Yes, this is Dog Bite Prevention Week!!! 1. First of all, find out who founded Dog Bite Prevention Week sixty years ago, in 1956, why, and what has become of this groundbreaking public safety initiative since then: Dog Bite Prevention Weak. 2. Find out which dogs killed a record 33 people last year, and disfigured […]
Voices of pit bull experience
Voices of pit bull experience • 16 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2021 edition) • Parents try to raise children safely; pit bulls et al have other ideas • Pit bulls: A retired humane professional speaks out at last, by Deborah Turner • Pit bulls: An active 40+ year shelter director speaks out […]
Controlling deer the natural way
A New Deer Advocacy Paradigm Guest columnist Lee Hall makes the case for government to quit hunting deer and start respecting natural predators (See also Coyotes: nature’s animal control officers, by Merritt Clifton.) Forcible deer control gets broad support from all levels of government and from many conservation organizations—all reacting to a perceived crisis of deer […]
Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne Pacelle woos anti-gay evangelist
by Lee Hall Barrett Duke, a founding fellow of the Research Institute at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, on March 17, 2015 received accolades from Humane Society of the United States president Wayne Pacelle in his personal blog “A Humane Nation.” Explained Pacelle, “It’s part of my commitment, and that of […]
For Animal Rights & Human Rights: A Case for Breed-Specific Legislation
Why do we let people breed “bully” dogs, let alone sell them? by Lee Hall The orientation for new U.S. mail carriers includes a half-day of video clips showing guard dogs charging professional dog trainers. The carrier learns: When taken on by an aggressive dog—and as a mail carrier you will be, probably soon and […]