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No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality

August 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

6-year-old killed three weeks after pit bull was rehomed ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina––Absent a lawsuit from the bereaved family,  no person or agency will be held to account for the July 7, 2015 fatal mauling of six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother by a pit bull adopted three weeks earlier from the Asheville Humane Society,  after passing the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Buncombe County, Colleen Lynn, Humane Alliance, J. Thomas Beasley, Joshua Phillip Strother, Merritt Clifton, Quita Mazzena, Sarah Hess, Tracy Elliott

Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions

July 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Response to child’s death ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Amanda L. Stone, assistant county manager for Buncombe County, North Carolina, on July 16, 2015 ordered the Asheville Humane Society to enforce “An immediate moratorium on the transfer of any pit bull or pit bull mix from the shelter to an adoption agency,” and to account for any and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Amanda L. Stone, Asheville Humane Society, Joshua Phillip Strother, pit bull, Tracy Elliott

Pit bull from Asheville Humane Society kills six-year-old

July 11, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The Asheville Humane Society has been at the forefront of pit bull advocacy & adoption promotion          ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office on July 9, 2015 confirmed that the pit bull who two days earlier killed six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother in Hendersonville, North Carolina, had recently been adopted from the Asheville Humane Society. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Asheville Humane Society, Jennifer Brehler, Joshua Phillip Strother, Kathleen McGowan Shenar, Sarah Hess, Tracy Elliott

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