Could electroshock have stopped shocking attack on Queen Charlotte the carriage horse? by Merritt & Beth Clifton Shocked by video of an April 3, 2021 pit bull attack on a carriage horse named Queen Charlotte, and vividly reminded of her own recent narrow escape from a pit bull attack while riding her horse Link, “social […]
Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years
Fewer claims in 2020, but more damage NEW YORK CITY––National Dog Bite Prevention Week is back for April 11-17, 2021, focused as usual since 1956 on “educating people about preventing dog bites.” Again in 2021 there is no mention in the Dog Bite Prevention Week literature distributed by American Humane, American Veterinary Medical Association, […]
“Dog Bite Awareness Week” 2020: it’s no longer about “prevention”
63 years of “Dog Bite Prevention Week” coincided with decades of denial of breed-specific realities & ever-rising mayhem NEW YORK CITY–– Insurance Information Institute data released to mark “Dog Bite Awareness Week” 2020, April 12-19, shows just a 5% rise in the total number of damage claims filed by victims of dog attacks, 2003-2019, […]
“Dog Fighting Awareness”: what the ASPCA ignored
Busts plummet as pit bull advocacy has all but legalized dogfighting NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Designated National Dog Fighting Awareness Day by the American SPCA, April 8, 2019 and the next several days appear to have passed without a single dogfighting bust or other noteworthy event pertaining to dogfighting occurring anywhere in the United States. […]
Dog attacks on babies double, but State Farm hails fewer claims
Fewer ordinary bites but more maulings & deaths sends payouts soaring 40% in five years CHICAGO, Illinois––U.S. children under one year of age were rushed to emergency rooms due to dog attack almost twice as often in 2018 as in 2001. At least 3,125 babies made the terrifying trip to an emergency room after […]
Insuring pit bulls, State Farm pays out double the norm for dog attacks
Policies on other breeds subsidize pit bull owners BLOOMINGTON, Illinois––State Farm, both the leading U.S. property-and-casualty insurance company and among the few that cover pit bulls, paid out a record $132 million in 2017 to settle dog attack claims. State Farm released this information in a prepared statement recognizing Dog Bite Prevention Week 2018, April 8-14. […]
Robert Cabral: “The Malibu Dog Trainer”
A Cesar Millan salad with Catalina dressing Editor’s note: Robert Cabral, the self-described “Malibu dog trainer,” was formerly a martial arts instructor, film director, actor, cinematographer and motivational speaker according to his posted biography. This would appear to have left Cabral little time for training dogs, had he remained fully employed in any of these […]