An Illinois man is on trial for killing his neighbor’s dog. The charge is animal cruelty. The dog was trespassing on his property, had been pursuing another animal, and was racing toward him for the apparent purpose of attacking him. (For details, click here to read the news article.) We read about dogs rushing into a […]
A newspaper quoted someone today as saying, “Breed-specific legislation is racism against dogs.” No, it is not. Invoking the fight against racism is not only irrational but also a slap in the face of anyone who seriously opposes discrimination against people based upon the color of their skin. The term “racism” refers to human races, […]
I do not believe that the owners of really dangerous dogs have any idea what it feels like to be attacked by one of them. Being surrounded by dogs, trying to fend them off, falling to the ground … and more … is something that these people just don’t think about. I have represented people […]
Instead of hearing important information about the patterns associated with violent dog attacks, so that they might be avoided, the public is often told that these events are like the strike of lightning, without rhyme or reason, something totally out of the blue that could never have been anticipated. That is actually rubbish. An article […]
A man is killed by two pit bulls, and the owner of the dog gets … a ticket? Sixty-year-old Huron Barbour was just months from his wedding day when he was mauled to death by two pit bulls on his way home from work last November. That’s like Diane Whipple, whose death in San Francisco in […]
I receive about 50 E-mail messages per day from the public. About 10 per day are about attacks by one dog upon another. The injuries inflicted in these attacks can require hundreds and even thousands of dollars of veterinary treatment. In many circumstances, the owner of the attacking dog is legally liable for paying the […]
After a Presa Canario killed its owner in Florida, and then was shot dead by police, an article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel published today (August 24, 2006) questions whether officers are trigger-happy, and suggests that they need to be trained in “stepping back and reading the dog.” Are our law enforcement agencies really going to […]
I receive about 50 E-mails per day from the public, and many of them are about aggressive, vicious, potentially dangerous DOG OWNERS. Right, not dogs, but dog owners. For example, today I heard about a “neighbor” who has a trained guard dog that grabs and kills other dogs through the fence, and that terrorizes children. […]
In mid-August 2006, a group of so-called “dog advocates” joined together for the 2006 Canine Legislation Conference. This was the first conference to devote its entire agenda to “breed-specific legislation,” or laws that target dogs like pit bulls. In case you have not guessed it, they don’t want such laws enacted. (For the full story, […]