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57 dog attack deaths & 645 disfigurements in 2017, led by pit bulls

January 8, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Setters, Newfies, Dalmatians & greyhounds continue 35-year record as the safest big dogs Preliminary “final” 2017 dog attack data from the U.S. and Canada suggests some good news,  in that “only” 989 dogs participated in killing or disfiguring humans,  down from the 2016 record 1,075. But the bad news is that those 989 dogs killed […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Robert Lee Simonian, Valente Lopez Aguirre

Three dead, two critically injured, in hotbeds of pit bull advocacy

May 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Fresno County, California and Montgomery County, Ohio lead U.S. in fatal dog attacks since 2005 Q– What did five recent victims of nearly fatal or fatal pit bull attacks identified during the last week of April 2017 have in common? A – All five victims were killed or suffered critical injuries in communities that are […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Hector Palma, Jonathan Quarles, Klonda Richey, Lisa Green, Mark Kumpf, Maurice Brown, Merritt Clifton, Robert Simonian, Tyler Babcock, Valente Lopez Aguirre

Pit bulls & “proximate cause” deaths

March 4, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Victims are just as dead if not bitten to death James E. Bennett,  79,  of Palm Coast,  Florida,  died of a heart attack on February 22,  2017,  three days after he and his wife Sandra were both hospitalized after unsuccessfully trying to protect Gidget,  their seven-year-old Yorkie,  from an unprovoked attack by a pit bull […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Christian Dallett, Davon Jiggetts, Hao Yun Lin, James E. Bennett, James Harding, King Boots, Lana Amuny, Manjamma, Merritt Clifton, Miracle Parham, Robert Simonian, Ryan Brown, Teresa Foss, Valente Lopez Aguirre

91% of dog attack disfigurement victims in 2016 were mauled by pit bulls

January 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Total reported disfiguring dog attacks for the first time topped 1,000 A record 1,075 dogs,  including an also-record 741 pit bulls (69%),  participated in attacks disfiguring 631 Americans and Canadians in 2016,  according to the breed-specific log of fatal and disfiguring dog attacks kept by ANIMALS 24-7 editor Merritt Clifton since 1982. Of the disfigured […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Christiane Vadnais, Harold Matthews, Merritt Clifton, Piper Dunbar, Robert Simonian, Valente Lopez Aguirre

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