Even pit bull advocates who recognize pit bull overpopulation & mayhem don’t accept responsibility for the monster they have created NEW YORK, N.Y.––“If we don’t do something progressive and humane,” lamented Animals Matter, NYC blogger and Coalition for NYC Animals founder Elizabeth Forel on April 6, 2026, “the status quo will continue with periodic […]
How Los Angeles normalized shelter dog attacks, by Ed Boks
What $31.85 million reveals about systemic failure How disclosure failures, shelter metrics, and a reactive approach to public safety turned Los Angeles into a case study in preventable dog attacks –– and what reform could look like. This ANIMALS 24-7 guest column originally appeared as the January 26, 2026 installment of author Ed Boks’ own blog, Animal Politics […]
Yet again, repealing BSL brings a pit bull-inflicted fatality
Pit bull fatality followed BSL repeal in Moses Lake in 2020, & now in Kennewick, 75 miles south on Washington state route 395, in 2023 KENNEWICK, Washington––The September 21, 2023 death of Billene “Billi” Cameron, 65, demonstrated yet again the strong likelihood that a community that repeals breed-specific restrictions of possession of pit bulls […]
How often are pit bull ban repeals followed by fatal & disfiguring attacks?
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 […]
Will there be a Tomb of the Unknown Pit Bull Victim? Body count 2021
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, […]
From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”
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 […]