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How often are pit bull ban repeals followed by fatal & disfiguring attacks?

April 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

More than 40% of jurisdictions that repeal pit bull bans have a fatal or disfiguring attack within 30 months             PROSSER,  Washington––Christin Gregerson,  45,   and son Hunter,  15,  beat the odds on April 8,  2022. First of all,  they survived an unprovoked attack by as many as seven pit bulls. Second,  unknown to them,  Christin […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Christin Gregerson, Ian Dunbar, Merritt Clifton, Piper Dunbar, Prosser, Zachary Willis, Zainabou Drame

Will there be a Tomb of the Unknown Pit Bull Victim? Body count 2021

January 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Dog attack death toll fell just short of a new record             CHICAGO, Illinois––Ten days after the December 28,  2021 death of the apparent last fatal dog attack victim of the year,  ANIMALS 24-7 still has not found the identity of the 34-year-old male victim,  despite many hours of searching death records,  social media postings,  […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Amber Miller, Aziz Ahmed, Cameron Hatfield, Emily Kahl, Frank Jerome Cobb, Heather Pingel, Ian Dunbar, James Mcneelis, Jayden Belle Henderson, Megan Fisher, Merritt Clifton, Sally Fredrica Rogers, Shamar Snerif Jackson

From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

November 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Dismissing dangerous dog behavior––or blaming the victims––disregards public trust             SPRINGFIELD,  Missouri;  PHUKET,  Thailand––Superficially,  the dog-versus-human conflicts raging in Springfield,  Missouri,  where breed-specific legislation is at issue,  and in Phuket,  Thailand,  where few dogs have any evident breed-specific traits,  could scarcely look more different. Pit bull attacks are the problem in Springfield:  38 in three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Organizations, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Training, USA Tagged With: Anjali Sharma, Anna Cotter, Daxton Borchardt, Ian Dunbar, John Dalley, Ken McClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton

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