The low-income semi-rural South has always had dogs at large. Those dogs were not always pit bulls. HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi; LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas––LaKesha Newsom, 35, and Celeste Jackson, 2, lived and died in low-income semi-rural Southern communities many miles and cultural light years from the ivory towers of academia, mauled by pit bulls roving at […]
What is former Humane Society of the U.S. trying to hide with name change?
New name, Humane World for Animals, to be used starting on Valentine’s Day 2025 WASHINGTON D.C.––The cat is out of the Humane Society of the United States logo, along with the pit bull, the puma, the cow, the bighorn sheep, the greyhound, the seal, the pigeon, the monkey, the beaver, the bunny, the bottlenose dolphin, […]
Rottweilers kill two owners, ages 59 & 66, in just eight days
Rottweiler involvement disclosed by quick responses of Rottweiler defenders HOUSTON, Texas; HOBART, Australia––Two fatal Rottweiler attacks in eight days, following the most recent reported fatal pit bull attack in the U.S., come as reminders that Rottweilers both in the U.S. and abroad have killed and disfigured more people over the past 41 years than any […]
“Bully breed” kills grandma amid U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 debate
Exhibits mount for expanding the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 banned breed list LONDON, U.K.––Spokespersons for the Royal SPCA, Dogs Trust, and other advocacy organizations keep telling the British public that breed is not a reliable indication of behavior. Bully breed dogs keep making fools of them, amid ongoing debate about whether and how to amend […]
When pit bull fanatics run animal control: U.K. could learn from K.C.
British bully breed advocates urge U.K. to adopt approach failing in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Missouri; LONDON, U.K.––Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom currently reviewing possible amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, many of them inclined to pay excessive deference to dog advocacy organizations instead of the public, might look […]
“Victories” that are not, & other views of big animal groups from “The Eejit”
“Promises, promises,” to the skirl of bagpipes Soon-to-retire longtime Animal Concern campaign director John Robins, being a Scot who may never have seen a baseball game, is not known to have ever used a metaphor borrowed from baseball. (See “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland.) Robins is known, […]
Pit bulls abroad
Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, India, Ireland, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South America, United Kingdom Australia • Safety from dog attacks is basic human right, India Supreme Court rules • Australia fatal & disfiguring dog attacks, 2005-present • Dingo vs. dog: Piper James death reignites Australian animal control debate • Dragnet for killer pits in Georgia; […]
The RSPCA recommends you & your pets for a pit bull’s dinner
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 […]
Back to The Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit
Last of a five-part series See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan,” Farmed animals & money talks and What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. LONDON, U.K.––When Britannia ruled the waves, when the sun never set on the British Empire, Rudyard Kipling in 1894 […]
Farmed animals & money talks
U.K. farmed animal welfare laws older & weaker than many voters believe Part III of a five-part series. See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan.”, What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) While residents of the […]