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 […]
Kamala Harris: long record on animal issues, including pit bull attacks
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 […]
Why did pit bull & Malinois victims Liquori & Hazel die alone?
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 […]
January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months
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, […]
Family of pit bull victim sues the Clinton Humane Society
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 […]
The Upside-Down Mind of a Rescue Group
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 […]
Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses
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 […]
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 […]
Why wasn’t California pit bull fatality sent to county grand jury?
Mauling death of Tyler Trammell-Huston, 9, was handled differently from similar cases in Virginia, Colorado, & Michigan ACCOMACK, Virginia; MARYVILLE, California––Accomack County General District Court on March 20, 2016 arraigned Edna Lenae Parker, 38, on two felony counts of owning a vicious dog and committing “a willful act or omission in the care, control […]
Man who had “15 minutes of fame” for attempted pit bull rescue to be sentenced for involuntary homicide by pit bull
STOCKTON, California; DAYTON, Ohio––Brian Hrenko, 60, now awaiting sentencing for an involuntary homicide committed by a pit bull, became briefly a pit bull rescue celebrity on March 9, 1995 after jumping off the San Mateo Bridge in a futile attempt to save his pit bull Nitro from drowning. “In the future, everyone will be world-famous […]