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Navajo Nation: “They hid the dogs who killed my daughter!”

May 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull proliferation––and dog attack fatality rate 100 times that of the U.S. as a whole             FORT DEFIANCE, Navajo Nation–– “They hid the dogs that attacked and killed my daughter from animal control”  Marissa “Ris” Rose Jones posted to Facebook. “What is wrong with these people?” Jones helplessly asked. Jones’ daughter,  Lyssa Rose Upshaw,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Black Hat Humane Society, Cindy Yurth, Fort Defiance, Jeff Young, Kayden Colter Begay, Kevin Gleason, Lyssa Rose Upshaw, Marissa “Ris” Rose Jones, Merritt Clifton

12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations

July 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Navajo Nation residents are 35 times more likely to be killed by dogs than other Americans Part I of a three-part series. See also:  Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”:  fatal dog attacks triple and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool.          WINDOW ROCK,  Arizona––Three-year-old Kayden Colter Begay was on July 14,  2016 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Canada, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Mexico, Police & military, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Cuban bloodhound, Jason White Hip, Kayden Colter Begay, Louis Werner, Merritt Clifton, Navajo Nation, Old Yeller

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