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Lifelong safe dog advocate could not save mother from Rottweiler

September 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Ann Marie Rogers tried,  but family did not heed warnings             BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan––Ben and probably Wren,  two family Rottweilers,  on September 2,  2021 fatally mauled Sally Fredrica Rogers,  91,  on her daughter Susan Rogers’ back deck in Bloomfield Hills,  Michigan,  an outlying Detroit suburb. Standing just 4’11”,  suffering from memory impairment and other conditions […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ann Marie Rogers, Dan Whigham, Merritt Clifton, Oneil Colley, Ryan Francis Foster, Sally Fredrica Rogers, Susan Hyre, Susan Rogers, Vince Foster

Michigan hero takes on pit bull advocacy with a song & a trash can

October 26, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Oneil Colley serenades Michigan lawmakers for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day             LANSING, Michigan––In the Michigan state capital,  at least,  Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day on October 25,  2019 upstaged National Pit Bull Awareness Day,  both officially celebrated a day later. National Pit Bull Awareness Day,  held annually since 2007 to whitewash the public image […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ann Marie Rogers, Colleen Lynn, Ethan Storey, Merritt Clifton, Oneil Colley, Paige Woody, Tom Colvin, Zoey Green

Heroism stops dog attacks––but knowing how helps, too

February 24, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Detroit & Greenville rescuers try everything at hand DETROIT,  Michigan;  GREENVILLE,  S.C.––Demonstrating courage,  determination,  and resourcefulness,  despite increasing exhaustion,  passer-by Oneil Colley,  44,  and neighbor Sandra Lois Lucas,  74,  did not stop fighting to save an unidentified 52-year-old Detroit mail carrier from an attacking pit bull on February 22,  2019 until the mail carrier was […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Denzel Whiteside, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Cherryl Burgess-Dismuke, Oneil Colley, Sandra Lois Lucas, William Long

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