63 years of “Dog Bite Prevention Week” coincided with decades of denial of breed-specific realities & ever-rising mayhem NEW YORK CITY–– Insurance Information Institute data released to mark “Dog Bite Awareness Week” 2020, April 12-19, shows just a 5% rise in the total number of damage claims filed by victims of dog attacks, 2003-2019, […]
15 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2019 edition)
Bad advice from celebrity trainers & humane societies gets people & animals killed by Merritt & Beth Clifton (See also 16 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack [2021 edition]) If the expert geniuses passing out advice about avoiding dog attacks as celebrity trainers and on behalf of animal advocacy organizations really knew what they […]
Pit bull liability
Pit bull liability • Courts reject suing landlords for attacks by dogs kept by indigent tenants • “Stand your ground” fails in both iguana case & pit bull attacks • Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years • Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted […]
Dog Bite Prevention Weak, 2015
Four criminal convictions for fatal pit bull attack Dog Bite Prevention Week 2015, May 17-23, was announced by the American Humane Association on May 14, 2015––the same day that former child care provider Jena Wright, 26, of Prairie City, Iowa, was convicted of four criminal offenses in connection with the April 2013 fatal pit bull mauling […]