“Sometimes things are just too broken to fix” FREDONIA, Arizona––Severely injured by one of her own pit bulls on December 4, 2017, Jacqueline Bedsaul Johnson, 61, lost little time in reasserting her determination to continue militant online pit bull advocacy, even if she cannot use her hands to type. Explained her daughter Adria in […]
Pit Bull Federation of South Africa rips rescuer denial of what a pit bull is
Contradicts rhetoric of trend toward removing breed-specific labels from shelter cage cards LOS ANGELES, PRETORIA––Few voices anywhere might be considered more rabidly pro-pit bull than the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa, a self-described “breed-specific show organization” whose declared “main goal is always to portray the American Pit Bull Terrier in a positive light.” […]
“Rescued” pit bulls now outnumber pit puppies
Startling numbers emerge from ANIMALS 24-7 ad survey 2017 Pit bull advocates may rejoice that pit bulls, by all of the common pit bull variant names combined, are back on top of the annual ANIMALS 24-7 survey of the U.S. dog population by breed and breed type, after two years in second and sixth places, […]
Pit bull advocates owe Michael Vick bigtime, at victims’ expense
Can victim advocacy restore integrity to the humane cause? WASHINGTON, D.C.––The 2007 conviction of football star Michael Vick for dogfighting helped hundreds of animal welfare executives and their minions to get filthy rich. Yet the animal advocacy groups pocketing the money did little, if anything, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the April 20, […]
Newborn killed by pit bull rehomed by San Diego Humane Society & SPCA
Attack could not have been foreseen, claims SPCA president Weitzman SAN DIEGO, California––The inherent unreliability of temperament testing and untruthfulness of pit bull adoption promotions depicting the dogs as safe were underscored on April 22, 2016 when a two-year-old pit bull named Polo, rehomed six months earlier by the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA, […]
Did ASPCA discover certifying SAFER dog screening might be dangerous?
Or at least cost them a lot of money? NEW YORK CITY–– “Effective immediately, the ASPCA will be discontinuing the certification process for SAFER (Safety Assessment to Evaluate Re-homing),” the American SPCA announced on December 2, 2015 via the ASPCApro blog distributed to shelter workers. The abrupt end to certifying SAFER test-givers appears to […]
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 […]