This is a list of pit bull attacks and fatalities documented by the media and social media for the month of July 2022. This list will be edited throughout the month and after as new incidents are reported.
CHILD FATALITIES: 5
ADULT FATALITIES: 9
ANIMAL FATALITIES: 30
TOTAL:
165 177
JULY 01
Sioux Falls, South Dakota - A chihuahua was attacked by a loose pit bull that entered its yard -
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2022/07/01/stray-dog-attacks-chihuahua-its-front-yard/ ANIMAL FATALITY - (2 separate attacks) - Salem, Massachusetts- One dog was killed and another injured by two pit bulls roaming a neighborhood -
https://www.salemnews.com/news/one-dog-dead-another-seriously-injured-in-attack/article_aac70e4e-fbb5-11ec-bcb0-47b3a48f0e69.html Casco, Maine - A loose pit bull attacked another dog belonging to a neighbor, the same dog from a May 20th incident (see May list) -
http://www.bridgton.com/canines-run-in-with-other-dogs-worries-neighbors/ Magnolia, Texas - A man was bitten in the throat by a pit bull when he pet it -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x8q971/i_got_bit_by_a_large_pit_bull_while_kneeling_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 02
Suriname - A calf was attacked and nearly died after two loose pit bulls attacked it -
https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2022/07/02/agressieve-pitbulls-bijten-kalf-dood/ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A pit bull that attacked a K9 officer while police pursued its owner was shot -
https://www.news9.com/story/62c19673e7c2477fe566c8d1/dog-shot-killed-after-attacking-ocpd-k9-dog-in-se-okc Jujuy, Argentina - A 56 year old man was attacked by a pit bull while walking down the street, hospitalized -
https://www.eltribuno.com/jujuy/nota/2022-7-4-1-0-0-un-perro-pitbull-lo-ataco-e-hirio-en-sus-dos-manos/ West Virginia - A sheepdog in an agility competition was attacked and mauled by two pit bulls, the owner fled the scene with dogs -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w7wcdv/shetland_sheepdog_mauled_by_2_pits_west_virginia/ JULY 03
Cittiglio, Italy - Two loose pit bulls attacked a dog and its owner who were walking, the dog hospitalized for its injuries -
https://www.prealpina.it/pages/cittiglio-cane-e-padrone-aggrediti-da-due-pitbull-280564.html North Carolina - A pit bull attacked and severely injured another dog being walked on a trail by its owner -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/vqsvf2/pit_mix_attacks_golden_retriever_puppy_in_nc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf UK - Three loose pit bulls attacked another dog resulting in collapsed lungs, broken ribs, other severe injuries requiring surgery -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/vtvy45/cocker_spaniel_attacked_by_3_pit_bull_type_dogs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 04
ANIMAL FATALITY- Rio, Brazil - Two loose pit bulls attacked two leashed family dogs, killing one -
https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2022/07/casal-de-pitbulls-ataca-e-mata-cao-no-rio-nunca-imaginei-que-ele-fosse-morrer-assim-diz-professor.ghtml ANIMAL FATALITY - New York - A Boston terrier was killed by a pit bull that jumped over a fence to attack it -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/vt8r9i/boston_terrier_killed_by_pit_new_york_july_4_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Caerphilly, England - An American Bully attacked a man and his dog while they were walking -
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/20266883.american-bully-reported-attack-dog-caerphilly/ JULY 05
Keswick, England - A woman was pulled off of her mobility scooter while she and her dog were attacked by a loose pit bull -
https://cumbriacrack.com/2022/07/06/woman-pulled-off-mobility-scooter-after-pitbull-attacks-her-dog/ Knoxville, Tennessee - An officer was injured when her partner was subduing an attacking pit bull, hospitalized for a bullet wound -
https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/07/06/kcso-officer-shot-while-responding-call/ Arcade, Georgia - A 10 year old boy was hospitalized after being attacked by his family pit bull, severe injuries -
https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2022/07/19/jackson-county-ga-boy-recovering-after-severe-mauling-pet-pit-bull/10088896002/?fbclid=IwAR2f7mwDQQHdtT8FcwxIVOPJk0oZfVIgjh1tb6YxmAHBfZ8YQAMWtluIPoY#l5toauk4t0guis9gryo JULY 06
Washington DC - A pit bull was shot after attacking police and their K-9 -
https://wjla.com/news/local/pit-bull-dog-shot-allegedly-attacking-metropolitan-police-department-officer-k-9-southeast-washington-dc São Gonçalo, Brazil - A 6 year old boy, 10 year old girl, and mother were attacked by neighbor’s pit bull, the boy requiring surgery -
https://www.ofluminense.com.bcidades/sao-goncalo/2022/07/amp/1253658-gravida-entra-em-briga-corporal-com-pitbull-para-salvar-filha-de-9-anos.html Somerville, Tennessee - A small dog was mauled by two loose pit bulls -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x8zbqteeny_tiny_dog_mauled_by_escaped_pits_july_6_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 07
ADULT FATALITY - Greensboro, North Carolina - A 46 year old woman was killed by two pit bulls she was dog-sitting -
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/its-a-terrible-way-to-go-greensboro-woman-dies-after-vicious-dog-attack/ San Juan, Argentina - A 2 year old boy was scalped by a pit bull attack -
https://www.diariohuarpe.com/nota/el-pitbull-no-tenia-chip-y-su-dueno-esta-en-la-mira-de-la-justicia-por-la-ley-lara-20227722180 Sandwich, Massachusetts - A teenager was attacked unprovoked by a loose pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/vulmb3/you_can_guess_what_the_comments_are_saying/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ANIMAL FATALITY - Lehigh Acres, Florida - A pit bull being walked by its owner attacked and killed a small dog that escaped its front door, also bit the fingertip off of the small dog’s owner -
https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/13/pit-bull-kills-dog-and-rips-off-lehigh-acres-womans-fingertip/amp/ Saint Louis, Missouri - A woman was jogging when she was mauled by a loose pit bull, requiring emergency surgery -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w48naa/july_7_2022_stlouis_ms_the_dog_bit_her_at_least/ JULY 08
Brook Park, Ohio - A pit bull attacked a neighboring man and his dog in an apartment complex -
https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/07/pit-bull-attacks-man-his-dog-drunk-drivers-kia-nearly-hits-police-cruiser-head-on-berea-police-blotter.html ADULT FATALITY - Coahuila, Mexico - A man was attacked and killed by seven pit bulls, which were seized and will be put down -
https://superchannel12.com/598549/fueron-siete-los-pitbull-asegurados-tras-ataque-mortal--seran-sacrificados ANIMAL FATALITY- Gloucester, England - A jack russel terrier was killed by a Staffordshire terrier mix -
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/staffy-cross-bullmastiff-savagely-killed-7324861 Santa Fe, New Mexico - A 74 year old man was on a walk when he was attacked by a loose pit bull that crossed four lanes of traffic to attack, the owner fled the scene with the dog -
https://news.yahoo.com/opinion-bitten-scared-senior-citizen-150400865.html Wake County, North Carolina - A 32 year old Wake County employee was attacked by a man’s pit bull mixes while providing service, hospitalized for her injuries -
https://jocoreport.com/two-dogs-attack-injure-woman/ Widnes, England - A woman walking to her car from a store was mauled by a dog described as a pit bull by police -
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pensioner-bitten-pitbull-attack-leaving-24548086 Portoviejo, Ecuador - A young boy was walking with his mother when he was attacked by a loose pit bull in the street -
https://www.eldiario.ec/actualidad/portoviejo/pitbull-ataca-a-un-nino-que-iba-junto-a-su-madre-en-portoviejo/ Miami, Florida - A dog is attacked by a pit bull and bulldog in its own backyard -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wca9uo/retriever_mix_attacked_by_pit_and_bulldog_miami/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 09
UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - A dog and its owner were attacked by a pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/vukfh2/my_best_friend_was_attacked/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ANIMAL FATALITY - Laury’s Station, Pennsylvania - Three loose pit bull mixes were attacking dogs in their own yard throughout the city, one puppy euthanized for its injuries -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/vvcjyc/pits_just_roaming_and_killing_other_dogs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ADULT FATALITY - (3 separate attacks) - St. Louis, Missouri - A 62 year old man was attacked and killed by three loose pit bulls, the dogs also attacked a 23 year old and a 92 year old, both taking out the trash in separate incidents -
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/elderly-man-dies-after-dog-attack-in-st-louis/ and
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/3rd-dog-attack-victim-fighting-for-my-life-3-dogs-north-st-louis/63-2bd9e856-f31e-48bc-a706-6983a9e49d8c ANIMAL FATALITY - Park Forest, Illinois - An Australian shepherd being walked by its owner was attacked and killed by a loose pit bull -
https://enewspf.com/law-and-ordeloose-dog-attacks-kills-smaller-dog/ Chiclayo, Peru - A 12 year old boy nearly lost his hand after being attacked by two pit bulls at a store, was hospitalized for emergency surgery -
https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2022/07/15/chiclayo-menor-de-doce-anos-casi-pierde-la-mano-tras-ataque-de-perros-pitbull-lrnd/ JULY 10
Rome, Italy - A loose pit bull attacked at least one dog, attempted to attack other dogs and tourists in an historical area of the city -
https://canaledieci.it/2022/07/10/pitbull-libero-turisti-chiusi-scavi-ostia-antica/ Kent, England - A child, thought to be a 9 year old boy but not yet confirmed, was life-flighted to a London hospital after being attacked by a large pit bull type dog -
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/child-attacked-by-dog-270043/ CHILD FATALITY - Dallas, Texas - A 4 year old girl was killed by at least one of the three pit bulls, known for breaking out of windows and fighting each other, living in her house -
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/4-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-bitten-by-dog-in-southeast-oak-cliff-dallas-police-say/ar-AAZp3d5 Sonora, Mexico - A police officer responding to a residence was attacked by the man’s pit bull after he released it on them to evade arrest -
https://www.diariopresente.mx/mexico/detencion-violencia-familiar-pitbull/341073 Manizal, Colombia - A 65 year old man was jogging when he was attacked by a pit bull, the owner unable to stop the attack -
https://www.pulzo.com/nacion/manizales-ataque-pitbull-hombre-relata-como-sobrevivio-PP1630269A Lynn, Massachusetts - A dog being walked by her owner in a park when it was bitten over 25 times by three unleashed pit bulls accompanied by their owner, the man fled the scene with his dogs -
https://www.necn.com/news/local/3-unleashed-pit-bulls-walked-by-man-in-lynn-bit-dog-25-times-police-say/2778699/ County Durham, England - A loose Staffordshire bull terrier attacked a woman and her dog while they were on a walk -
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/police-appeal-staffordshire-bull-attack-24544023 Kent, England - A 52 year old man was bicycling when he was attacked in the face and leg by a Staffordshire Terrier, hospitalized for his injuries -
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/cyclist-mauled-by-dog-270573/ Mesa, Arizona - A small leashed dog was being walked by her 11 year old owner when she was attacked by a loose pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x92xis/attacked_by_a_pit_bull_while_my_11_year_old/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 11
CHILD FATALITY - New Orleans, Louisiana - A 13 month old baby boy was killed by his family’s American Bully -
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/13-month-old-baby-fatally-27475945 ANIMAL FATALITY - Rio, Brazil - Two loose pit bulls attack and kill a baby pig in the middle of the street -
https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2022/07/11/pitbulls-matam-filhote-porquinho-no-rio-fruto-da-cadeia-alimentar-justifica-dono-dos-caes.ghtml Liverpool, England - A leashed pit bull attacked a woman who was walking down the street, causing severe throat and facial injuries that required surgery. The owner fled with the dog -
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dog-bites-woman-face-throat-27481254 ANIMAL FATALITY - Alabama - A small dog was killed by a loose pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w4s359/chihuahua_mix_killed_by_pit_bull_alabama_july_11/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 12
ADULT FATALITY - Lucknow, India - An 82 year old woman was killed by her pet pit bull inside her home -
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/pet-pit-bull-attacks-kills-82-year-old-owner-in-lucknow/articleshow/92839316.cms ANIMAL FATALITY - Alagoas, Brazil - A man was arrested for allowing his pit bull to attack and kill a cat in the street -
https://www.minutouno.com/sociedad/perro/parana-un-pitbull-ataco-e-hirio-un-nino-5-anos-n5485761 California - A man was severely bitten in the hand while saving his husky from a pit bull attack, the dog and its owner fled the scene -
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTR66JByM/ JULY 13
Lethbridge, Canada - An 8 year old boy and a 17 year old counselor at a school summer camp were attacked by two loose pit bulls, the boy was bitten in the face -
https://globalnews.ca/news/8988433/lethbridge-school-yard-dog-attack/ Parańa, Brazil - A 5 year old boy was bitten by a face by a pit bull, which also tried to attack other passers by -
https://www.minutouno.com/sociedad/perro/parana-un-pitbull-ataco-e-hirio-un-nino-5-anos-n5485761 Jujuy, Argentina - A 12 year old boy was hospitalized after his uncle’s pit bull attacked him -
https://www.eltribuno.com/jujuy/nota/2022-7-15-21-47-0-dos-ninos-internados-por-ataque-de-perros Jujuy, Argentina - A 4 year old boy was posing for a picture when he was attacked by a loose pit bull, hospitalized for his injuries -
https://www.eltribuno.com/jujuy/nota/2022-7-15-21-47-0-dos-ninos-internados-por-ataque-de-perros Englewood, Florida - A woman in her 60s was attacked by her own pit bull while having a seizure, her husband also I attacked when pulling the dog off of her neck; both life flighted and hospitalized -
https://swfloridadailynews.com/two-flown-to-the-hospital-after-dog-attack-in-englewood/ ANIMAL FATALITY - Alberta, Canada - A woman’s dog was killed by a loose pit bull while on a walk -
https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2022/07/21/pit-bull-attack-results-in-death-of-small-dog/ JULY 14
Santa Giustina, Italy - A couple and their small dog were attacked by two loose pit bulls -
https://www.polesine24.it/home/2022/07/14/news/padroni-e-cagnolina-aggrediti-da-pitbull-tutti-feriti-202203/ Lynchburg, Virginia - An aggressive male pit bull escaped an animal control facility after biting a person on site -
https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/lynchburg-central-virginia-news/dog-bites-someone-escapes-from-lynchburg-animal-control/ ANIMAL FATALITY - Madrid, Spain - A poodle was killed and several people injured by a loose pit bull that has been reported to police at least 17 times -
https://www.telemadrid.es/programas/buenos-dias-madrid/Un-pitbull-atemoriza-Lavapies-mata-a-un-caniche-y-ataca-a-varios-vecinos-2-2469073072--20220715100339.amp.html Anápolis, Brazil - A 69 year old elderly man was hospitalized for injuries to his arms and chest after being attacked by a large pit bull -
https://portal6.com.b2022/07/15/idoso-e-levado-as-pressas-ao-hospital-apos-ser-atacado-por-pitbull-em-anapolis/ Okolona, Mississippi - Two loose pit bulls attacked a 49 year old man on the street, he was hospitalized for his injuries -
https://www.wtva.com/news/owners-face-assault-charges-after-dog-attack-in-okolona/article_a6c17ff0-046b-11ed-9f32-077c2fb6b012.html?fbclid=IwAR3rmJ4Z-ppJ4gV4ic-pAujI50-9RAjR8u_yhnNT70c8nsPLsbQBzoNLIbk ANIMAL FATALITY - Masaya, Nicaragua - A loose pit bull attacked and killed a pig -
https://nuevaya.com.ni/familias-denuncian-feroz-ataque-de-un-perro-pitbull-contra-un-cerdo-en-masaya/ ANIMAL FATALITY- Corumbá, Brazil - A loose pit bull attacked multiple people and killed a cat before being shot by police -
https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2022/07/14/pitbull-e-morto-por-policiais-durante-ataque-a-familia-que-estava-em-calcada.ghtml Ontario, Canada - An unidentified person was attacked by their own pit bull mix so severely they had to be airlifted to the hospital -
https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/dog-owner-in-french-river-seriously-injured-after-attack-by-their-own-dog-1.5992357 New York - A puppy was leashed in its own yard when a pit bull being walked by a teenager attacked it, injuries so severe pieces of its jaw were missing. The pit bull also attacked its teenage owner -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w452uf/6_month_old_cavapoo_attacked_by_pit_bull_in_its/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Ontario, Canada - A pit bull mix mauled it’s owner so severely, the unidentified person had to be airlifted to the hospital. An elderly neighbor intervened and died due to an unrelated medical issue -
https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/dog-owner-in-french-river-seriously-injured-after-attack-by-their-own-dog-1.5992357 Perth, Australia - A Staffordshire terrier attacked a chihuahua, the owner left without providing information -
https://thewest.com.au/news/sound-telegraph/dog-owner-left-with-a-6000-vet-bill-after-vicious-dog-attack-c-7661307 JULY 15
Pelileo, Ecuador - A 47 woman who had finished cleaning a church convent was found on the street in a pool of blood after being attacked by two pit bulls -
https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/ecuadoperros-pitbull-atacan-a-mujer-que-limpiaba-convento-en-pelileo-nota/ ADULT FATALITY - Rio, Brazil - An 81 year old woman walking to church was killed by her neighbor’s loose pit bull -
https://m.extra.globo.com/casos-de-policia/idosa-de-81-anos-morre-apos-ataque-de-pitbull-no-rio-rv1-1-25542248.html Castel San Giovanni, Italy - A woman and her small dog were attacked by an unleashed pit bull whose owner fled the scene -
https://www.ilpiacenza.it/cronaca/cerca-di-difendere-il-suo-cane-e-viene-aggredita-da-un-pitbull-il-proprietario-scappa.html Bauru, Brazil - An off duty officer was walking his dog when a pit bull escaped from a house and attacked them -
https://www.ilpiacenza.it/cronaca/cerca-di-difendere-il-suo-cane-e-viene-aggredita-da-un-pitbull-il-proprietario-scappa.html ADULT FATALITY - Rotherham, England - A 43 year old mother was killed by one of her American Bully XLs, and her boyfriend severely injured while he tried to intervene -
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19221881/woman-mauled-death-horrifying-dog-attack/ Juara, Brazil - A loose pit bull cornered and lunged at a woman leaving a store -
https://www.radiotucunare.com.bcachorro-da-raca-pitbull-muito-furioso-tenta-atacar-mulher-em-via-publica-em-juara/ Hartselle, Alabama - A police officer was hospitalized after hitting his head while a loose pit bull was barking at him and allegedly attacking -
https://m.hartselleenquirer.com/2022/07/19/hartselle-officer-in-hospital-after-dog-encounte UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - A two year old was mauled by a pit bull resulting in emergency surgery -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x0n8ne/twoyear_old_needs_plastic_and_ophtalmic_surgery/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Pacifica, California - A pit bull was attacked by another pit bull while on a walk -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x9zua9/a_pit_bull_attacked_victim_dog_during_his_routine/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 16
La Plata, Argentina - An 8 year old boy was bitten in the leg by a pit bull and hospitalized for his injuries -
https://www.eldia.com/nota/2022-7-16-20-49-0-un-nene-de-8-anos-debio-ser-internado-tras-ser-mordido-por-un-perro-pitbull-en-la-plata-policiales/ USA - A 9 year old girl playing in her babysitter’s yard was attacked in the face, arms, and legs by a stray pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w30197/gofundme_is_overflowing_with_pit_bull_attack/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Denver, Colorado - A woman was mauled by a pit bull in front of a 7/11 after its owners asked her to buy the dog some water -
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-woman-left-bloodied-after-dog-mauls-her-outside-of-denver-7-eleven Shropshire, England - A Staffordshire bull terrier bit a police officer -
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/public-urged-call-999-spot-24672782 JULY 17
ANIMAL FATALITY - Orange, New York - A pet goat was killed by three loose pit bulls that had entered its enclosure -
https://brooklyn.news12.com/he-was-our-pet-for-17-years-beloved-goat-killed-by-pack-of-loose-dogs-in-orange Clayton County, Georgia - A woman was jogging through the park when she was mauled by two pit bulls repeatedly attacking her neck, hospitalized for her injuries -
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/clayton-county/victim-vicious-pit-bull-attack-warns-others-be-vigilant-after-mauling-clayton-county/FAEH2AKAVNGFFJR6KSZ3TYJ4QY/ JULY 18
ADULT FATALITY - Fresno, Texas - A 71 year old man was walking to the store when he was attacked and killed by seven loose pit bulls -
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/19/fatal-dog-attack-in-fresno-area-fort-bend-county-officials-to-release-details/ (2 separate attacks) - Brazil - A loose pit bull attacked two separate people who were walking down the street in the Concordia neighborhood -
https://www.oestemais.com.bpolicia/2022/07/19/pitbull-solto-ataca-e-fere-pessoas-na-rua-em-bairro-de-concordia/ Córdoba, Argentina - A 38 year old woman was attacked by three loose pit bulls -
https://www.oestemais.com.bpolicia/2022/07/19/pitbull-solto-ataca-e-fere-pessoas-na-rua-em-bairro-de-concordia/ Greenock, Scotland - A 72 year old man was attacked by two loose Staffordshire Terriepit bulls -
https://www.inverclydenow.com/pensioner-bitten-in-unprovoked-dog-attack/ Adelaide, Australia - Two American Bullies attacked a 78 year old woman from behind while she walked home from shopping, the woman hospitalized and requiring surgery -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11030245/Vicious-roaming-dogs-maul-elderly-woman-quiet-Australian-street.html Barnwell, South Carolina - Two women were attacked by a pack of 5 loose pit bulls (of 19 total dogs on the property, confirmed pit bulls on social media and linked surveillance video) -
https://www.wrdw.com/2022/07/20/barnwell-dog-attack-leaves-woman-with-injuries-all-ove JULY 19
Wagoner, Oklahoma - Police were called to a residence where two pit bulls had escaped their yard, the dogs lunged at an officer resulting in one of them being shot in self defense -
https://www.krmg.com/news/wagoner-woman-speaks-out-after-her-dog-was-shot-killed-by-police-officeH6AGH4SMWBFGJFNVBPUYBDIJ3Q/ Detroit, Michigan - A 73 year old woman was attacked and dragged by three loose pit bulls in the street, hospitalized for her injuries -
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/elderly-detroit-woman-attacked-dragged-by-3-pit-bulls Canada - A woman, her baby, and dog were attacked by a loose pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w43ohc/from_a_canadian_prairie_subreddit_a_pitbull/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf (2 separate attacks) Hanceville, Alabama - A police officer was attacked by a pit bull after its owner unleashed the dog on the responding law enforcement. The police were investigating a separate attack on another dog by the pit bull that same day -
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/07/20/woman-arrested-after-dog-bites-hanceville-police-office Salta, Argentina - Two loose pit bulls viciously mauled two young men, one of which was hospitalized for his injuries -
https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2022-7-21-0-0-0-barrio-los-paraisos-grave-ataque-de-pitbulls Foley, Alabama - A dog was attacked by a pit bull at a dog park -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wajksm/doberman_attacked_by_pit_at_dog_park_alabama_july/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Poland - A 4 year old girl was mauled by a pit bull while playing in her yard with her siblings -
https://zrzutka.pl/h48abd?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=sharing_button&fbclid=IwAR1BCDGTdVehpxfWiu6LD5znbgzJ1Q-VQUPxiZvnYZICDsXR06Qzmk1aJGI JULY 20
Lincolnshire, England - A woman’s arm was mauled by a dog described as a bulldog/mastiff mix that pulled her to the ground -
https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/vicious-dog-attack-was-most-terrifying-incident-of-my-life-9266222/ Silver Springs, Maryland - A loose pit bull attacked three people, two of which were his owners and the other was a man who was severely mauled -
https://wjla.com/news/local/dog-attack-man-mauled-injured-silver-spring-maryland-bite-montgomery-county-animal-service JULY 21
Houston, Texas - A woman was attacked by a pit bull, which also attacked a police officer responding to the call; officer hospitalized for their injuries -
https://www.univision.com/amp/local/houston-kxln/perro-ataca-hpd-mujer-este-houston-animal-baleado ADULT FATALITY - Ica, Peru - A man died of his injuries after he was attacked by two loose pit bulls belonging to his ex-wife -
https://diariocorreo.pe/edicion/ica/ica-vecino-de-santiago-muere-tras-el-feroz-ataque-de-dos-perros-pitbull-noticia/ Cleveland Heights, Ohio - A man was walking his dog on the sidewalk when a pit bull jumped out of the window of the car it was riding in, ran across several lanes of traffic to attack them -
https://fox8.com/video/dog-jumps-out-of-car-to-attack-man-and-dog-on-sidewalk/7856011/ ANIMAL FATALITY - Uberlândia, Brazil - An 80 year old woman and her dog were attacked by a loose pit bull that had escaped -
https://regionalzao.com.bnoticia/50237/pitbull-fere-idosa-e-mata-cachorro-em-uberlandia/amp Merseyside, England - A small dog was attacked by two Staffordshire bull terriers and another unspecified breed -
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mans-life-changed-tiny-dog-24661666 JULY 22
CHILD FATALITY - Binh Phuoc, Vietnam - An 8 year old boy was fatally injured by a neighbor’s pit bull that his grandmother was dog sitting -
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/pit-bull-mauls-boy-to-death-4491279.html Seattle, Washington - A woman let three pit bulls loose in an apartment complex, the dogs then proceeded to attack several people and attempted to attack another dog -
https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2022/07/23/woman-shot-after-she-burglarizes-apartment-frees-dogs-who-attack-residents/ Jujuy, Argentina- A loose pit bull was shot after it attacked two women in the street -
https://www.jujuyaldia.com.a2022/07/24/una-pitbull-ataco-a-dos-mujeres-en-la-calle/ Ecorse, Michigan - A 64 year old woman was attacked in the face by a pit bull after she gave it some water, the owner fled with the dog -
https://www.thenewsherald.com/2022/07/25/grandmother-attacked-by-pit-bull-owner-flees-leaving-her-bleeding-with-eye-injury/ Puebla, Mexico - An elderly woman was attacked and dragged through the street by a pit bull for 90 seconds -
https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2022/7/26/imagenes-fuertes-perro-pitbull-sin-correa-en-la-calle-muerde-arrastra-una-abuelita-indefensa-en-puebla-425118.html Wichita Falls, Texas - A man was attacked by a pit bull resulting in severe injuries to his hand -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wlz3u8/very_sad_fundraiser_someone_needs_money_to_take/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 23
Medicina, Italy - A 61 year old man was mauled by his neighbor’s two pit bulls as he was trying to make them leave his property -
https://www.ansa.it/amp/emiliaromagna/notizie/2022/07/25/pitbull-azzanna-il-padre-figlio-uccide-il-cane-della-vicina_e0bc9b04-ef88-4021-ad53-d99ec4064f33.html San Juan, Argentina - A handicapped 11 year old boy was attacked by his family member’s pit bull, hospitalized for his injuries -
https://www.elnueve.com/un-nino-de-11-con-discapacidad-fue-victima-de-un-ataque-de-un-pitbull Bethalto, Illinois - A 64 year old man died of unknown causes while protecting his dog from two pit bulls (breed confirmed by family and neighbors on social media) -
https://www.facebook.com/100064530676664/posts/pfbid025e5ZxFpBAyhALnHvQBAzD52zmczaD8rryR2rudLSyLLPSKwYXKjsenCK58vB5mtUl/?d=n Bobigny, France - A man’s ear was nearly torn off by a dog described as a pit bull -
https://www.leparisien.fseine-saint-denis-93/aulnay-sous-bois-93600/un-molosse-dechiquete-loreille-dun-homme-a-bobigny-un-autre-arrache-un-nez-a-aulnay-25-07-2022-7TH5YW4EVJC4NAHME2JEKNXB4Y.php Montana - A young actor’s small dog was attacked by a pit bull that charged into their backyard -
https://tasteofcountry.com/yellowstone-brecken-merrill-picture-dog-attack/ JULY 24
Winona, Minnesota - A couple walking through the park was attacked by a pit bull being walked by a young boy, the dog and child fled the scene -
https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/police-seek-dog-after-victim-bitten/article_eb29ddd8-0db0-11ed-8387-3bc6a9bf3cb9.html CHILD FATALITY - La Louvière, Belgium - An 8 year old girl was killed by one of the two American Staffordshire Terrier family dogs -
https://www.lematin.ch/story/un-amstaff-tue-une-fillette-de-8-ans-651027211106 JULY 25
Toronto, Canada - A leashed pit bull severely attacked another dog being walked by its owner, the victim dog requiring surgery and hospitalization -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w8xxt0/pit_bull_attacks_small_dog_in_toronto/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Georgia - A woman running a pit bull rescue was attacked by one of the dogs on the property completely unprovoked, causing severe injuries -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w8rhyv/another_day_another_vicious_attack_btw_that_towel/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Cape Town, South Africa - A man set his two pit bulls on an animal control officer, who received multiple bites on his arm -
https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/owner-sets-pit-bulls-upon-spca-inspectors-c08f500f-6e0e-4b80-9b3d-767f006c6666 ANIMAL FATALITY - Ziguinchor, Senegal - A man’s pit bulls killed his entire herd of sheep (total number not provided) -
https://www.seneweb.com/news/Societe/ziguinchor-son-troupeau-de-moutons-ladou_n_384367.html UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - A chihuahua was severely injured by a loose pit bull while trying to protect its human family members -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wlzy9v/three_year_old_chihuahua_tried_to_defend_his/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ANIMAL FATALITY - Italy - A small dog was killed by an attacking pit bull at a park -
https://www.arezzonotizie.it/cronaca/appello-proprietari-cagnolina-maltese-uccisa-pitbull.html JULY 26
Córdoba, Argentina - A man was arrested after he stole six greyhounds and allowed his pit bull to attack them -
https://www.radiocanal.com.anoticia/-145015 ANIMAL FATALITY - Chester le Street, England - A German shepherd was attacked by an American Bully XL and died of its injuries -
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20580281.german-shepherd-dog-dies-attack-chester-le-street-park/ ANIMAL FATALITY - Fairfax, Virginia - A small dog was killed while trying to protect its owner from an attacking pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x8zi1s/brave_and_loyal_6lb_dog_loses_its_life_trying_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Pompano Beach, Florida - A family cat was brutally mauled by a foster pit bull that pushed past people to immediately attack -
https://www.gofundme.com/f/2fpyg-save-levi JULY 27
ANIMAL FATALITY - Queensland, Australia - Two loose pit bulls killed a cat before attacking an elderly woman and a man in his 20s -
https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-two-hospitalised-after-dog-attack-on-the-gold-coast-ashmore/251332c5-6993-4aff-9c7e-43cb78bce08a Bermuda - An officer was injured after a suspect released their pit bull to attack -
https://bernews.com/2022/07/bpsofficer-injured-suspect-arrested-dog-has-died/ ADULT FATALITY - Long Island, New York - A 70 year old woman was found dead and mutilated, being dragged around the backyard by their family’s pit bull -
https://abc7ny.com/amp/woman-killed-dog-attack-pitbull-albertson/12077077/ ANIMAL FATALITY - Arkansas - A small dog was killed by two loose pit bulls -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/w9u30q/maltese_killed_by_2_pits_arkansas_july_27_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf CHILD FATALITY - Ñemby, Paraguay - An 11 month old baby boy was attacked and killed by his family’s pit bull -
https://www.extra.com.py/pitbull-ataco-y-mato-bebe-11-meses-n3014716.html Cilento, Italy - A woman was hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull -
https://salerno.occhionotizie.it/cilento-donna-azzannata-pitbull-come-sta/ ANIMAL FATALITY - Queensland, Australia - A 15 week old puppy was severely injured by a neighbor’s pit bulls that entered their yard, the puppy put to sleep after the attack -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060673/Two-dogs-attack-15-week-old-puppy-Logan-Queensland-frantic-owner-tried-fight-off.html Melbourne, Australia - A 12 year old girl and her dog were mauled by two loose pit bulls -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060291/Girl-hospital-dog-attack-near-Berwick-Fields-Primary-School-Melbourne.html ANIMAL FATALITY - Paris, Texas - A small dog was killed by a loose pit bull, another attacked -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wdw2vw/pomeranianchihuahua_mix_killed_by_pit_other_dog/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Volusia County, Florida - A child was bitten by her stepmother’s pit bull -
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/01/police-daytona-fathers-pit-bull-attacks-daughte10201946002/ JULY 28
ANIMAL FATALITY - Toronto, Canada - An unleashed pit bull attacked a dog being walked by its owner, the dog died of its injuries -
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/toronto-police-city-investigating-after-another-dangerous-dog-report Warren, Ohio - A 75 year old woman was mauled by her neighbor’s leashed pit bull after she was invited to pet it, the dog attacking her after knocking her to the ground -
https://www.wfmj.com/story/47078867/dog-attacks-warren-woman-after-owner-allegedly-invited-her-to-pet-it ANIMAL FATALITY (2) - Belleville, Illinois - Two small dogs were killed inside their own home when their neighbor’s two pit bulls broke into their backyard, used a doggy door to enter their home to attack them -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/x8z7yj/chilling_story_of_known_dangerous_dogs_breaking/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf JULY 29
Pouso Alegre, Brazil - A dog saved three children from an attack by a loose pit bull -
https://terradomandu.com.bindex.php/2022/07/28/cachorro-salva-criancas-de-ataque-de-pitbull-e-fica-ferido-em-pouso-alegre/amp/ Sebewaing, Michigan - A pit bull bit a 5 year old girl in the face, who was then hospitalized -
https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Pitbull-seized-after-child-bitten-on-face-17338942.php Gurdaspur, India - A 13 year old boy’s ear was bitten off by a pit bull whose owner dropped the leash while walking -
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/teenage-boy-mangled-ear-pitbull-attack-punjab-gurdaspur-1981682-2022-07-30 Fall River, Massachusetts - A woman stopped to speak to the owner of a pit bull, and when she went to pet it, the dog attacked her before it and its owner fled the scene -
https://fallriverreporter.com/woman-looking-for-the-publics-help-after-reportedly-getting-mauled-by-dog-at-battleship-cove/ Sacramento, California - A man and his dog were attacked by two loose pit bulls on the street -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/waphg2/pitbull_attack_in_sacramento_pepper_spray_didnt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Sunset Beach, California - A pit bull attacked a small dog two separate times in one afternoon -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/waofei/pitbull_attacks_two_times_in_one_afternoon/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Ontario, Canada - A couple and their small dog was attacked by a loose pit bull while walking downtown -
https://www.chch.com/hamilton-couple-and-their-dog-are-recovering-after-a-pit-bull-attack/ ANIMAL FATALITY - UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - At least two of the three family pit bulls killed a corgi puppy -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wep6yi/predictable_tragedy_text_in_comments/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Portland, Maine - A service animal and its owner were attacked by a pit bull in front of a convenience store -
https://www.gofundme.com/f/assistance-needed-after-pit-bull-attack?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet Manchester, England - A chow chow was attacked for almost 10 minutes by a loose American Bully XL while on a walk with its owner -
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/owner-left-heartbroken-after-timid-24664991 Portland, Maine - A dog was attacked by a pit bull while walking into a store -
https://www.gofundme.com/f/assistance-needed-after-pit-bull-attack JULY 30
Sydney, Australia - A loose pit bull attacked a horse in a park for several minutes before the dog and its owners fled the scene -
https://au.news.yahoo.com/off-leash-pitbull-attacks-terrified-horse-in-sydney-park-020634351.html Ohio - A small dog was injured in an attack by a pit bull -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wd2ny6/mini_schnauzer_attacked_by_pit_ohio_july_30_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - A dog and its owner were on a walk when three dogs, two pit bulls and one unknown breed, attacked the dog -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wbyx3f/we_got_lucky_sitting_in_the_animal_hospital_now/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Lansing, Michigan - A 7 year old girl was hospitalized after she was mauled by two loose pit bulls belonging to a neighbor -
https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/charges-being-sought-after-pitbulls-attack-girl-in-lansing/ JULY 31
Warminster Township, Pennsylvania - A pit bull bit its owner and was seized for quarantine, but escaped and was running loose -
https://bucks.crimewatchpa.com/warminstertwppd/34644/cases/dog-bite-investigation-wt-22-08862 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil - Three hospital guards were attacked by two loose pit bulls -
https://thathi.com.bpolicia/ataque-de-dois-pitbulls-faz-uma-vitima-em-bonfim-paulista/ Auburn, Washington - A woman protecting her small dogs was mauled by three pit bulls at a park -
https://www.reddit.com/BanPitBulls/comments/wm2uen/three_pits_attack_woman_with_her_small_dogs_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ANIMAL FATALITY (2) - Wonder Lake, Illinois - Two miniature horses were attacked and killed by a pit bull and a pit bull mix -
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2022/08/08/our-family-is-very-sad-2-dogs-attack-kill-girls-miniature-horse-in-wonder-lake/ NOTE- Please see pinned comment for additional stories. The character count has reached its limit. Climate change denier Rupert Murdoch just bought National Geographic, which gives grants to scientists - Boing Boing
By Xeni Jardin at 11:14 am Wed, Sep 9, 2015
The National Geographic magazine has been a nonprofit publication since inception in 1888, but that ends today. The long-running American publication becomes very much for-profit under a $725 million dollar deal announced today with 21st Century Fox, the entertainment company controlled by the family of Rupert Murdoch.
Murdoch is a notorious climate change denier, and his family's Fox media empire is the world's primary source of global warming misinformation. Which would be no big deal here, I guess, were it not for the fact that the National Geographic Society's mission includes giving grants to scientists.
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Big Oil Tries To Slam Door On Cleaner Fuels In Oregon ThinkProgress
By Ari Phillips
on February 6, 2014 at 3:34 pm
The nascent Clean Fuels Program in Oregon, which once underway would cut the greenhouse gas emissions from Oregon’s transportation fuels by 10 percent over 10 years, is meeting with staunch pushback from the fossil fuel industry. Joined by other heavy fuel-users organized under the Oregonians for Sound Fuel Policy coalition, the opposition is fighting against measures designed to reduce the carbon content of the state’s fuel.
Transportation accounts for nearly 40 percent of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2012, Oregonians spent more than $7.7 billion importing gas and diesel. The economic and environmental cost of this will continue to grow as conventional oil and gas sources deplete and more expensive and dirty sources like oil sands are brought online to replace them. According to the Oregon Environmental Council, the Clean Fuels Program could create thousands of in-state jobs and save over a billion dollars in fuel costs.
This idea does not sit well with the fossil fuel industry reaping the benefits of the status quo, and according to the Oregonian, the oil industry has more than doubled its lobbying expenditures over the last four years fighting this new law. The Oregonian found that the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) spent nearly $355,000 on lobbying expenditures in the first three quarters of 2013, the second-largest sum in the state and more than double what the association spent in all of 2009.
The WSPA is based in Sacramento, California and represents petroleum companies like BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
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Climate change report Things are bad, and they're going to get worse - The Week
Nature's Nightmares March 31
Ice caps are melting, water is getting scarce in some places, fish are going extinct, and heat waves are becoming the norm. That's all bad enough, but scientists warn that the effects of climate change are only going to get worse unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations group, released a report on Monday that offers a sobering look at global warming and different scenarios that might play out on the changing planet, including violent conflicts over resources and mass migrations due to widespread pubic-health calamities.
"Throughout the 21st century, climate-change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hotspots of hunger," the report said.
On the more positive side, the U.N. panel found that more businesses and governments around the globe are drawing up plans to adapt to rising water levels, extreme weather, and other climate disruptions. "I think that dealing effectively with climate change is just going to be something that great nations do," says Christopher B. Field, co-chairman of the working group that wrote the paper. Read the report here.
- - Catherine Garcia
Climate denial in Texas classrooms Proposed textbooks get the science embarrassingly wrong - Salon_com
Tuesday, Sep 16, 2014 2:18 PM UTC
Students learning about global warming will be taught that things might "even out," among other lies
Lindsay Abrams
As the world grapples with the planet-size question of how far we can go, and how quickly, to prevent and prepare for the worst effects of climate change, schoolchildren in Texas could soon be debating this question: “Is Global Warming a Result of Human Activity?”
That’d be a fine way to teach students that yes, the scientific community overwhelmingly agrees that global warming is a result of human activity, and then to explain why. But a proposed sixth-grade textbook flagged by National Center for Science Education (NSCE) instead uses the question to introduce an excerpt from the climate-denying Heartland Institute’s fact-denying article, “Global Warming: Not a Crisis.” It reads, in part:
Scientists agree that Earth’s climate is changing. They do not agree on what is causing the change. Is it just another natural warming cycle like so many cycles that have occurred in the past? Scientists who support this position cite thousands of years’ worth of natural climatic change as evidence. Or is climate change anthropogenic—caused by human activity? Scientists who support this position cite the warming effect of rapidly increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases occur naturally, but they also result from the burning of fossil fuels. Which side’s evidence is more convincing?
The exercise, NCSE argues, isn’t just giving students inaccurate information; it’s also doing a terrible job of teaching them how to evaluate evidence. The Heartland passage goes on to claim that “many scientists” question the conclusions of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that warming is “very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations,” without, apparently, explaining that a) that isn’t true and b) an international panel of the world’s leading climate experts isn’t exactly comparable to a group that not only lacks resources like “hundreds of scientific experts and reviewers, as well as thousands of peer-reviewed articles,” but also deliberately spreads misinformation meant to sow dissent and confusion about the IPCC’s expert conclusions.
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Climate Denier Jim Inhofe Says He Could Lead Senate's Top Environment Committee Next Year ThinkProgress
By Alex Leichenger on March 19, 2014 at 5:55 pm
If Republicans gain control of the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) believes that he will lead the Environment and Public Works Committee. Inhofe made the comments to 50 plant managers in Catoosa, Oklahoma, the Tulsa World reports.
Inhofe, who wrote a book called, The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, served as chairman on the environmental committee for four years. David Vitter (R-LA) replaced him as the ranking GOP member on the committee chaired by Barbara Boxer (D-CA) for the 113th Congress. GOP rules limit members to six years of service as committee chairs, meaning that Inhofe could theoretically reclaim his position for another two years should Republicans win the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections.
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Climate science is a hoax Big Oil, GOP, God say so - Paul B_ Farrell - MarketWatch
Paul B. Farrell Archives May 22, 2014, 10:35 a.m. EDT
Commentary: 30 million Americans dismiss all warnings of deadly disaster
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, climate science is a hoax. Why? No solution. The problem is obvious. But talk’s cheap. No solution? No consensus? No political will? Too much science. No action. Nothing. America’s lost its soul. Lost the can-do spirit that made it a great nation. Inspired me as a U.S. Marine. And the clock keeps ticking ....
Thirty million Americans just don’t trust scientists warning of a “95% certainty” humans cause global warming. But they do trust Big Oil, the GOP, God. They honestly believe climate science is a dangerous fear-mongering liberal conspiracy. Listen, we’ll explain:
Recently Florida Sen. Marco Rubio joined the deniers: “I think all science deserves skepticism.” And in a recent debate all four candidates in the GOP primary for North Carolina governor denied climate change was manmade, agreeing with the current governor, a former long-term Duke Power executive.
Yes, their party position is clear, mapped out by Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe in “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future.” But in an effort to question Inhofe’s motivation, his
ClimateProgress.org reviewer noted that over the years Inhofe has received “$1,352,523 in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry, including $90,950 from Koch Industries.”
Also challenged, Inhofe’s reliance on divine guidance. Inhofe said “God’s still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.” But before you dismiss Inhofe, or any other science deniers for their strong religious convictions, remember the great Christian King Canute of Denmark who sat on his throne at water’s edge, to prove the futility of commanding the tide to stop.
The clock’s ticking. Who can you trust? Big Oil? Or Lloyds of London?
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Coal Company CEO Threatens To Sue EPA For 'Lying' About Climate Change ThinkProgress
By Emily Atkin
June 10, 2014 at 5:08 pm Updated: June 10, 2014 at 7:13 pm
Robert E. Murray, of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007.
The owner of the largest independent coal producer in the U.S. is threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its new regulations on carbon emissions from existing coal plants, saying the agency has been lying about the existence of global warming, and that the earth is actually getting colder.
In an extended profile published last month, Murray Energy Corp. founder Robert Murray told WV Executive that the EPA’s claims that climate change exists violates the federal Data Quality Act, which requires agencies to rely on quality, objective information to inform its decisions.
“Under the act, they are obligated to tell the truth, and they are not telling the truth about global warming,” Murray reportedly said. “They are not telling hardly any truth about the science. The earth has actually cooled over the last 17 years, so under the Data Quality Act, they’ve actually been lying about so-called global warming.”
Murray added, “This lawsuit will force them to not just take data from the environmentalists and publish it, as they have been doing, but to review that data and make sure it’s accurate.”
Of course, the EPA does not just take data from environmentalists to inform its position on climate change. A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed research shows a 97 percent consensus among scientists that global warming is real and primarily driven by humans. And the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, a massive global effort to compile and analyze climate research by scientists and experts around the world, found that there is a 95 percent likelihood that human activities drove 74 percent of the observed global warming since 1950.
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Company Responsible For West Virginia Chemical Spill Skips Congressional Hearing ThinkProgress
By Emily Atkin
on February 10, 2014 at 4:11 pm
Gary Southern, president of Freedom Industries, takes a sip of water at a press conference on the chemical spill.
Exactly one month and a day after 10,000 gallons of chemicals spilled into West Virginia’s water, members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure committee on Monday traveled to the state’s capital city, ostensibly to ask state leaders the still-unanswered questions surrounding the leak. There are many.
Perhaps the most important party that could provide answers would have been Freedom Industries, the company whose chemical storage tanks leaked a coal-cleaning chemical called crude MCHM into the water. Company president Gary Southern had been invited to testify, but in the end, did not show up.
“I find that extremely telling,” said Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). “Freedom Industries’ decision not to testify today compounds its gross misconduct, and is an absolute affront to every person impacted by its spill.”
Freedom Industries’ decision not to show up to a hearing that otherwise housed every party that should be held accountable for the spill (Representatives from West Virginia American Water, West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board showed up, to name a few) is depressingly typical, and a painful reminder of the company’s non-presence throughout the month-long ordeal.
“They’ve been basically out of the picture since day one of this crisis, even though they were the cause of the crisis,” Executive Director of West Virginia Citizen Action Gary Zuckett, told ClimateProgress, recalling the events of the week following the spill. “The first thing that [Freedom] did was file for bankruptcy. The second thing they did was open a new corporation to loan the first corporation money.”
Indeed, after being being criticized for failing to immediately report the chemical leak, and faced with lawsuits from those who had been harmed, Freedom filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The bankruptcy shielded it from lawsuits, and since then the company has been increasingly opaque — only breaking its silence to revise spill numbers (last week it said 10,000, not 7,500 gallons, had spilled) and admit that more than one chemical had actually spilled.
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Company That Caused Historic Chemical Spill Leaks More Waste Into West Virginia Waters ThinkProgress
By Emily Atkin
on June 13, 2014 at 9:09 am
The Freedom Industries site in West Virginia, which released 10,000 gallons of chemicals into a drinking water supply, is seen in this Jan. 13, 2014, photo
The company responsible for letting 10,000 gallons of a mysterious chemical seep into West Virginia’s water this past January experienced another spill at its site on Thursday, this time from an overflowing trench of potentially contaminated stormwater, according to state officials.
Inspectors from the state Department of Environmental Protection noticed water overflowing into the Elk River from a containment trench at Freedom Industries’ site in Kanawha County on Thursday night at 5 p.m — the same site that leaked into the river in January, poisoning the drinking water supply for approximately 300,000 people. A sump pump that was supposed to send overflow to a storage tank had stopped working, inspectors said.
As of early Friday, the overflow had stopped, and a spokesperson for West Virginia American Water assured that initial tests showed no detection of crude MCHM, the mysterious coal-cleaning chemical that spilled at the site on Jan. 9. The chemical has a distinct licorice smell, but state DEP inspectors said there were no odors reported coming from the site. WOWK reporter Jessie Shafer, who visited the site in the hours after the spill, said otherwise.
“No odors reported at site today by public, but we were there. We smelled it clearly,” she tweeted.
The new spill happened on the same day that West Virginia American Water announced that all 16 carbon filters at its water treatment plant had been replaced, showing no more trace amounts of crude MCHM lingering from the initial spill. Six months after the initial spill, many West Virginia residents were still not drinking their water for fear of continued contamination.
The company responsible for the contamination, Freedom Industries, is currently going through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy spurred by the events of the January spill. The bankruptcy shielded it from lawsuits, and since then the company has been increasingly opaque — essentially only breaking its silence to revise spill numbers and admit that more than one chemical had actually spilled.
Congressman Denies Manmade Climate Change, Calls It 'An Agenda-Driven Science' ThinkProgress
By Scott Keyes
on April 15, 2014 at 9:01 am
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) addresses a town hall meeting in Gainesville, Florida.
GAINESVILLE, Florida — Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) readily admits he’s “not smart enough” to determine the roots of climate change. He is, however, able to rule out one possible cause: humans.
The freshman congressman’s remarks came in an interview with ThinkProgress Monday following a town hall meeting. Asked about the spate of extreme weather, including weeks of punishing drought, that has gripped parts of Florida in recent years, Yoho dismissed the idea that it could be a symptom of manmade climate change.
“I think it’s a natural occurrence,” the Tea Party-aligned lawmaker said.
When asked whether he even believes climate scientists, Yoho was disdainful, calling climate change “an agenda-driven science” that’s “not right.”
KEYES: Droughts and extreme weather have been on the rise here in Florida. Do you think that’s something that’s attributable to manmade climate change?
YOHO: No. I think it’s a natural occurrence. I think we need to be good stewards of the resources we have and we need to get better, which we have, through technology and innovation.
KEYES: Do you think scientists are right on climate change or are they off-base on it?
YOHO: I think there’s an agenda-driven science. I can read stuff that says that the information was skewed. It’s not right. I’m a guy that’s worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there’s climate change. The cause? I’m not smart enough for that.
Yoho’s rejection of mainstream climate science, similar to the climate denial of many of his Republican House colleagues, had not been previously reported.
His obstinance on the issue could have disastrous consequences for Florida. In fact, A University of Florida study found that the rise in extreme weather caused by climate change could cost the state up to $345 billion by the end of the 21st century
Cory Gardner says Keystone XL pipeline would create thousands of jobs in Colorado PolitiFact
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Cory Gardner on Monday, July 28th, 2014 in an interview on Univision Radio
President Barack Obama’sindefinite delay of the Keystone XL pipeline has become a wedge issue between Democrats and Republicans as the midterm election season heats up.
In the Colorado Senate race, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall recently voted against Congress fast-tracking the pipeline, but said the administration’s review process should continue. His likely Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, has called for swift approval, insisting it would be an economic boon to the state.
In an interview on Univision Radio, a primarily Spanish-language station, Gardner accused Senate Democrats of holding up the pipeline to placate environmentalists in an election year.
"The Keystone Pipeline would create good-paying jobs," Gardner said. "Not only where the pipeline is being built, good-paying construction jobs, but manufacturing and service opportunities in Colorado along with the Keystone Pipeline. We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
The planned route for the pipeline, which would connect diluted oil sands from Western Canada to Nebraska and then Gulf Coast refineries, doesn’t go through Colorado. So we wondered if it was possible that "thousands" of jobs would be created by the pipeline there.
We asked Gardner’s staff for the source of his claim. Spokesman Alex Siciliano pointed us to the written testimony of Gary Mar, who represented Alberta, Canada, in Washington and spoke at a House Energy and Commerce committee hearing in February 2011.
Mar cites a 2009 study from the Canadian Energy Research Institute that estimates over 15 years "the development of Alberta’s oil sands will boost U.S. GDP by an average of $31 billion per year, creating over 624,000 jobs in the U.S."
We couldn’t find the original study, but a chart Mar appended to his testimony says Colorado would see 11,200 jobs between 2009 and 2025, about half of which would have come between 2011 and 2015.
The chart, however, looks at the economic impact of the entire Alberta oil sands on the United States, not just the Keystone XL pipeline. In a subsequent 2011 study, the Canadian Energy Research Institute claimed job growth as a result of the oil sands could reach 600,000 in the United States, but only if existing pipelines were expanded and other projects came to fruition.
A spokeswoman for the Canadian Energy Research Institute also said those numbers did not look at the economic benefits of the pipeline, but "only the benefits from upstream production of oil sands." Basically, it’s not measuring the benefit from the pipeline itself, rather the study estimates the effects of Canada being able to increase its capacity to produce oil.
The study Siciliano showed us is also from 2009. As TransCanada, the company building the pipeline, told us previously, "The project has changed considerably since then, including substantial route changes and a new presidential permit application." TransCanada has stopped touting its own study on the the economic benefits of the pipeline from from the same time period, which estimated about 20,000 manufacturing and construction jobs, and another 118,000 spin-off jobs.
Instead, in an email to PolitiFact this week, TransCanada pointed us to the State Department’s analysis of the project.
According to that study, the Keystone XL pipeline would directly create the equivalent of 16,100 jobs if the project took one year. If the job lasted two years, the equivalent of 8,050 people would be employed over the course of the project.
Of those jobs, 5,400 would be in states where the pipeline and support infrastructure will actually get built — Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. The rest of those direct jobs would be created in other states.
In all, about 42,100 jobs would be created over the course of the project — 30,000 of which would be outside the aforementioned four states. This includes jobs created directly by the pipeline (like the construction work), indirectly (like jobs created as a result of goods and services purchased by construction crews) and induced (jobs created by workers spending their wages in the economy).
How many of those 30,000 temporary jobs would be in Colorado? It’s not clear from the State Department study, and a spokeswoman for the department said it wasn’t available.
Ian Goodman, who co-authored a Cornell University study of the pipeline, said it’s unlikely that Colorado’s chunk of those 30,000 jobs would reach the thousands. Though Colorado could see some benefits from being in a state proximate to the pipeline, it is not expected to be a major supplier to the construction.
"Most of these jobs would be in the states along the pipeline routing and most of the remainder would be in states heavily involved in the spin offs — pipeline supply chain and/or providing goods and services for Keystone XL workers," Goodman said. "Colorado is not likely to have a big roles in these spin-offs. So it is hard to see how Colorado could be getting thousands of jobs from Keystone XL."
Goodman also said TransCanada has already spent about one-third of the pipeline's budget on engineering, design, permitting, and equipment and materials already procured and manufactured. That means that some jobs and economic development from that part of the project have already been realized.
In a rosy scenario, Goodman estimated that at most 1,400 additional jobs could be created in Colorado, but more likely it will be less, perhaps closer to 500.
As we’ve noted in the past, too, almost all of these jobs are not permanent, as is often the case with construction projects. The State Department found the pipeline would create 35 permanent jobs and 15 temporary jobs once it went into operation.
Our ruling
Gardner said, "We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built." Gardner based that statement off an old study that measured the overall impact of the Alberta oil sands on the U.S. economy, not the Keystone XL pipeline specifically. The State Department study cited by the company building the pipeline estimates that the equivalent of 30,000 direct, indirect and induced temporary jobs will be created in states outside the pipeline’s projected route. However, it doesn’t specify how many of those would be created in Colorado.
We rate Gardner’s statement Mostly False.
Deforestation a problem in Oregon despite replanting, analysis says OregonLive_com
A clearcut in Curry County. A new analysis says Oregon has lost an estimated 522,000 acres of forest cover in state and private forests since 2000 because of overly aggressive logging. (Rob Davis/The Oregonian)
Deforestation isn't just happening in well-known global hotspots like Indonesia and Brazil's rainforest.
A new analysis says forests are also shrinking on state and private land in Western Oregon, where an estimated 522,000 acres of forest cover have disappeared since 2000.
That's an area six times larger than the city of Portland, equal to more than half of Oregon's designated state forests.
State law requires timber companies to replant after clear cutting. But seedlings aren't growing as fast as mature trees are being cut, the analysis found. (Read the analysis here.)
Two environmental groups, Oregon Wild and the Center for Sustainable Economy. studied 13 years of satellite imagery. They used Global Forest Watch data and a technique established by researchers to estimate forest losses around the world.
They compared timberland lost to cutting with areas that regained forest cover – a canopy covering 30 percent of the ground with trees at least 16 feet tall. They found the western part of the state lost an average of 34,797 acres of tree cover each year. (State and private timberland is heavily concentrated in Western Oregon.)
The groups say the findings point to the need for greater restrictions on clearcuts, including their size and where they're allowed. Some watersheds lost as much as 42 percent of their tree cover, the study found.
"At a time when we need forest cover the most to cool our streams and rivers and provide safe passage for migrating salmon, big timber companies in Oregon are going on a clearcut rampage to fuel exports of raw logs to foreign buyers," said John Talberth, president and senior economist at the Center for Sustainable Economy.
The findings contradict claims from the Oregon Department of Forestry, which says Oregon's forests are regrowing faster than they're cut.
Nick Hennemann, an ODF spokesman, didn't directly address the contradiction in a statement. He said the agency has used aerial imagery to track forest cover since the 1970s and has seen a decline because of land-use changes as forests have been cleared for residential development.
But development alone doesn't explain the deforestation found by the new analysis. When ODF, which regulates the timber industry, studied changes in forestland in 2011, it found just 23,200 acres of forest cover lost to development between 2000-2009, a small fraction of what the latest study detected.
Heath Curtiss, spokesman for the Oregon Forest Industries Council, an industry group, said Oregon had done a far better job than neighboring Washington in ensuring forests were not permanently lost to development.
"From a policy perspective, it seems the relevant issue is not the current state of forest cover, but rather, the risk of losing forestlands to other uses," he said.
A spokeswoman for Gov. Kate Brown declined comment, saying her office had not yet seen the analysis.
The study excluded forest loss from wildfires. It also excluded changes on federal lands, where timber harvests dropped sharply after the endangered species listing of the spotted owl.
See where Oregon has lost forest cover here: