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2016 survey: List of top 5 U.S. dog breed types ousts pit bulls

July 29, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Pits fall to lowest since 2010 relative to other top breed types Non-pit bull small terriers,  the hound category,  large retrievers,  and dachshunds all have a legitimate claim to being the most popular dog type in the U.S.,  according to the seventh annual ANIMALS 24-7 survey of classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption. Data […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting, Police & military, Screen industry, Service dogs, Shelters, USA Tagged With: boxer dog, Dachshund, French bulldog, hound, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, retriever, Rottweiler, terrier

Record 34 fatal pit bull attacks & 459 disfigurements in 2015

January 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Dogs kill & disfigure more people in U.S. & Canada than Jihadis & far-right “wing nuts” combined Who is most likely to kill or disfigure you or your child––a Jihadi terrorist armed with guns and bombs,  a far-right militia member practicing “open carry” of weapons,   or a dangerous dog? The correct answer is the dog.  […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Top Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, pit bull

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

Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog

July 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Large retrievers 2nd,  pit bulls 3rd  Max the Malinois, whose story opened in theatres on June 26, 2015,   may capture movie-goers’ hearts, but the most popular dog breed category in the U.S. still ain’t nothing but a hound dog. Hounds have made up 8.5% of the total U.S. dog population on average since 2010, or […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Shelters, USA Tagged With: boxer, Hal Herzog, large retriever, Malinois, Merritt Clifton, pit bull

Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions

July 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Response to child’s death ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Amanda L. Stone, assistant county manager for Buncombe County, North Carolina, on July 16, 2015 ordered the Asheville Humane Society to enforce “An immediate moratorium on the transfer of any pit bull or pit bull mix from the shelter to an adoption agency,” and to account for any and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Amanda L. Stone, Asheville Humane Society, Joshua Phillip Strother, pit bull, Tracy Elliott

Bangalore to pay dog bite victims $31.50 per puncture

June 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The compensation scale is to increase with the severity of the injuries suffered          BANGALORE, India––Taking a unique approach to dog bite prevention, the Bangalore municipal government on June 21, 2015 announced that it will begin compensating the victims of bites by street dogs at the rate of 2,000 rupees per puncture wound:   about $31.50 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, India, Indian subcontinent Tagged With: Bangalore, FIAPO, James Crosby, Ken Cohrn, M.K. Sudarshan, pit bull, Prashanto, Sandeep Prasad, SriDevi

Pit bull wisdom & dog pound foolishness

May 6, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Liz Marsden On April 29, 2015 I testified before the Rhode Island House Health, Education, and Welfare Committee against a bill, H. 5585, which if passed would require law enforcement agencies to transfer dogs impounded in raids on suspected dogfighters to “The SPCA” for adoption to the public or transfer to an “appropriate rescue […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: “How it’s raised”, Liz Marsden, pit bull, Vick dogs

Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department #2 and behaviorist allege neglect of public safety in pushing pit bull adoptions

April 2, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Practices that put the public at risk from dangerous dogs” ALBUQUERQUE––City of Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department second-in-command Jim Ludwick and animal welfare program manager and behavior specialist Carolyn Hidalgo have alleged in parallel written complaints to Albuquerque city inspector general Peter Pacheco that Albuquerque animal welfare director Barbara Bruin has boosted the “live release rate” […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Albuquerque Animal Welfare, Barbara Bruin, Carolyn Hidalgo, Jim Ludwick, Merritt Clifton, pit bull

Former Pennsylvania SPCA executive director Erik Hendricks, 71, pushed breed-specific legislation to end pit bull overpopulation

February 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Erik Hendricks, 71, for 27 years executive director of the Pennsylvania SPCA, died on January 30, 2015 of leukemia at Bryn Mawr Hospital, near Philadelphia. “Born in Rochester, New York,” recalled the Pennsylvania SPCA web site, “Hendricks was a longtime resident of Haverford. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, he worked on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Erik Hendricks, Hegins, Merritt Clifton, Pennsylvania SPCA, pit bull

Speaking out against blind & frivolous pit bull advocacy

January 7, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Ashton Blackwell          Ever since I was a little girl,  I loved dogs.  I accumulated an impressive menagerie of stuffed animals and dog books,  and I excitedly educated anyone who would indulge me on my almost strangely encyclopedic knowledge of the breeds.  My parents received ingratiating misspelled notes regularly,  begging them […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Ashton Blackwell, pit bull, Richard Stratton

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