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Kansas pit bull mauling brings 2025 body count to 13 in eight weeks
(Beth Clifton collage) No breed type other than pit bulls suspected ACERRA, Italy; ENTWISTLE, Alberta; ANTONITO, Colorado; WICHITA, Kansas; CAPE CORAL, Florida––Denialists could find many excuses...
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Live markets torture animals & perhaps poison people in your city too
(Beth Clifton collage) by Eric Mills, coordinator, Action for Animals, Oakland, California. The San Francisco Commission of Animal Care & Control met on February 13, 2025. On the agenda:...
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What do Trump & Musk budget cuts mean for laboratory animal use?
(Beth Clifton collage) Elon Musk himself funds vivisection WASHINGTON D.C.––What will the first Donald Trump administration federal budget mean for laboratory animal use? A steep reduction, as...
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Did shelter policies cause FFA animal massacre by dogs at large?
(Beth Clifton collage) Policies meant to discourage owner-surrenders may have led to pack killing two lambs and a goat just 1,500 feet from the Gulf Coast Humane Society CORPUS CHRISTI,...
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Trump administration plan to fight H5N1 ignores cockfighting
Brooke Rollins. (Beth Clifton collage) Ag secretary Brooke Rollins continues to stall vaccination, & hopes to undo state-level cage-free laws, which have little or nothing to do with the price...
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Old & young country girls in UK & Alabama trusted wrong friends’ dogs
(Beth Clifton collage) XL Bully & Cane Corsos killed Morgan Dorsett & Patricia Marie Burt within seconds each BRISTOL, U.K.; BEULAH, Alabama––Morgan Dorsett, 19, the first known British dog...
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Barred owls, bird brains, budget cuts, & hot lead, bad for eagles too
(Beth Clifton collage) Trump administration may turn scheme to kill 450,000 barred owls over to sport hunters WASHINGTON D.C.––Five weeks into the second Donald Trump administration, the only birds...
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Stop importing & rehoming rabid pit bull puppies, Colorado tells rescues
(Beth Clifton collage) Two-time offender Moms & Mutts: Colorado rescue hit with license suspension ENGLEWOOD, Colorado––Moms & Mutts: Colorado Rescue for Pregnant & Nursing...
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Winning one for the horses––and perhaps a big win for greyhounds too
(Beth Clifton collage) Biggest show in U.K. agrees that a tail is an essential part of a horse GLASGOW, Scotland––“Some great news for a change!” emailed Animal Concern Scotland campaigns officer...
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Transgender mice & what else? What Trump told Congress about animals
(Beth Clifton collage) The White House/DOGE numbers on alleged transgender mice don’t add up WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. president Donald Trump made just two mentions of animal issues in his...
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San Diego H.S. says “no cruelty” in rodeo death of 8-months-pregnant mare
(Beth Clifton collage) Mare and foal died from “ruptured uterine artery” moments after violent ride SAN DIEGO, California––“The San Diego Humane Society’s Humane Law Enforcement team has concluded...
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First big dogfighting bust of 2025 follows bust of alleged dog hauler
(Beth Clifton collage) No link disclosed, but suggestive geography LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania––Pennsylvania State Police on March 6, 2025 disclosed having impounded 28 pit bulls from a home on...
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How dumb is rebranding the Denver Dumb Friends League?
(Beth Clifton collage) What’s in a name? That which we call a humane society by any other name may be more easily distinguished. Or not. DENVER, Colorado––The Denver Dumb Friends League, for 115...
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Two more dog attack dead, but USA Today gets hep to the pit bull jive
(Beth Clifton collage) Lottery winner killed in Manitoba; in Tennessee, pit bulls took a Chance. COLUMBUS, Ohio––The known U.S. and Canadian dog attack fatality toll in the first 10...
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Cockfighting under the Big Top, complete with clowns in cop cars
(Beth Clifton collage) But cockfighters lose a few rounds elsewhere SULPHUR, Oklahoma; Stanton, Texas–– Refraining from calling recent Texas and Oklahoma cockfighting law enforcement––or...
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Pit bull pusher Steffen Baldwin gets 15.5 years on 32 felony counts
(Beth Clifton collage) Charged in 2020, former Best Friends Animal Society & Maddies Fund star Steffen Baldwin delayed trial until January 2025 MARYSVILLE, Ohio––Steffen Baldwin, 44, alias...
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Putin’s pet? Attack of the Russian baby-killing dachshund from hell
(Beth Clifton collage) And other truly weird tales of one of the dogs statistically least likely to kill anyone: only two fatalities on record anywhere, ever SEVERSK, Siberia, Russia––An...
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Three generations of pit bull advocacy culminate in death of a baby
(Beth Clifton collage) “Please don’t let dogs around children,” young mother pleads, days too late for her daughter ALABASTER, Alabama––Three generations of pit bull advocacy, rescue, fostering,...
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Titus County, TX sheriffs didn’t raid Facebook friends’ alleged cockfight
(Beth Clifton collage) Alleged cockfight host has gamecock as his profile picture MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas––Alleged collusion between cockfighters and law enforcement rarely looks more brazen than on...
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Pit bull puts infant in critical where Best Friends campaign undid ban
(Beth Clifton collage) First known attack by the pit bull involved––as is typical PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kansas; KANSAS CITY, Missouri––From Prairie Village, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri is just one...
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