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 […]
Kumpf out, but new bill won’t undo harm he did to Ohio dog law
“The evil men do lives after them,” but pit bull victims are dead forever DAYTON, Ohio––Seven years after former Montgomery County dog warden Mark Kumpf led the campaign that effectively dismantled the Ohio dangerous dog law, Montgomery County state representative Niraj Antani (R-Miamisburg) is on January 23, 2019 to introduce yet another of many […]
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 […]
Three dead, two critically injured, in hotbeds of pit bull advocacy
Fresno County, California and Montgomery County, Ohio lead U.S. in fatal dog attacks since 2005 Q– What did five recent victims of nearly fatal or fatal pit bull attacks identified during the last week of April 2017 have in common? A – All five victims were killed or suffered critical injuries in communities that are […]