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How many other animals did dogs––& pit bulls––kill in 2021?

January 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Social distancing again suppressed the totals,  but pit bulls still accounted for 84% of all animals killed by dogs Again in 2021,  as in 2020,  social distancing practiced due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home much more often than in previous years. This trend held reported dog attacks on other animals […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Akita, Doberman, German shepherd, husky, Labrador, Malinois, Merritt Clifton

COVID-19 boosts Labs, goldens, & small dogs; pit bull breeders crash

July 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Stay home” orders bring sharp turn toward safe dogs Eighteen of the 28 Americans killed by dogs by the Fourth of July,  2020,  including 15 pit bull victims,  two killed by mastiffs,  and one killed by a Malinois,  were killed by their own family dogs in their own homes––a record pace of mayhem in every […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Greyhounds, Lab animals, Mediterranean, Science, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Chihuahua, Lowchen, Malinois, Staffordshire

Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog

July 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Large retrievers 2nd,  pit bulls 3rd  Max the Malinois, whose story opened in theatres on June 26, 2015,   may capture movie-goers’ hearts, but the most popular dog breed category in the U.S. still ain’t nothing but a hound dog. Hounds have made up 8.5% of the total U.S. dog population on average since 2010, or […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Shelters, USA Tagged With: boxer, Hal Herzog, large retriever, Malinois, Merritt Clifton, pit bull

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