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Which dogs commit serial & rampage maulings?

July 24, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Why do some dogs attack again & again? “One dog bites,  then lets go,  or walks away or pulls back on his own,”  an ANIMALS 24-7 reader recently asked.  “Another dog bites,  continues to bite,  refuses to let go,  and cannot be dragged away.  Do you have any stats on that?” Indeed we do,  through the efforts […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls, Rottweilers

Unleashed:  The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs, by Simon Harding

May 31, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

  Reviewed by Alexandra Semyonova The Policy Press,  U. of Bristol (c/o U. of Chicago Press,  427 East 60th St.,  Chicago,  IL 60637),  2012. 286 pages,  hardcover.  $100.60;  Kindle $23.72. Part I of a three-part series also including: How the League Against Cruel Sports is defending dogfighting and Unleashed:  The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs, […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, pit-bulls, Simon Harding

Pit bulls, Trooper & “The personal is political”

November 6, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

News analysis by Barbara Kay When I began writing regularly for Canada’s National Post, my editor told me that two kinds of news stories can be counted on to attract heated response from readers, and plenty of it: sports and animals. Even thus forewarned, I was taken aback by the virulence of the feedback my […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Barbara Kay, Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls, Trooper

Parallels between the messages sent by advocates for aggressive dogs, and the messages internalized by victims of domestic violence

October 31, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Branwyn Finch As the mother of a teenage daughter,  I am very aware of the cultural messages young women receive regarding interpersonal relationships,  especially those surrounding the issue of domestic violence. The 2014 media firestorm over NFL player Ray Rice’s assault of his fiancé in an elevator brought renewed focus on how we, as a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Training, USA Tagged With: Branwyn Finch, domestic violence, pit-bulls, Ray Rice

Will new Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau be “Justin other bad guy” for animals?

October 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Stephen Harper government,  notorious for defense of Atlantic Canada seal hunt,  ousted after 10 years OTTAWA,  VANCOUVER––“The reign of the Stephen Harper government has collapsed,” exulted Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals executive director Lesley Fox on October 20,  2015,  the morning after Harper’s 10-year Conservative Party of Canada regime collapsed in the 2015 […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Fur trapping, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, PMU, Seals, Slaughter, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Atamenenko, Alka Chandna, Barry Kent MacKay, Dave Shishkoff, Debra Probert, Judith Webster, Judy Stone, Justin Trudeau, Lesley Fox, Liz White, Merritt Clifton, Michel Trudeau, pit-bulls, Silver Donald Cameron, Sinikka Crossland, Stephen Harper

Pound dog inventory down, no-kill inventory up, in 2015 shelter survey

July 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Big change from 2014 About half of the dogs in U.S. shelters as of June 2015 were housed by tax-funded animal care and control facilities, 25% were housed by open-admission humane societies, and 25% were housed by selective admission no-kill shelters and rescues, according to the annual ANIMALS 24-7 summer survey of shelter dog inventory. The […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Chihuahuas, Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls

“Out of the Blue” demo for dog attack victims comes to Columbus

June 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Joanie Caldwell-Kenoshmeg  Advocates, volunteers and victims of dog attacks volunteered time and energy to bring the “Out of the Blue” sidewalk art exhibit to Columbus, Ohio on May 30, 2015 to educate the public on the growing problems of serious life-changing and life ending attacks on humans and pets by dangerous dogs––primarily pit bulls. The exhibit […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, USA Tagged With: Joanie Caldwell-Kenoshmeg, Out of the Blue, pit-bulls

Misunderstood Nanny Dogs?

April 7, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

A Critical and Objective Analysis of the Facts and Myths Concerning Pit Bulls by J. Thomas Beasley $3.99, Kindle; $6.99 paperback. 140 pages. Order c/o http://www.amazon.com/Misunderstood-Nanny-Dogs-Objective-Concerning/dp/150872671X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427737549&sr=8-1&keywords=nanny+dogs Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Says the biographical statement on the PRWEB announcement of publication of Misunderstood Nanny Dogs?, “Jesse Thomas Beasley was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia but […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Dogsbite.org, J. Thomas Beasley, pit-bulls

For Animal Rights & Human Rights: A Case for Breed-Specific Legislation

February 26, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Why do we let people breed “bully” dogs, let alone sell them? by Lee Hall The orientation for new U.S. mail carriers includes a half-day of video clips showing guard dogs charging professional dog trainers. The carrier learns: When taken on by an aggressive dog—and as a mail carrier you will be, probably soon and […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters Tagged With: bully breeds, Lee Hall, pit-bulls, Rottweilers

Anti-Vaxxers and the pit bull advocacy movement

February 7, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Barbara Kay & Merritt Clifton Reasonable people tend to overestimate the role that reason plays in history and in their own culture, and also tend to overestimate the power reason has to combat the theories, belief systems and emotions that drive people to action––or inaction ––much of the time. Unreasonable theories, belief systems and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Opinion, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: anti-vaccination, Barbara Kay, Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls

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