Articles: dogfighting
Why Are Other Great Players Ignored While Vick is Chosen?
animal cruelty, dogfighting, dogs, human animal bond, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Chicago Bear linebacker Khalil Mack reportedly donated $80,000 to pay off all active holiday layaway accounts at his hometown Fort Pierce, FL Walmart ahead of this year’s holiday season. He generosity helped around 300 to 350 people. Mack is scheduled to play in the National Football League Pro Bowl game in Orlando, FL January 27.…
NFL Commissioner Doesn’t Care How Fans Feel About Michael Vick
animal cruelty, dogfighting, dogs, Featured, Steve Dale
I’ve made it abundantly clear that Michael Vick should be the captain of nothing. The National Football League decided that the now retired quarterback should be honored as an honorary captain at the upcoming Pro Bowl game. No way, I say – forgive him if you can – I cannot as he personally physically harmed…
Humane Mexico Bans Dogfighting, Supports Animal Welfare
dog fighting, dogfighting, dogs, Featured, human animal bond, Pit Bulls, puppies, veterinary health
They may be right south of border about more than the infamous wall. And the Mexican people want to do the right thing. The Mexican Senate has passed a dog-fighting bill that will prohibit the organization and staging of dog fighting events at the national level, and now legislatively assure all dogs are treated with…
Best Friends Animal Society Saved the Dogs, The Champions is their Story
animal cruelty, dogfighting, dogs, veterinary health
Francis Battista, co-founder Best Friends Animal Society, talks about the award-winning documentary The Champions. Battista talks HERE on my WGN Radio show, Steve Dale’s Pet World, about this movie opening around the country. In Chicago, the feature will be screened on March 3 at 7 p.m. at the AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois…
Safe Communities for People and Pets, Safe Humane Chicago
animal cruelty, animal shelters, dogfighting, dogs, Steve Dale
Safe Humane Chicago is a concept that should and ultimately will likely be replicated elsewhere in America. The mission is to create safer communities by encouraging positive relationships between people and animals. Listen HERE as Safe Humane co-founder Cynthia Bathurst joins me on Steve Dale’s Pet World to describe the amazing good this program does,…
Highlights of Twenty Years of Pet Writing
American Veterinary Medical Assocation, animal assisted therapy, animal cruelty, animal news, animal shelters, cats, Cesar Millan, dog bites, dog training, dogfighting, dogs, pet adoption, pet books, pets, Pit Bulls, Puppy Mills, Search and Rescue dogs, service dog, Steve Dale, Winn Feline Foundation
Summing up twenty years isn’t easy, as I begin my third decade of writing my Tribune Content Agency newspaper column I have a wealth of memories to recall. I was the first journalist to speak with a search and rescue dog handler at the World Trade Center, within 48 hours after September 11, 2001. Driving…
Safe Humane Chicago Reaching Out for Support
animal cruelty, dog behavior, dog fighting, dogfighting, Pit Bulls
Safe Humane Chicago does exactly what the name says, this non-profit helps to encourage humane education. Your support can help to place animals out of Chicago Animal Care & Control and into foster homes, or forever homes….watch over court case dogs who otherwise don’t have a voice and support animal welfare education in neighborhoods where…
Breed Specific Legislation Position Statement: BSL is Ineffective
Breed specific ban, dog fighting, dog training, dogfighting, dogs, pets, veterinary health
At the Animal Behavior Symposium on July 25, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB) announced a new position statement on breed-specific legislation (BSL). This is when communities, ironically including Denver, where the Symposium was held, ban specific dog breeds. Pit bull-type dogs are always at the top of the list – sometimes the…
Pit Bulls, the All-American Dog
Breed specific ban, dogfighting, dogs, Pit Bulls
Pits Bulls are the All-American dog – at least dogs we call them Pits. Of course, in reality, these are mostly dogs of a certain phenotype or a certain ‘look.’ In fact, take any five Golden Retrievers or West Highland White Terriers, and genetically they have much in common – aside from being dogs, moreover…
Michael Vick Takes Dog Training Classes
dog bites, dog fighting, dog training, dogfighting, dogs
Michael Vick taking dog training classes? What do I make of that? I’m honestly not sure. But, according to a report in USA Today, it’s true. Vick admitted in October that his family owned a dog, something that he was legally allowed to do after his probation expired last summer. “I understand the strong emotions by…
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