Pug mixes vs. pit bulls in thin disguise SELMA, California––Much of the public did a double-take on July 31, 2022 as word spread that five “English bulldogs” belonging to breeder Victor Carranza, of 4 Brothers Bulldogs, killed neighbor Richard “Hutch” Barry, 59, as he walked home from his brother’s house around the corner. Fatal […]
Dog brain study refutes every major claim of pit bull advocacy
Looking at normal dogs’ brains shows how “fighting breed” brains differ BOSTON, POMONA––There may already be weeping and gnashing of teeth among pit bull advocates, and perhaps significant fundraising underway to trump up rebuttals, too, following the September 2, 2019 Journal of Neuroscience publication of “Significant neuroanatomical variation among domestic dog breeds,” by Harvard […]
Why would a personal injury law firm promote pit bulls?
Part of Carter Mario Injury Lawyers’ co-promotional history with the West Haven Animal Shelter MILFORD, Connecticut––A March 12, 2019 dog-for-adoption posting by the West Haven Animal Shelter, of West Haven, Connecticut, superficially resembled thousands of others posted every day to social media. But it struck one ANIMALS 24-7 reader as alarmingly different. What the […]
Pit Bull Federation of South Africa rips rescuer denial of what a pit bull is
Contradicts rhetoric of trend toward removing breed-specific labels from shelter cage cards LOS ANGELES, PRETORIA––Few voices anywhere might be considered more rabidly pro-pit bull than the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa, a self-described “breed-specific show organization” whose declared “main goal is always to portray the American Pit Bull Terrier in a positive light.” […]
New Haven pit bull victim dies; pit mix kills 3-day-old girl on same day
Humane Society of U.S. president Wayne Pacelle has yet to comment on fatality five blocks from family home NEW HAVEN, Connecticut; FRESNO, California––A three-day-old baby girl was on June 27, 2016 fatally mauled by a pit bull/Sharpei mix at her mother’s home in Fresno, California, the same day that pit bull attack victim Jocelyn […]