ASPCA advice to shelters could increase puppy & kitten litters by about half a million in spring/summer 2020 While pet keepers in the developed world fret about the apparently infinitesimally small risk of pets and humans infecting and reinfecting each other, following the discovery of COVID-19 infecting one cat in Liege, Belgium, and two dogs […]
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 […]
Soi Dog Foundation & Indian Ocean tsunami heroine Gill Dalley, 58
Lost legs rescuing a dog in 2004 PHUKET, Thailand––“It is with profound regret and unfathomable sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Dalley,” the Soi Dog Foundation announced on February 13, 2017. “The inaugural winner of the Canine Hero of the Year award at the 2011 Animals for Asia conference in Chengdu, China, […]
Largest dog and cat meat market in South Korea set to close by May
Cages and slaughtering facilities coming down now SEOUL, South Korea––The Seongnam city government and the vendors’ association of Moran Market, representing 22 dog and cat meat dealers whose stalls occupy four short blocks on one side of the marketplace, on December 13, 2016 jointly announced plans to start removing their cages and slaughtering facilities […]
Dog meat trade spreads rabies in Vietnam
YEN BAI, Vietnam––Closing the Vietnamese border to imports of dogs for human consumption as a rabies control measure may have come two years too late for Yen Bai province, high in the ethnic Hmong region of the north. At least 1,900 Yen Bai residents were bitten by suspected rabid dogs during the first five […]