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Emily Brill

About Emily Brill

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Emily Brill is the editor and publisher of The Canine Review. She is a journalist and native New Yorker. She has lived in Seoul, where she was a Master’s student in International Studies, and in Beijing, where she pursued journalism. She has worked at Charlie Rose, CNN, and as a researcher/fact-checker for the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations. Her reports have been published in the New York Times China Edition, CJR, The Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, ChinaFile.com and The Atlantic. Emily has also cut her teeth at several journalism start-ups. Emily has owned and loved dogs throughout her life. She has worked as a volunteer dog trainer and walker at a local animal shelter and at a pet boutique in Greenwich, CT. Emily is partial to field trial Labradors. Her last Lab, Maggie, and current Lab, Nellie, both yellow field Labs, are distantly related and Nellie is named for “Nellie B. Good”, their common ancestor. In addition to Nellie, Emily helps care for her parents’ black English lab – Maggie’s and now Nellie’s best friend – Rocky.

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Husky "Jujubee" staring into contaminated pet food that killed 3 puppies

Midwestern Values: How a Pet Food Company Stole Christmas

On December 30, 2020, Americans around the country were brought to tears by an unlikely source: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, which issued a pet food recall announcement late that evening for some products of the dry food company Sportmix. That recall was updated and expanded on Monday, January 11 at about 9:30 pm ET. This expanded version of the recall acknowledged what was already being whispered in veterinary and industry circles, that this recall was going to snowball.

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Red color paper speech banner with word FDA recall on white background Recall

Breaking *** Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. recall finally expands as TCR speaks with growing list of bereaved dog owners around the country * Midwestern CEO Jeffrey Nunn has declined multiple requests from TCR to comment as of late Monday * New reporting coming in hours * FDA death count now 70+ dogs, 80+ sick ***

Breaking *** Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. recall finally expands as TCR speaks with growing list of bereaved dog owners around the country * Midwestern CEO Jeffrey Nunn has declined multiple requests from TCR to comment as of Monday evening * New reporting coming in hours * FDA death count now 70+ dogs, 80+ sick ***

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United Airlines airplane

United Airlines spox to TCR: United “no longer restricts any breed as long as it’s a service animal and the customer has the proper documentation”

After January 11, reservations on all United flights will be permanently closed to all emotional support animals. Cabin access will be limited to service dogs that can meet the service animal requirements.

Asked if United was maintaining its ‘pitbull ban,’ United spokesman Charles Hobart told TCR in an email: “We no longer restrict any breed as long as it’s a service animal and the customer has the proper documentation.”

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Delta taxiing. Delta announced new policies about service dogs and emotional support animals today

Delta lifts ban on pitbulls that meet service dog requirements, emotional support animals permanently grounded

There’s something unique about Delta’s announcement today. Delta — the airline which led the move to ban “pitbull-type dogs” following a series of violent incidents inflight involving pitbulls traveling as emotional support animals — also becomes the first major U.S. carrier to announce the removal of its pit-bull ban today. “Delta will lift its ban on pitbull-type dogs that meet documentation requirements for trained service animals,” the announcement says.

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Just Food For Dogs Book attacks Veterinarians

Just Food For Dogs top brass denigrate, taunt veterinarians

Asked to respond to Dr. Larsen’s comment about the “kibble cash” chapter, Mr. Buckley tried to walk the chapter back a bit. “We have the greatest respect for the veterinary community,” he emailed, echoing the website’s praise of the community. “We routinely work with those in academia and have enjoyed a meaningful relationship with some for many years,” he continued.” If someone has read this chapter,” he adds, referring to the chapter about veterinarians and “kibble cash,” “as a ‘false narrative continually pushed to dismiss our [veterinarians’] expertise’ then there is a serious misunderstanding or misstatement somewhere. That is not how we feel.”

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