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Best Friends wants you pay more for insurance to subsidize pit bulls

January 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why laws forcing insurers to cover pit bulls, Rottweilers, et al are literally no skin off the insurance industry’s buttocks             ALBANY,  New York;  PHOENIX,  Arizona;  RENO, Nevada––New York and Nevada state laws have since the beginning of 2022 required every homeowner and renter to subsidize the few who keep pit bulls by prohibiting insurance […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Best Friends Animal Society, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, Rottweiler

Courts reject suing landlords for attacks by dogs kept by indigent tenants

September 27, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Don’t ask,  don’t tell” exempts landlords from risk             MONTPELIER, Vermont––A newly published Vermont Supreme Court decision,  rendered on September 3,  2021,   affirms previous jurisprudence weakening the ability of dog attack victims and survivors to sue landlords in cases involving tenants’ dogs. The verdict in Katherine Higgins v. Shawn Bailey & Suzan Bailey appears to give […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Brian Hrenko, Claudia Gallardo, Gross v. Turner, Higgins v. Bailey, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, Skyler Bagalio

$20.8 million jury award for California dog attack

July 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Retired police dog chased mail carrier before killing man,  mauling woman             EXETER, California––A San Luis Obispo County jury on July 28,  2021 awarded $7 million to Rachel,  Sarah,  and Steven Fear,  the adult survivors of December 2016 dog attack victim David Fear,   plus $13.8 million to David Fear’s former neighbor,  Betty Long,  who was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Geiger, Best Friends Animal Society, Betty Long, David Fear, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty

Indiana ruling may help L.A. woman now in critical from adopted pit bull

November 19, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Indiana Court of Appeals reinforces shelter duty to inform adopters of dogs’ past attacks             LOS ANGELES,  INDIANAPOLIS––Reports from Los Angeles indicate that a recent Indiana appellate decision could have a multi-million dollar impact on a yet-to-be filed case in which a 70-year-old woman is reportedly in critical condition from an attack by a pit […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Shelters, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, O'Gee, Phyllis M. Daugherty

Kamala Harris: long record on animal issues, including pit bull attacks

October 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Prosecuted two dog attack fatalities, enforced pit bull sterilization ordinance, but favors adoptions of fighting dogs             SAN FRANCISCO––U.S. Senator Kamala Harris,  named vice presidential running mate to Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden on August 11,  2020,  brings to the election campaign both a strong record on animal protection and a mixed record in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chickens, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Population control, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Aiden Cook, Diane Whipple, Kenneth Phillips, Kitty Block, Marjorie Knoller, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Faibish, Robert Noel, Sara Amundson, Wayne Hsiung, Wayne Pacelle

Why did pit bull & Malinois victims Liquori & Hazel die alone?

May 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Thought they knew the risks…             FORT PIERCE, Florida;  DIGHTON,  Massachusetts—Killed in unwitnessed dog attacks on May 9,  2019 and May 10,  2019,  respectively,  Christine Liquori,  52,  of Port St. Lucie,  Florida and Ryan Hazel,  14,  of Rehobeth,  Massachusetts,  had almost nothing in common––except that they were alone in kennel facilities with one or more […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Geiger, Christine Liquori, David Robertson, Frank Andrews, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Hazel

January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months

February 3, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Three killed by pit bulls, three in human conflict involving dogs, one possibly by German shepherd,  one killed by dogs unidentified by breed HOUSTON, Texas––A January 28,  2019 shoot-out in Houston,  Texas that left five police officers injured and two drug suspects dead raised the apparent dog-related death toll for the month,  worldwide,  to eight,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Breanna Henson, Christopher Dale Collins, Dennis Tuttle, Dianne Reves, Drew Justice, Erica Nicole Jordan, Kenneth Phillips, Lana Bergman, Loxli Chavez, Matthew Oropeza, Merritt Clifton, Phillip Sr Cross, Rhogena Nicholas

Family of pit bull victim sues the Clinton Humane Society

March 31, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society allegedly rehomed pit bull as a “child-friendly” boxer mix          CLINTON,  Iowa––Legally responding with unusual speed to the March 15,  2017 pit bull mauling of their 15-month-old son Lucas Harrison,  parents Tyler and Holly Harrison on March 28,  2017 sued both the owners of the pit bull,  Kris and Ashley Greene,  and the […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ashley Greene, Holly Harrison, John A. Frey Jr., Kenneth Phillips, Lucas Harrison, Merritt Clifton, Sheena Quick, Tyler Harrison

The Upside-Down Mind of a Rescue Group

March 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by personal injury attorney and Dog Bite Law blogger Kenneth Phillips: “We are an animal rescue group that does standard fostering and adopting,”   a rescue group recently e-mailed to me.  “One of our volunteers named John was fostering a boxer at his house,”  the rescue group representative explained.  “He has a roommate who brought a female […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Kenneth Phillips

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

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