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“Educate yourself”: pit bulls in schools run amok

December 16, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

More than 70 children injured & at least five killed in U.S. schools or on way to school since 2005             SEATTLE, Washington;  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio––Two pit bulls escaped from a nearby home,  ran into St. Therese Catholic Academy in Seattle on December 13,  2018,  bit several students  and reportedly dragged 8-year-old Doris Dickerson.              Three teachers pulled […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Angie Hands, Angie Nickerson, Ashley Triplett, Christopher Wilson, Doris Dickerson, Greg Wolfram, Logan Braatz, Merritt Clifton, Miracle Parham, Sabine M. Davidson, Viola Sheeler, Xavier Strickland

Pit bulls kill seven, so Georgia pushes killing coyotes

February 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

A tale of two dogs          ATLANTA,  Georgia––Pit bulls have caused seven human deaths in five years in Georgia.  Coyotes have caused none,  ever. Responding to the pit bull threat,   Atlanta representative Keisha Waites in February 2017 introduced Logan’s Law,  HB 313,  which would require people selling or rehoming dogs to tell the truth about […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Predators, Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Beau Rutledge, Chris Mobry, Keisha Waites, Logan Braatz, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Wilcox, Syrai Sanders, Will Gulsby

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