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 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 were talking about––and yes, Cesar Millan, Robert Cabral, and Victoria Stilwell, we […]
Pit bull liability
Pit bull liability • Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted owners • Dog attacks on babies double, but State Farm hails fewer claims • Landlord to appeal $2.5 million award to pit bull attack survivors • $4.25 million award for pit bull attack––and the victim may see some of the […]
Dog Bite Prevention Weak, 2015
by Merritt Clifton 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 of four-year-old Jordyn Arndt. The […]