchardt, Duke Little Whirlwind, Jeff Borchardt, Merritt Clifton, Shane Bernarde, Shannon Pingel, Tom Domeck

Solvang animal advocate “Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen dies at 85

December 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Mortensen was still on the job of helping animals in every way that she could             SOLVANG, California––“Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen,  85,  remembered for nearly 50 years of dynamic animal advocacy and her hearty laugh,  died at her home on September 26, 2020 from complications of heart disease. “Born on April 26,  1935 in England,  Hazel […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, United Kingdom, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Bob Mortensen, Daxton Borchardt, Fran Smith, Hazel Mortensen, Lisa Andre, Merritt Clifton, Quinn Spaulding, Rachelle Mueller

Daxton’s Friends, five years after trusted pit bulls killed a toddler

March 7, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Grieving father amplifies the voices of dog attack survivors             MILWAUKEE,  Wisconsin––Five years ago today,  on March 6,  2013,  two pit bulls raised from puppyhood in a loving home environment killed Daxton James Borchardt,  age 14 months,  and badly injured his babysitter,  Susan Iwicki,  whose pit bulls turned on both of them. “The horrific attack started,”  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Colleen Lynn, Daxton Borchardt, Jeff Borchardt, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton

From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

November 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Dismissing dangerous dog behavior––or blaming the victims––disregards public trust             SPRINGFIELD,  Missouri;  PHUKET,  Thailand––Superficially,  the dog-versus-human conflicts raging in Springfield,  Missouri,  where breed-specific legislation is at issue,  and in Phuket,  Thailand,  where few dogs have any evident breed-specific traits,  could scarcely look more different. Pit bull attacks are the problem in Springfield:  38 in three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Organizations, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Training, USA Tagged With: Anjali Sharma, Anna Cotter, Daxton Borchardt, Ian Dunbar, John Dalley, Ken McClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton

Pit bull advocacy exposed by the CBC Fifth Estate with host Mark Kelley

September 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Pit Bulls Unleashed:  Should They Be Banned? The Fifth Estate with Mark Kelley http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/ or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-bX3gZC3YnCThlGM5d38Q   Pit bull advocates have been screaming bloody murder since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last night,  September  22,  2017,  aired Pit Bulls Unleashed:  Should They Be Banned? The hour-long documentary,  produced by the investigative news magazine program The Fifth […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Screen industry Tagged With: Brandi McNeely, Charlotte Alter, Christiane Vadnais, Colleen Lynn, Daxton Borchardt, Emily Vadnais, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton, Michael Golinko, Susan Iwicki, Trehlan Credit

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