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“Peak dog” means no homes left––especially not for “behavior dogs”

September 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Peak dog” also means “Fix the problem before it gets worse.” LOS ANGELES,  AUSTIN,  SAN ANTONIO––City of San Antonio Animal Care Services did not mention “peak dog,”  pit bulls,  nor even spay/neuter in a September 1,  2022 bulletin lamenting that “Just this week,  26 dogs have been humanely euthanized due to our shelter’s capacity restraints.” […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Austin Animal Center, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friend Animal Society, Julie Castle, Lina Fisher, Los Angeles Animal Services, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, San Antonio Animal Care Services

$20.8 million jury award for California dog attack

July 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Retired police dog chased mail carrier before killing man,  mauling woman             EXETER, California––A San Luis Obispo County jury on July 28,  2021 awarded $7 million to Rachel,  Sarah,  and Steven Fear,  the adult survivors of December 2016 dog attack victim David Fear,   plus $13.8 million to David Fear’s former neighbor,  Betty Long,  who was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Geiger, Best Friends Animal Society, Betty Long, David Fear, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty

Los Angeles Animal Services chief Brenda Barnette to retire in May 2021

April 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Took L.A. to “no kill” at cost of soaring pit bull attacks             LOS ANGELES, California––Brenda Barnette,  the third-longest-serving general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services since World War II,  has announced her retirement,  effective in mid-May 2021. The City of Los Angeles has officially not yet begun what is expected to become a nationwide […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Ed Boks, Julie Castle, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, Richard Bonner

L.A. city council approves TNR: “project does not encourage feeding”

December 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Not encouraging feeding sidesteps most objections to new Los Angeles neuter/return cat control program             LOS ANGELES, California––The long-awaited Los Angeles Citywide Cat Program on December 10,  2020 won unanimous approval from the Los Angeles City Council. “The Council vote clears the way for the city to use municipal funds to operate the Citywide Cat […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Judge Thomas McKnew., Kate Hurley, Merritt Clifton, Paul Koretz, Phyllis Daugherty

Horsemeat, dog meat, & how “angel” Marc Ching fell from grace

October 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned “rescue” celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching,  who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount,  is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of practicing veterinary medicine without a license,  false advertising,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cambodia, China, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses, Indonesia, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alene Tchekmedyian, George Knowles, Jeffrey Beri, John Dalley, Marc Ching, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, Paul Pringle, Phyllis Daugherty

Mary Lou Simms, Lori Golden, & Linda Lord focused their lives on animals

July 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Geese, cats, dogs & potbellied pigs were beneficiaries of their work Mary Lou (Andrews) Simms,  a journalist for 60 years,  best known as author of more than 30 exposés of purges of non-migratory Canada geese,  died on July 19,  2020 in hospice in Tallahassee,  Florida,  from complications of a brain tumor. Simms died one day […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Canada geese, Daniel Guss, Eros Salvatore, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, Sean Simms

Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem?

January 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Prosecuting shelters for withholding bite history might be a start             DAYTON, Ohio;  CONWAY,  Kentucky;  LOS ANGELES,  California––The first two U.S. dog attack fatalities to be reported in 2020,  both involving pit bulls,  upstaged the possibly more indicative resignations of two strong pit bull advocates from senior positions with Los Angeles Animal Services and Orange […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aimee Sadler, Brenda Barnette, David Goldstein, Donnie Abner, Heather Anglin, Kristen Auerbach, Lasaro Macedo, Lorena Cordova, Madeline Bernstein, Mark Kumpf, Mary Shoup, McKenzie Terwell, Melissa Daniel, Melissa Wolke, Merritt Clifton, Michael Kaviani, Noah Biesiada, Parker Terwell, Phyllis Daugherty

Pit Bull Federation of South Africa rips rescuer denial of what a pit bull is

November 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Contradicts rhetoric of trend toward removing breed-specific labels from shelter cage cards             LOS ANGELES,  PRETORIA––Few voices anywhere might be considered more rabidly pro-pit bull than the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa,  a self-described “breed-specific show organization” whose declared “main goal is always to portray the American Pit Bull Terrier in a positive light.” […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Ané Stols, Brenda Barnette, Callum Stols, Emily Weiss, John D. Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, Tom D. Stodghill

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