Once again, Dallas-area residents have been maimed in unprovoked attacks by dogs running free. And once again, the offending dogs are pit bulls. In one attack this weekend (there were two, on opposite sides of the city, but one attack...
In an effort to control illegal cockfighting, Balch Springs City Council proposes to outlaw the animals rather than the activity. Prohibiting roosters in the city would mean the eventual extinction of my closed flock of free-range chickens on my farm....
Re: "Task force looks at dogfights in Dallas -- Meetings on animal cruelty try to pinpoint why cases aren't filed," last Saturday Metro. How can we let something so horrific go unchecked in our town? While I feel miserable every...
Re: "Strays can run, but they can't hide -- The chase is on in southern Dallas as agency steps up effort to contain dogs, cats on the loose," Tuesday news story. What are we teaching children about humane education...
Re: "Man who wielded bat at Dallas Animal Shelter says he only wanted his cat back," Wednesday dallasnews.com. Just to be clear, I'm not advocating that everyone whose pet ends up in a shelter go down there armed with a...
It makes me sick to think of yet another pit bull attacking a child here in Texas. Yesterday, a pit bull killed a 5-year-old in Weslaco. The worst part is that the child was recently placed there, in the home...
Yesterday, we called for the Dallas City Council to pass a tougher animal-control ordinance that included measures to hold irresponsble dog owners legally liable when their dogs attack. State law allows for felony prosecution, but Dallas law doesn't make use...
This item was posted on dogsbite.org , which has all kinds of useful information about dogs that maim and kill people all over the country. (On the website's main page is a photo of a boy in California who just...
It's been almost a week since I last wrote about pit bulls, which has left me feeling an enormous gap in my life. First of all, an update: the pit bull that attacked me was labeled a "dangerous dog" by...
I have to say, I'm constantly amazed at the ability of pit-bull advocates to blindly defend this dog breed and behave as if these little darlings couldn't hurt a flea. It's the owners, they insist, who are badly training or...
The City Council is considering a new ordinance to require mandatory spaying and neutering of pets, limits on how many pets can be kept in a single household, and a tightening of the rules affecting dangerous dogs. This is a...
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