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16 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2021 edition)

April 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Amanda Medlin Underwood, Beth CliftonQueen Charlotte, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Raleigh Lilith, Victoria Stilwell

Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years

April 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aziz Ahmed, Megan Fisher, Merritt Clifton, Victoria Stilwell, Yolanda Ciccone

“Dog Bite Awareness Week” 2020: it’s no longer about “prevention”

April 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: American Humane, Dog Bite Awareness Week, Dog Bite Prevention Week, Merritt Clifton, State Farm, Victoria Stilwell

“Dog Fighting Awareness”: what the ASPCA ignored

April 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, 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: Bill Cummings, Henry Bergh, Jessica Rubin, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Victoria Stilwell

Dog attacks on babies double, but State Farm hails fewer claims

April 5, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Victoria Stilwell

Insuring pit bulls, State Farm pays out double the norm for dog attacks

April 8, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

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. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Rabies, Shelters, Street dogs, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Arthur J. Summerfield, Dolores Del Rio, Emily Mae Colvin, Joseph Mooring, Justin Clinton, Kylar Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Steven Constantine, Victoria Stilwell

Robert Cabral: “The Malibu Dog Trainer”

June 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Training Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Cesar Millan, Ed Boks, Frank Andrews, Merritt Clifton, Robert Cabral, Victoria Stilwell

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