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Pit bulls bring turmoil & turnover to Chicago & Oakland animal shelters

July 14, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Chicago animal control director out;  Oakland director quit but is still there, for now             CHICAGO,  OAKLAND––More than two weeks after Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel controversially fired two-year Chicago Animal Care & Control director Susan Russell,  and more than two months after Oakland Animal Services director Rebecca Katz put her job on the line to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Fran Spielman, Joe Deal, Merritt Clifton, Rahm Emmanuel, Rebecca Katz, Susan Russell, Tessa Weinberg

Chicago animal control chief, a pit bull advocate, attacked by pit bull

January 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Under fire for having killed the pit bull who bit her CHICAGO,  Illinois––Chicago Animal Control director Susan Russell,  among the most prominent pit bull advocates in the animal care and control field,  was herself “rushed to a hospital over the Christmas holidays after a pit bull she was walking took a chunk out of her arm […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Fran Spielman, Jennifer Jurcak, Laura Drucker, Merritt Clifton, Ray Lopez, Steve Dale, Steve Miller, Susan Russell

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