Maybe the League Against Cruel Sports knows a little more about dog fighting than it did in 2016, but it still does not seem to understand the importance of banning the weapons: no pit bulls = no fights. LONDON, U.K.––Boasts the website of the 101-year-old League Against Cruel Sports, among the oldest and largest animal […]
American Bully XL pit bull attacks continue as U.K. & Scotland bans loom
Last victim of a legally kept American Bully XL in Scotland may be the owner LONDON, England; EDINBURGH, Scotland––Who will be the last victim and the last owner of a legally possessed American Bully XL pit bull in England and Scotland? If the bans are actually enforced to the letter, one William Hunter of Hamilton, […]
United Kingdom dog attack fatalities, 1991-present
U.K. human victims of fatal dog attacks occurring since the introduction of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, in effect since August 12, 1991. (98 total, 134 dogs involved, 91 of them [68%] pit bull-type dogs [shown in red], 23 of the nominally prohibited pit bulls exempted as “Staffordshires.” See “English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one […]
Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim
South African pit bull-inflicted fatality rate, over past 100 days, soars to four times the U.S. record rate of 2022 LICHTENBERG, South Africa––Few Americans would recognize the name Philemon Mulala, but among soccer fans in Africa, he enjoyed approximately the fame of a major league baseball player who punctuated a career longer than most by […]
Pit bull fatality streak reaches seven in eight days
Includes new U.K. record for dog attack deaths in a year NOELVILLE, Ontario; WEST MELTON, South Yorkshire––Chuck Evans, 83, and Joanne Robinson, 43, on July 14 and July 15, 2022 respectively became the sixth and seventh known pit bull attack fatalities in eight days, worldwide. (See Five pit bull attack deaths in five days: […]
U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill
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 […]
Pit bulls, greenhouse gases, & poop: the solution is not dilution
Or, pit bull breeding kennels & the Tower of Babel VAUGHAN, Ontario; CAERPHILLY, Wales; DURBANVILLE, South Africa; OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––“The solution to pollution is dilution,” industrial polluters frequently persuaded politicians, back in the early days of the environmental movement, long before either pit bull attacks or greenhouse gases became a hot public issue. In the […]
COVID-19 boosts Labs, goldens, & small dogs; pit bull breeders crash
“Stay home” orders bring sharp turn toward safe dogs Eighteen of the 28 Americans killed by dogs by the Fourth of July, 2020, including 15 pit bull victims, two killed by mastiffs, and one killed by a Malinois, were killed by their own family dogs in their own homes––a record pace of mayhem in every […]
Dog attacks surge 76% in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit bulls from the Dangerous Dogs Act
Staffordshire exemption sentenced society to suffer mayhem Part II 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, by Simon Harding LONDON, U.K.––Dog attacks in England increased by 76% in 10 years and appear to be still rising rapidly in […]