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Death by Pit Bull: Bred to Kill, by Richard W. Morris, J.D., Ph.D.

March 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

$9.95 paperback,  $2.99 Kindle A 52-second video trailer is live on: YouTube https://youtu.be/mrE1-bM_tdk Rumble https://rumble.com/v2a7ztq-death-by-pit-bull.html Bit Chute https://www.bitchute.com/video/DzP2jI9g2OSu/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “My history with pit bulls goes back to 1990,”  retired San Diego and Tucson prosecutor Richard W. Morris opens in Death by Pit Bull. “That year, while my wife and I were out […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Arizona Humane Society, Hollace Dean Bennard, J. Thomas Beasley, Jesse Beasley, Kirstie Jane Bennard, Lilly Jane Bennard, Merritt Clifton, Tori Whitehurst

Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Sued for alleged negligence causing death of dog attack victim Klonda Richey This is part II of a two-part series.  See also Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules. Most of the July 29,  2016 Ohio Second Appellate District Court of Appeals finding that Montgomery County Animal Resources Center director Mark Kumpf may […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: J. Thomas Beasley, Kenneth Phillips, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, YourLawScholar.com

Pit bulls & public safety

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls & public safety •  Killer Cane Corso owner convicted, but pit bulls & Cane Corsos kill 3 more •  “Only” two babies killed by pit bulls in first half of May 2026 •   Moms killed by dogs remembered in memoriam on Mother’s Day 2026 •  Conviction in one dog attack, sentencing in another, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Albuquerque Animal Services, Asheville Humane Society, ASPCA, J. Thomas Beasley, Merritt Clifton, SAFER test, San Antonio Animal Services, Stamford Animal Shelter

No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality

August 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

6-year-old killed three weeks after pit bull was rehomed ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina––Absent a lawsuit from the bereaved family,  no person or agency will be held to account for the July 7, 2015 fatal mauling of six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother by a pit bull adopted three weeks earlier from the Asheville Humane Society,  after passing the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Buncombe County, Colleen Lynn, Humane Alliance, J. Thomas Beasley, Joshua Phillip Strother, Merritt Clifton, Quita Mazzena, Sarah Hess, Tracy Elliott

Misunderstood Nanny Dogs?

April 7, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

A Critical and Objective Analysis of the Facts and Myths Concerning Pit Bulls by J. Thomas Beasley $3.99, Kindle; $6.99 paperback. 140 pages. Order c/o http://www.amazon.com/Misunderstood-Nanny-Dogs-Objective-Concerning/dp/150872671X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427737549&sr=8-1&keywords=nanny+dogs Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Says the biographical statement on the PRWEB announcement of publication of Misunderstood Nanny Dogs?, “Jesse Thomas Beasley was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia but […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Dogsbite.org, J. Thomas Beasley, pit-bulls

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