2017 pit bull fatalities 1) Logan Bratz, 6, was killed and his friend Syrai Sanders, 5, was seriously injured by two pit bulls on January 18, 2017 as they walked to school with their mothers in Atlanta, Georgia. 2) Valentin Herrera, 76, of Los Angeles, California, was killed by two pit bulls on February […]
Gambling––on dogs & dollars––erodes animal care & control ethic
Embezzling cases & pit bull attack deaths both reflect crap game culture SYRACUSE (NY), DAYTON (OH), COLUMBIA (MD)––The U.S. animal care-and-control community has an untreated gambling problem, getting worse instead of better. In the first half of the 20th century, when humane education was closely linked to moral education, no major humane conference would […]
Akita rescuer Carol Harris is record 5th fatality of 2017 by shelter dogs
Killed in kennel by dog of unknown history during socialization session PHOENIX, Arizona––Carol Harris, 69, a 12-year volunteer for Akita Advocates Relocation Team Arizona, shared two Akitas with her husband Kenneth. The Harrises fostered four other Akitas. Carol Harris “adored the breed and worked hard to find them loving homes,” having helped to rehome […]
Emily Mae Colvin, 24, is record 35th U.S. pit bull fatality of 2017
Death came on Pearl Harbor Day JACKSON COUNTY, Alabama––On this day, December 7, 2017, a date which will live in infamy only until the next fatal pit bull attack, 24-year-old Emily Mae Colvin of Section, Alabama for reasons unknown stepped outside the low chain link fence keeping her dog confined alongside County Road 121, and […]
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 […]