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All 49 of the 2020 dog attack human fatalities (U.S. & Canada)

December 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The complete 2020 U.S. & Canadian dog attack death log as we know it: Deaths involving pit bulls 1) McKenzie Terwell, 4 months, Dayton, OH, 1-9-2020;  family pit bull. (See Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem?) 2) Donald W. Abner, 55, Conway, KY, 1-10-2020; Melissa Wolke charged with murder. (Also see Deaths by pit […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Demi Herod Killebrew, Karen Wilkerson, Megan Milner, Robbie Taylor, Scarlett Pereira, Sterling Vermeer, Zachary Willis

Dog attacks: COVID-19 made 2020 the strangest year yet

January 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Forty percent of pit bull attack disfigurements not reported? Dog attack fatalities were up in 2020,  but disfiguring dog attacks were down? Pit bull attack fatalities rose to the second highest total in a year on record,  yet disfiguring pit bull attacks dropped by 62%? How could this be,  in view that fatalities are a […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Demi Herod Killebrew, Joshua Jadusingh, Karen Wilkerson, Raelynn Larrison, Robbie Taylor, Scarlett Pereira, Skylar Headrich, Stephen Pemberton, Sterling Vermeer, Zachary Willis

Denver pit bull ban repeal vetoed by mayor Michael B. Hancock

February 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Veto followed four days of consultation,  including with medical experts DENVER––Mayor Michael B. Hancock on February 14,  2020 vetoed the repeal of the 30-year-old Denver ban on pit bulls engineered by council member Chris Herndon on February 10,  2020. The veto was upheld on February 24,  2020. The Hancock veto handed an unexpected Valentine to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Chris Herndon, Devin J. White, Fernando Salazar, Merritt Clifton, Michael B. Hancock, Sterling Vermeer, Wilbur Billingsley

Denver repeals pit bull ban on night that pit bulls kill two people

February 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Ink dried in Denver before the tears in Chicago,  Los Angeles,  & Tampa DENVER,  CHICAGO,  LOS ANGELES,  TAMPA––Pit bulls made news in four major U.S. cities on the night of February 10,  2020. In Plainfield,  Illinois,  a Chicago suburb,  25-year-old Devin J. White died from severe bites to his arms inflicted two nights earlier by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Conservation, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alice Nightengale, Chris Herndon, Debra Beaulieu, Devin J. White, Doug L. Kelley, Fernando Salazar, Kelly Dyer, Larry Weiss, Merritt Clifton, Michael Roberts, Sam Brasch, Sterling Vermeer, Wilbur Billingsley

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