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Pit bulls again inflicted 90% of fatal dog-on-dog attacks in 2020

February 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Recurring pattern continues to elude the animal care-and-control community,  much of law enforcement,  mass media,  and the public             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home in 2020,  cutting reported dog attacks on other animals by more than half in 2020 from the annual average since ANIMALS […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Gregory Castle, Liz Marsden, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Susanne Craig, William Shakespeare

Record pit bull attacks on other animals in 2019, pro football, & the Titanic

January 13, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Trent Williams case appears to exemplify national trend             MISSOURI CITY, Texas––Pit bulls appear to have killed 50,541 other animals in 2019,  the most ever,  including 9,976 other dogs,  4,092 cats,  and 27,450 other pets,  poultry,  and hoofed species,  according to the seventh annual ANIMALS 24-7 projection from reported cases. Pit bulls accounted for 91% […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Jerry Flowers, Linda Flowers, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Trent Williams

HSUS, Donald Trump, & the PACT Act: The Art of the Deal

November 29, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Good publicity for Trump,  fundraising photo-op for HSUS & friends,  but not much in it for animals WASHINGTON D.C.––One could almost suspect a quid-pro-quo deal––Latin for “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine”––among U.S. President Donald Trump and major U.S. animal charities,  especially the Humane Society of the United States,   in arranging the heavily […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Screen industry, USA Tagged With: David Wills, Donald Trump, Hillary Hanson, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Sara Amundson, Vikki Lynn Kittles

“Dog Fighting Awareness”: what the ASPCA ignored

April 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Busts plummet as pit bull advocacy has all but legalized dogfighting             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Designated National Dog Fighting Awareness Day by the American SPCA,  April 8,  2019 and the next several days appear to have passed without a single dogfighting bust or other noteworthy event pertaining to dogfighting occurring anywhere in the United States. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bill Cummings, Henry Bergh, Jessica Rubin, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Victoria Stilwell

Alleged pit bull starver Lueders charged, but not her enablers

November 30, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Arrest warrant affidavit issued more than two weeks after remains of caged pit bulls were found at Bully Breed Rescue president’s home             FAIRFIELD, Connecticut––An arrest warrant affidavit has been at last been issued for Bully Breed Rescue president Heidi E. Lueders,  31,  of Fairfield,  Connecticut,  police lieutenant Robert Kalamaras told media on November 29,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Benedicta McGrath, Celly Roberts, Chris Antolini, Donna Joy Fullenwider, Heidi Lueders, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Peggy Anderson Lueders, Rachel Bennette, Robert Kalamaras

Study authors miss own findings about soaring cost of dog attacks

March 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

26% jump in dog attacks as percentage of deaths caused by non-venomous animals.             STANFORD,  California––At least fourteen major news agencies worldwide and even the authors of a newly published study entitled “An Update on Fatalities Due to Venomous and Nonvenomous Animals in the United States (2008–2015)” appear to have overlooked data included in the study […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Laws & politics, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Workers Tagged With: Alex Nowrasteh, Jared A. Forrester, Joseph D. Forrester, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Thomas G. Weiser

Pit bull advocates owe Michael Vick bigtime, at victims’ expense

April 27, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Can victim advocacy restore integrity to the humane cause?          WASHINGTON,  D.C.––The 2007 conviction of football star Michael Vick for dogfighting helped hundreds of animal welfare executives and their minions to get filthy rich. Yet the animal advocacy groups pocketing the money did little,  if anything,  to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the April 20,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Humane history, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Beth Clifton, Cheryl Duffield, Dave Duffield, Emily Weiss, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Wayne Pacelle

Pit bull crime doubled in 2016

January 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Surging use of pit bulls as offensive weapons             WASHINGTON D.C.––Violent crime involving dogs approximately doubled in 2016,  almost all of it involving pit bulls,  according to the best available data. Rarely reported before 2013,  known arrests of perpetrators who used pit bulls as adjuncts to armed robbery,  rape,  kidnapping,  and murder,  exclusive of manslaughter […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: James Soto, Merritt Clifton, Michael Berry, Michael Vick, Nathan Winograd

How to stop dogfighting the quick, easy way

November 27, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Avoid the damage;  fix the dogs Animal advocates cheered on November 19,  2015 when Judge Wayne Durden of Polk County,  Florida sentenced alleged dogfighter Hewitt Grant II,  48,  to serve 20 years in prison. Convicted on 84 counts of cruelty,  Grant is to serve at least 16 years before becoming eligible for parole,  and is […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carey H. Falwell, Hewitt Grant II, John P. Colby, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, pit bull, Queen Elizabeth I, skinheads

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