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Dog study let pit bull owners lie & still found behavior is breed-specific

March 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Finn study is third in six months to refute the saw that “It’s all in how you raise them.” HELSINKI, Finland––For the third time in six months a major new study of the heritability of dog behavior,  published by a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal,  has refuted the shibboleth of pit bull advocacy that “It’s all […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bridgett M. von Holdt, César Araujo, Emma Hakanen, Erin Hecht, Evan L. MacLean, Hannes Lohi, James A. Serpell, Jenni Puurunen, Katriina Tiira, Merritt Clifton, Milla Salonen, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Salla Mikkola, Sini Sulkama

Dog brain study refutes every major claim of pit bull advocacy

September 9, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Looking at normal dogs’ brains shows how “fighting breed” brains differ             BOSTON,  POMONA––There may already be weeping and gnashing of teeth among pit bull advocates,  and perhaps significant fundraising underway to trump up rebuttals,  too,  following the September 2,  2019 Journal of Neuroscience publication of “Significant neuroanatomical variation among domestic dog breeds,”  by Harvard […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal sentience & intelligence, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Police & military, Science, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Beth Clifton, Erin Hecht, John D. Johnson, John P. Colby, Kristopher Irizarry, Laura Sanders, Merritt Clifton, Victoria Voith

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