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Albuquerque sued again for allegedly rehoming dangerous dogs

October 28, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Earlier cases allege rehoming dangerous cats, too             ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Already sued half a dozen times in under four years over issues pertaining to rehoming dangerous animals,  the city of Albuquerque was in the fourth week of October 2018 sued yet again,  this time by former Albuquerque Animal Welfare employee Victoria Murphy. Murphy in her filing […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Barbara Bruin, Colleen Heild, Deb Brinkley, Jen French, Jim Ludwig, Joan "Bet" Lotosky, Joel Craig, Maggie Shepard, Merritt Clifton, Paul Caster, Rachel Knapp, Sarah Wharton, Victoria Murphy

What pit bull advocates don’t learn from their own maulings

December 10, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“Sometimes things are just too broken to fix”             FREDONIA,  Arizona––Severely injured by one of her own pit bulls on December 4,  2017,   Jacqueline Bedsaul Johnson,  61,  lost little time in reasserting her determination to continue militant online pit bull advocacy,  even if she cannot use her hands to type. Explained her daughter Adria in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Arin Greenwood, Ashley Prater, Emily Weiss, Jacqueline Bedsaul Johnson, Linda Van Kirk, Merritt Clifton, Paul Caster, Phyllis Dougherty, Rebecca Carey

L.A. County tightens dog policies; Albuquerque drops the ball

April 12, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

New animal control boss in Albuquerque caught repeating the old boss’s errors          ALBUQUERQUE,  LOS ANGELES––Los Angeles County Animal Control marked Dog Bite Prevention Week 2017,  April 9-15,  by moving decisively to try to ensure that only dogs deemed safe for adoption leave the county shelters. Albuquerque Animal Welfare fumbled to explain why a staff […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Donald Jackson, Barbara Bruin, Gabrielle Burkhart, Marcia Mayeda, Merritt Clifton, Pamela Devitt, Paul Caster, Phyllis M. Daugherty, Ray Marquez

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