Toledo Blade publisher John Robinson Block pushed to delist pit bulls as “inherently vicious” TOLEDO, Ohio––Toledo Blade reporters Alexandra Mester and John Besche on July 22, 2021 published a detailed report on the pit bull attack death of Toledo resident Emily Kahl, 31, four days earlier. Mester and Besche mentioned every significant detail about Kahl’s […]
Mary Pat Boatfield, 64, legendary humane educator & trainer
Headed animal shelters for 31 years Mary Pat Boatfield, 64, called 911 on June 18, 2014, due to a medical emergency believed to have been a heart attack, but died at her home in Columbia, Missouri, before the emergency medical technicians arrived. Boatfield had served as executive director of the Central Missouri Humane Society […]