Recurring pattern continues to elude the animal care-and-control community, much of law enforcement, mass media, and the public NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home in 2020, cutting reported dog attacks on other animals by more than half in 2020 from the annual average since ANIMALS […]
Philadelphia apologizes for killing African-American animal advocates
What if the MOVE cofounders had attended Cambridge, or the Best Friends Animal Society cofounders had come from inner Philadelphia? PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania; KANAB, Utah––The Philadelphia City Council on November 12, 2020 formally apologized for the May 13, 1985 bombing of a row house compound that killed 11 members of MOVE, an inner city cult whose […]
Best Friends, the ASPCA, & HSUS: rethink pit bulls!
An open letter from Beth Clifton to: Gregory Castle, president, Best Friends Animal Society; Matthew Bershadker, president, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Wayne Pacelle, president, Humane Society of the United States Dear Sirs: Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this letter. My name is Beth Clifton. I am the […]