Episode 16. Shannon Glenn, Executive Director of My Pit Bull is Family

I don’t know about where you live, but I see stickers for My Pit Bull is Family all over Baltimore and throughout Maryland. This organization was so supportive when Maryland’s pit bull advocates were working to get a breed specific law changed from 2012 – 2014 and I still these stickers daily.

My Pit Bull is Family has become a national animal welfare leader on the issues of breed discriminatory housing and insurance practices as well as a leader in programs keeping pets & their families together. Shannon has a unique combination of expertise and experience in these areas from both her professional and volunteer activities.

Based in Minneapolis, My Pit Bull is Family has been affected by the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd earlier this year.

Shannon & I discuss:

• Her childhood pets and how Shannon started volunteering in the animal welfare world;

Find My Pit Bull is Family online:

Website: https://www.mypitbullisfamily.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyPitBullisFamily/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mypitbullisfamily/

North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center:

https://www.facebook.com/North-Minneapolis-Pet-Resource-Center-100298391502139/

My Recommendations:

Movie: Gridlock’d

https://smile.amazon.com/Gridlockd-Tim-Roth/dp/B00007ELEN/

Podcast: Best Friends Animal Society Podcast – Episode 31

https://network.bestfriends.org/tools-and-information/best-friends-podcast/best-friends-podcast-ep-31

Book: Scarcity by authors Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir

https://smile.amazon.com/Scarcity-Science-Having-Defines-Lives/dp/125005611X/

Links Discussed:

My Pit Bull is Family’s national database of pet friendly housing

https://www.mypitbullisfamily.org/housing/

Visual Breed Identification – Literature Review:

https://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/research-library/visual-breed-identification-literature-review

Study: Comparison of Visual and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs and Inter-Observer Reliability

http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.sociology.20130302.02.html

Study: “Pit Bulls” misidentified in animal shelters:

https://www.maddiesfund.org/incorrect-breed-identification.htm

Animal Farm Foundation

https://animalfarmfoundation.org/shelter-rescues/removing-breed-labels/

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