4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As a breed, pit bulls have a bad rap. Many shelters do not intake pit bulls at all, and many of the shelters that do find themselves limited in their intake by state regulations or their own policies that dictate pit bull capacity. Evaluate the Pit Bull before Doing Anything.

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Critter News

JULY 17, 2009

I rejoined my local animal shelter's volunteer program a few months ago (long story as to why I quit in the first place). One day while I was volunteering I met a little pit bull puppy who was recovering from a spaying. Tags: animal shelter management euthanization animal shelters dogs.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I remember posting last summer about an abused pit bull mother who was euthanized by our animal shelter for being food-aggressive. However, this episode featuring Noche just emphasizes my view that dogs should not be euthanized for being food-aggressive alone. Well, yeah, she was starving in a crack house.duh!

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

On February 17th they rescued 26 Pit Bulls near Sandersville, Georgia. The dogs had been left to starve, no food, water or even shelter from freezing temperatures. The ASPCA continually does amazing work on behalf of our animal companions. They also had signs of neglect, broken bones, wounds and infections.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 12, 2011

The following are suggestions on who to reach out to during a crisis situation: Contact public emergency shelters in your evacuation area to inquire if they allow pets during natural disasters. Most often pets are not allowed in these shelters due to reasons of human health safety. Pit Bull, Rottweiler, Doberman, etc.)

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. In One Good Dog , my imaginary pit bull, Chance, comes from a deeply disturbing situation and finds himself having to learn a new ‘trade,’ that of pet.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

Barb looked like the kind of woman who would own a pit bull or a German shepherd. I didn’t have high hopes for Fizzle’s survival, but I called animal control and learned that they had taken Fizzle to a shelter about ten miles away. I gave the shelter a call, expecting to hear the worst.

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