Puppycide Database Blog

Help PuppycideDB to publish our research!

We need your help, Puppycide readers. After over a year and a half of research, Puppycide Database Project is ready to publish our findings to date. Our research has uncovered a variety of trends related to police violence toward animals that has never before been understood: among our findings are…

PuppycideDB interviewed by Photography is Not a Crime

Photography is Not a Crime (PINAC) is an independent media organization that focuses on investigative reporting of law enforcement. PINAC, first founded by photographer Carlos Miller in South Florida, regularly scoops more traditional media outlets, and covers controversial stories that are all too often ignored. PuppycideDB IT Director Josh Wieder…

Our new Project Management platform for volunteers makes coordinating research easy

The Puppycide Database Project has now implemented a project management software platform for our volunteers, researchers and other colleagues. The platform is hosted at project.puppycidedb.com. As PuppycideDB has grown, so have our responsibilities. We manage multiple websites and at least a half dozen social media accounts. Our volunteers…

Puppycide Database Project tops NewsMax list of websites listing dogs killed by police

Earlier this year Puppycide Database Project was listed by NewsMax as the #1 website "Dedicated to Dogs Killed by Police." NewsMax is one of the most widely visited news sites in the world, reporting over 14 million monthly visitors in 2013. Other sites to reach NewsMax' list was…

We are being sent anonymous requests to remove content by someone claiming to be with the Smyrna Police Department

Since Puppycide Database Project has began publishing information related to the killing of Mark Reedy's dog Kilo by Delaware State Police and what appears to be a warrantless search of Reedy's home conducted by Smyrna Police, our volunteers have been receiving anonymous requests from individuals claiming to be affiliated with…

Giving Thanks

All of us here at the Puppycide Database Project have a lot to be thankful for. This year, we want to make sure that we remind everyone who has contributed to PuppycideDB just how important they are. Through the hard work of our volunteers, the Project has managed to bring…