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All 56 of the 2021 dog attack human fatalities (U.S. & Canada)

December 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The complete 2021 dog-inflicted death log is below. To see the complete 1982-2021 log summaries,  please click here:  2021 final dog attack stats with breed. Pit bull 1)  Cameron Hatfield,  6,  January 20, 2021,  Seabrooke,  SC.  Found/rescued pit bull. (See Parents try to raise children safely; pit bulls et al have other ideas.)   2)  Dreka Joe […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Alex Abraha, Amber Miller, Aziz Ahmed, Cameron Hatfield, Duke Little Whirlwind, Emily Kahl, Heather Pingel, Javon Marquis Stokes, Jayden Henderson, Kavay Louis-Calderon, Lyssa Rose Upshaw, Megan Fish, Shamar Sherif Jackson, Tony Ahrens

No-kill drive leaves TN county with no shelter & as many strays as ever

July 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Not a fraction enough s/n done to be no-kill,  deadly dogs running amok,  & humane society near broke NEWPORT,  Tennessee––Locally recognized as deficient for more than 50 years,  animal control services in Cocke County,  Tennessee are within a week of vanishing entirely. Effective on August 1,  2022,  the nonprofit organization founded in 1993 as Friends […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Alison Chiaradio, Amber Miller, Anne Fontaine, Carol Hood, Charles Owensby, Merritt Clifton, Smoky Mountain Humane Society, Tony Ahrens

Owner charged in Calgary pit bull death case was known to police

July 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Civic fines could total $120,000;  criminal charges may be pending             CALGARY, Alberta, Canada––On July 20,  2022,  the first day in ten that no one was reported dead from a new pit bull attack,  Calgary residents Denis Ivan Bagarić,  33,  and Talyn Lexie Calkins,  of similar but unclear age,  were jointly charged with 12 offenses […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas Tagged With: Amber Miller, Betty Ann "Rusty" Williams, Bill Bruce, Charles Owensby, Denis Ivan Bagarić, Merritt Clifton, Talyn Lexie Calkins, Tony Ahrens

Cane Corso:  A pit bull by any other name

February 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Cane Corso history is not what the “dog literature” says OAKLAND PARK, Florida––Was Gladys,  the star rescue dog who killed volunteer Pam Robb on February 17,  2022,  really a Cane Corso and not,  as ANIMALS 24-7 reported,  a “supersized pit bull”? Or is “Cane Corso” really just a sanitized and gentrified name for a common […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Italy, Mediterranean, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amber Miller, Amy Roman Daniello, John P. Colby, Klonda Richey, Merritt Clifton, Pam Robb, Tony Ahrens, Will Judy

Warrants executed weeks & months after fatal Cocke County dog attacks

August 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Fumbling response to Tony Ahrens & Amber Miller mauling deaths outrages many in Newport,  Tennessee             NEWPORT, Tennessee––One hundred nineteen days after the April 1,  2021 dog attack death of Tony Ahrens,  52,  sixteen days after three dogs were seen standing over Amber Miller,  29,  fatally mauled at the same location on July 12,  2021,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Amber Miller, Armando Fontes, Charles Everett Owensby, Cindy Miller, Joshua Owensby Gregg, Merritt Clifton, Robert Holder, Tillie Gregg McCarter, Tony Ahrens

Chick sexing, cockfighting, drug abuse & dog attacks: the hidden link

July 29, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Help coming from France & Germany             NEWPORT, Tennessee;  IRONTON, Ohio;  PARIS, France––What do recent French and German edicts against crushing or gassing unwanted male chicks born at hen hatcheries have to do with cockfighting,  corruption,  drug addiction,  fatal dog attacks,  and the price of eggs in Appalachia? Not much,  you say? Take a closer […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Poultry Tagged With: Amber Miller, Egg-Tech Prize, Jonathan Moens, Julien Denormandie, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Tony Ahrens

Why were Amber Miller & Tony Ahrens killed by dogs in Newport, TN?

July 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

And why is the Cocke County Sheriff Office not sharing info with the public that is released promptly after almost every fatal dog attack? [Updated July 24,  2021.]             NEWPORT,  Tennessee––Why was Amber Miller,  29,  alone on Jimtown Road near dead-end Carnation Way on the morning of July 12,  2021,  five and a half miles […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Amber Miller, Armando Fontes, Charles Owensby, Charlie Dogman, CJ Ball, Jimtown Road, Joshua Everett Owensby Cole, Regina Jozefek, Steve Mayes, Tony Ahrens

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