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How did San Diego shelters respond after a newly rehomed pit bull killed a child?

December 9, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Risky adoptions continue          SAN DIEGO,  California––So what did the major shelters in San Diego do to improve adoption safety after a two-year-old pit bull named Polo,  rehomed six months earlier by the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA,  on April 22,  2016 killed three-day-old Sebastian Caban? Apparently not much,  indicated San Diego Union-Tribune “Watchdog” […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dawn D. Danielson, Jeff McDonald, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Hawblitzel, Sebastian Caban, Tracy Davis

Newborn killed by pit bull rehomed by San Diego Humane Society & SPCA

April 28, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Attack could not have been foreseen, claims SPCA president Weitzman SAN DIEGO,  California––The inherent unreliability of temperament testing and untruthfulness of pit bull adoption promotions depicting the dogs as safe were underscored on April 22,  2016 when a two-year-old pit bull named Polo,  rehomed six months earlier by the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Brian Maienschein, Colleen Lynn, Dan DeSousa, Dawn Danielson, Emily Weiss, Gary Weitzman, Merritt Clifton, Remedios Romero-Solares, Sebastian Caban

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