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“Spay/neuter deficit” of 8 million run up in COVID crisis: is there a fix?

February 13, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Bob Weedon hopes Florida House bill HB 719 might help POLK CITY, Florida––Just a little over three years ago,  as COVID-19 hit the U.S.,  killing 1.1 million Americans to date and initially all but shutting the country down,  feline spay/neuter specialist G.R. “Bob” Weedon of Polk City,  Florida was among the few veterinarians who continued […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Colleen Burton, G.W. "Bob" Weedon, Merritt Clifton, Miami-Dade, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Killebrew

Miami pit bull ban update, 2017 edition: “No pit bulls” still means “No pit bulls”

October 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

There is still no such thing as a safe pit bull by Beth Clifton Exhibiting the dead-game doggedness that helps to make pit bulls themselves intractably dangerous, Miami Coalition Against Breed-Specific Legislation founder/director Dahlia Canes has circled back around to re-grip and attack again, just a year after she failed in a stealth attempt to repeal the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alex Munoz, Beth Clifton, Bruno A. Barreiro, Carmen Reigada, Javon Dade Jr., Kathleen Labrada, Miami-Dade, Nyjah Espinosa, Sally Heyman

Four-year-old killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law was not enforced

August 24, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Killed by pit bulls in his father’s yard        MIAMI, Florida––Javon Dade Jr., age 4, would not have been fatally mauled on August 13, 2014 if the Florida Department of Children & Families had known about the Miami-Dade County ban on pit bulls––and if Miami-Dade Animal Services had enforced the ordinance without allowing […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Javon Dade, Kathleen Labrada, Merritt Clifton, Miami-Dade

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