Pet theft in the 21st century more often involves pit bulls under euthanasia order than laboratory supply BULLHEAD CITY, Arizona––Rhonda Kathrine Johnson, 51, on the lam with her pit bulls Melony and Ginger, sprung on Thanksgiving 2019 from the animal shelter in Bullhead City, Arizona, is unlikely to make the FBI “Ten Most Wanted List.” […]
Should dog owners face prison for fleeing the scene of attacks?
Maine politician promises bill to address dine-and-dash behavior ––if elected AUGUSTA, Maine––Should dog owners be criminally prosecuted for leaving the scene of an attack injuring a human or another animal? Oddly enough, no state legislature appears to have addressed hit-and-run dog-walking yet, nor even instances in which dog owners flee with dogs who have […]
Shelter director resigns in Maine “lost” pit bulls case
Pit bulls still at large WATERVILLE, Maine––Two pit bulls taken by owner Danielle Jones from the Humane Society Waterville Area on October 24, 2017 remain at large, a week after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a Kennebec District Court order that the pit bulls, named Bentley and Kole, should be euthanized for repeatedly […]
Shelter “loses” two pit bulls after Maine Supreme Court orders euthanasia
Child killed by two other pit bulls in nearby city just four days before (See also Shelter director resigns in Maine “lost” pit bulls case.) LOWELL, Massachusetts; WATERVILLE, Maine––From Lowell, Massachusetts to Waterville, Maine, is just 175 miles, a three-hour drive north by turnpike. The major electronic media serving Lowell […]