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U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill

May 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two-year-old & 17-month-old are two latest victims of legal omission WORCESTERSHIRE,  United Kingdom––A pre-inquest review of the March 28,  2022 fatal Rottweiler mauling of two-year-old Lawson Bond,  now set for August 31,  2022 in Stourport,  is likely to investigate every aspect of Bond’s death except the obvious:  that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,  supposed to […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bella-Rae Birch, Joseph Broady, Kieran Gair, Lawson Bond, Merritt Clifton, Rod Liddle, Rottweiler, Staffordshire

How to protect yourself, others, & your dog from a pit bull attack (2022)

March 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Tips based on 40 years’ worth of data by Merritt & Beth Clifton The Collier County Sheriff’s Office,  in East Naples,  Florida,  recently honored school bus driver Fabian Golac for heroism in saving a woman and her poodle from a January 2022 pit bull attack that could easily have been fatal. “I picked up the kids, […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Cane Corso, Dog Bite Prevention, Fabian Golac, Merritt Clifton, Presa Canario, Rottweiler

Best Friends wants you pay more for insurance to subsidize pit bulls

January 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why laws forcing insurers to cover pit bulls, Rottweilers, et al are literally no skin off the insurance industry’s buttocks             ALBANY,  New York;  PHOENIX,  Arizona;  RENO, Nevada––New York and Nevada state laws have since the beginning of 2022 required every homeowner and renter to subsidize the few who keep pit bulls by prohibiting insurance […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Best Friends Animal Society, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, Rottweiler

2018 dog breed survey: at least 41% of U.S. pit bull population are seeking homes

June 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

21% of U.S. pit bulls currently available are in first year of life;  19% have lost at least one home Nearly 15% of the dogs available to the U.S. public for sale or adoption as of mid-June 2018 were pit bulls,  but that scarcely made pit bulls the most popular breed. Rather,  the numbers indicate […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Breeding, Dog racing, Dog sledding, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhounds, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bernese, Chihuahua, Dachshund, German shepherd, Merritt Clifton, Rottweiler

Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2016

January 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

34th annual update   Please donate to support our work:  http://www.animals24-7.org/donate/      

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Police & military, Service dogs, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Rottweiler, wolf hybrid

The RSPCA recommends you & your pets for a pit bull’s dinner

August 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Breed Specific Legislation:  A Dog’s Dinner by the Royal SPCA of Britain (no individual author credited) Reviewed by Merritt Clifton     Free download from: https://www.rspca.org.uk/webContent/staticImages/Downloads/BSL_Report.pdf The Royal SPCA of Britain could scarcely have chosen a title more dismissive of dog attack victims,  both animal and human,  under which to try once again to dismantle […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Isles, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Barbara Kay, Jack Russell, Kellie Ann Richardson, Merritt Clifton, Patterdale, pit bull, Rottweiler, RSPCA, Veronica Lynch

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

Shelter dogs wreak havoc at either end of the Taconic Parkway

June 29, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Stamford Animal Shelter & Mohawk-Hudson Humane Society             STAMFORD, Connecticut; ALBANY, New York––Attacks by shelter dogs, occurring in 2014 at an unprecedented pace, were spotlighted again during the last week in June near either end of the Taconic Parkway,  linking the outer New York City suburbs to the New York state […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Mohawk Hudson, Rottweiler, Stamford

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