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 […]
Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions
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 […]
Pit bull from Asheville Humane Society kills six-year-old
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. The Asheville Humane Society has in recent years been at the forefront of pit bull advocacy […]