Pingel died eight days after rescuing son from pit bull, on what would have been Daxton’s 10th birthday WAUSAU, Wisconsin––Heather Pingel, 35, of Bowler, Wisconsin, mauled by a pet pit bull on December 8, 2021 while rescuing her four-year-old son from attack, died eight days later at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital from injuries including […]
Pit hags, rescue angels, crazy cat ladies, dog men & chicken fighters: what’s in a name?
The late linguist, lexicographer, and “crazy cat man” Reinhold Aman would have relished the question SONOMA, California––Researching the etymology of the terms “pit hag,” “rescue angel,” “crazy cat lady,” “dog man” and “chicken fighter,” absent from most dictionaries yet almost universally understood within the animal advocacy world, would have fascinated Reinhold Aman, 82, who died […]
Daxton’s Friends, five years after trusted pit bulls killed a toddler
Grieving father amplifies the voices of dog attack survivors MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin––Five years ago today, on March 6, 2013, two pit bulls raised from puppyhood in a loving home environment killed Daxton James Borchardt, age 14 months, and badly injured his babysitter, Susan Iwicki, whose pit bulls turned on both of them. “The horrific attack started,” […]
Pit bulls, “bullying & backlash,” & who is really threatening whom
by Merritt Clifton My wife Beth, a former police officer and animal control officer, was shocked, horrified, and upset for days shortly after our marriage in August 2014 when she discovered more than 300 pit bull advocates recommending my gruesome demise by various methods, including by pit bull attack, in response to a single online […]
Pit bull legislation
Pit bull legislation • Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg • How often are pit bull ban repeals followed by fatal & disfiguring attacks? • “Stand your ground” fails in both iguana case & pit bull attacks • Three pit bull-related deaths in three days ended April 2021 • […]
Attempt to repeal pit bull ban crushed in Colorado
Nearly 68% of Aurora voters endorsed pit bull ban AURORA, Colorado––Advocates for pet, livestock, and human safety in Aurora, Colorado claimed a resounding win with the November 4, 2014 defeat of a well-funded attempt to repeal the nine-year-old Aurora pit bull bylaw. Asked Aurora ballot question 2D, “KEEPING OF PIT BULLS––Shall the people of Aurora […]