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“Bollywood” star Salman Khan sleeps on jail floor after 2nd poaching rap

April 6, 2018 by Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

World’s 9th best-paid actor dodged conviction since 1998             JODHPUR,  Rajasthan,  India–– “Bollywood” macho-man movie star Salman Khan,  52,  dodging poaching charges for nearly 20 years,  was on April 5,  2018 convicted for at least the second time of allegedly poaching two endangered chinkara gazelles,  on September 26 and 27, 1998. Four other “Bollywood” stars accused […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Screen industry, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Dev Kumar Khatri, Dominique Mosbergen, Merritt Clifton, Neelam, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu, Vikram Singh

Big win over the “big lick” walking horse industry in 2018 federal budget

March 30, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

“Big lickers” kicked,  but Congress kicked back             WASHINGTON D.C.––Winning increasingly often against initially steep odds,  BillyGoBoy and friends opposed to soring horses to make them step higher appear likely to enjoy the last horse laugh over the walking horse show industry. Walking horse shows have been infamously dominated for decades by trainers who––defying the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Donald Trump, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton

Humans snort coke 170 times more often than racing greyhounds

March 16, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Studies exonerate more than 99.9% of racing greyhounds,  but not necessarily their trainers             GAINESVILLE,  Florida––If dogs could do drugs unassisted,  the hard-working,  short,  highly stressed life of a racing greyhound might drive many times more to substance abuse than just the 1,150 greyhounds among more than 700,000 known to have flunked race day urine […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Sports, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carey M. Theil, Casey Jones, Charles F. McClellan, Greg Cima, Jennifer Y. Rosenblum, Malcolm McAllister, Merritt Clifton, Natasha L. Nemeth

Will videotaped beatings kill the last elephant polo tournament?

March 12, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

PETA video shows mahout hit elephant on the head “approximately 15 times”             BANGKOK,  Thailand––The likelihood that the recently completed 16th annual King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Bangkok,  Thailand will mark the end of the sport increased on March 9,  2018,  the second day of the four-day event,  concluded on March 11,  when PETA/Asia […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Sports, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Golden Triangle Elephant Foundation, Jason Baker, King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, Merritt Clifton

Busted in 2016, “Tiger Temple” is reincarnated as “Golden Tiger Zoo”

February 26, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Too much gold in tigers for monks to stay out of the business KANCHANABURI,  Thailand––The notorious “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi,  Thailand,  nominally closed when wildlife authorities impounded 147 tigers in May 2016, has reportedly been reincarnated as the soon-to-open Golden Tiger Zoo,  with 24 tigers acquired from the Mali Salika Tiger Zoo in Nakhon Nayok,  just […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Adisorn Noochdamrong, Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, Phra Ajarn Chan, Sharon Gunyup, Steve Winter, Sybelle Foxcroft

More deaths in South Africa despite Pit Bull Federation warning

February 20, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

National SPCA and U.S. counterparts continue pushing pits, heedless of consequence             PRETORIA––Has South Africa learned anything,  the National SPCA of South Africa in particular,  from the stern warning issued by the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa in November 2017 about rehoming pit bulls of dangerous history? Apparently not.  Retired police officer Henry Kleynhans,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Andrea McCarren, Barry McCabe, Brett Powlesland, Henry Kleynhans, Jamie Cochran, Kristen Auerbach, Laurie Hollywood, Margaret M. Colvin, Merritt Clifton, Rita Boschoff, Tyler Harrison

SHARK fights pigeon shooters where black man was hunted for sport

February 16, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Three drones shot down; pigeon shooters quit early EHRHARDT,  S.C. ––Losing three video drones to gunfire, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) nonetheless believes it won what might be termed the Third Battle of Broxton’s Bridge,  South Carolina. SHARK had apparently already delayed the start of a scheduled four-day,  six-station pigeon shoot by two days […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog use, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Religion & philosophy, Sports, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Broxton Bridge, G.D. "Jerry" Varn, John Belton O'Neall, John Lawrence Manning, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz, Thomas Motley, William Blackledge

England Goes to the Dogs, by Gavin Ehringer

February 11, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

The following is an excerpt from Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses by Gavin Ehringer, which explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. Preamble,  by Jessica Case,  deputy publisher,  Pegasus Books: The little-examined, yet omnipresent act of breeding lies at the core of Gavin Ehringer’s book.  You’ll meet cows cloned from […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhounds, Hunting, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Charles Lane, Gavin Ehringer, Mary Elizabeth Thurston, Queen Victoria, W.R. Pape

“Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017

January 17, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls killed 92% of dogs killed by dogs & 96% of cats killed by dogs “Pit bull roulette” cost the lives of 38 humans,  plus nearly 13,000 dogs,  5,000 cats,  and more than 20,000 farmed animals in 2017––and,  only two weeks into 2018,  has already killed Happy Hound Hotel boarding kennel worker Laura Williams […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Laura Williams Ray, Merritt Clifton, Rylee Marie Dodge

Russ Rector, “the feared activist feared even among activists,” dead at 69

January 11, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Said of marine mammal parks, “We’re all showing our age,  but I don’t have to pass building inspections.”             FORT LAUDERDALE,  Florida––Russ Rector,  69,  a former Ocean World dolphin trainer whose campaigns on behalf of marine mammals later closed Ocean World,  unexpectedly died from natural causes at about 10:00 p.m. on January 7,  2018. Though […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Humane history, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, South America, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Aldemaro Romero, Alex Kompothecras, Bill Wewer, Billy Causey, Dawn Branchau, Ignacio Agudo, Jonathan Kendall, Linda Rector, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Rick Spill, Rick Trout

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