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Springfield, Missouri votes down ban on acquiring new pit bulls

August 7, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

First-ever election win for pit bull advocates             SPRINGFIELD,  Missouri––Out-spending voices for animal and human safety by a margin perhaps as high as $10,000 to $1.00,  pit bull advocates on August 7,  2018 celebrated their first-ever defeat of a pit bull ban in a municipal general election. Reversing the outcome of earlier attempts to repeal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alissa Zhu, Christin Atwell, Ken McClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Merritt Clifton, Travis Atwell

From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

November 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Organizations, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Training, USA Tagged With: Anjali Sharma, Anna Cotter, Daxton Borchardt, Ian Dunbar, John Dalley, Ken McClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton

Springfield may become third city to vote on pit bull ban

November 1, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

More than 60% of voters approved bans in Miami-Dade, Florida, and Aurora, Colorado             SPRINGFIELD,  Missouri––Needing 2,228 petition signatures from registered voters to put a newly passed ban on pit bulls on the April 2018 Springfield,  Missouri,  city ballot,  pit bull advocates on Halloween 2017 submitted petitions bearing 7,883 signatures to city clerk Anita Cotter. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alissa Zhu, Anita Cotter, Christin Atwell, KenMcClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Merritt Clifton, Mike Landis, Travis Atwell

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