Only corporate knows for sure PHOENIX, Arizona––What will the December 14, 2014 sale of PetSmart mean to PetSmart Charities, the $51-million-a-year PetSmart nonprofit arm that funds more spay/neuter surgery and adoptions than any other organization? The short answer is, none of the 54,000 PetSmart employees know yet just what the sale means, including PetSmart Charities […]
Pit bulls, immigrants, & the alleged Islamic jihad against dogs
Alexandra Semyonova comments from The Netherlands: Every once in a while allegations that Muslim immigrants to Europe are anti-dog erupt again in the media, sometimes due to a real declaration by a radical Muslim group, but more often due to a widely publicized incident involving someone who happens to be Muslim objecting to the presence of a dog somewhere. […]
Women convicted for British dog attack fatality
LIVERPOOL, U.K.––Liverpool Crown Court Judge Mark Brown on June 3, 2014 sentenced female housemates Hayley Sulley, 30, and Della Woods, 29, to serve 12 months in jail apiece for violations of the Dangerous Dogs Act that led to the May 25, 2013 live dismemberment of retired hospital porter Clifford Clarke, 79, by a rampaging Presa […]
U.K. amends Dangerous Dogs Act, but fails to close “Staffordshire” loophole
Bull mastiff mauling came two days before amendments took effect MANCHESTER, U.K.––Amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act that permit prosecuting people whose dogs attack other people on private property took effect two days too late to satisfy Paula Kudray, 33, of Moston, a district of Manchester. The amendments took effect on a Tuesday, explained Dan […]
“Service pit bull” who attacked three people & dog is re-impounded
Pit bull was returned before dangerous dog hearing YAKIMA, Washington––Yakima Animal Control and the Humane Society of Central Washington on May 14, 2014 re-impounded an alleged “service pit bull” who had mistakenly been returned to owner Kali Katzenberg after completing a 10-day quarantine, but before a hearing scheduled to determine whether the pit bull […]