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Moms of babies killed by pit bulls want foster agencies to pay

October 9, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Kansas case filed; Florida case likely              CLEARWATER,  Florida;  TOPEKA, Kansas––A lawsuit filed on September 21,  2018 against the Kansas Department for Children & Families and the nonprofit child fostering agency KVC Behavioral Healthcare by survivors of foster child Piper Dunbar,  age 2,  killed by two pit bulls in 2016,  may presage a case in development […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Donnie Dunbar, Doug Brightwell, Jonathan Maser, Jorden Bowen, Kathryn Varn, Khloe Williams, Langston Taylor, Merritt Clifton, Nioti Koulianos, Piper Dunbar, Savvanah Edwards, Shavon Grossman, Stephanie Rhoads

Safety agencies failed woman, infant killed by pit bull mixes

October 7, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Why were the victims & the killer dogs in the same homes? LAS VEGAS, Nevada;  CLEARWATER,  Florida––Pit bull mixes were on October 5,  2018 disclosed to have killed 58-year-old Susan Sweeney of Las Vegas four days earlier,  and seven-month-old foster child Khloe Williams that afternoon in Clearwater,  Florida,  under circumstances in each case suggesting significant […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Christine Robinson, Diane Whipple, Jonathan Maser, Khloe Williams, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Sweeney, Shavon Grossman, Susan Sweeney

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