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Cutting animals’ throats in New York City––who does it, who pays for it?

March 22, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Live markets and storefront slaughter are again controversial in New York City,  scene of countless protests against the live animal marketing and killing practices of ethnic communities,  this time through undercover video of purported halal or Islamic slaughter,  taken by two members of Brooklyn/Queens Animal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

Beyond sentience: will Brexit halt live animal exports from the U.K.?

December 14, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs confirms her government is “considering options to control live animal exports”             LONDON,  U.K.––British cabinet ministers,  after the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union,  called “Brexit” for short,  “must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy,”  according to draft […]

Filed Under: Animal sentience & intelligence, Cattle & dairy, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Claire Horton, David Bowles, Jon Craig, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Phillip J. Lymbery, Theresa Villiers, Therese Coffey

Are politicians sentient? British animal advocates wonder

November 28, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Nothing yet on animal sentience in U.K. law             LONDON,  U.K.–– “Sentient,”  a word seldom used by mass media and little recognized by the public before a much decried vote of the British Parliament on November 15,  2017,  is overnight at the center of debate raging throughout the United Kingdom. Who is sentient?  What is sentience?  […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Andrew Griffin, Caroline Lucas, David Bowles, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Philip J. Lymbery, Rowena Mason

How phantoms spooked agribusiness into failed Krajnc case against watering pigs

May 7, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Slaughter industry remains haunted by ghosts of vegan campaigns past          BURLINGTON,  Ontario––Winning the May 4,  2017 acquittal of Toronto Pig Save cofounder Anita Krajnc on charges of criminal mischief originating from giving bottled water to pigs through the slats on a livestock truck,  defense attorney Gary Grill likened her actions and prosecution to those of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Anita Krajnc, Eric Van Boekel, Jeffrey Veldjesgraaf, Jill Phipps, Justice David Harris, Merritt Clifton, Ralph Hahnheuser, Toronto Pig Save

Thumbing nose at lawsuits, USDA-APHIS hides more info

March 15, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Deletes documents posted in response to Freedom of Information Act requests WASHINGTON D.C.––Hit with a second lawsuit,  draft legislation,  and letters from 119 members of Congress demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore web sites including Animal Welfare Act enforcement information,  the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service has instead thumbed its collective […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Food, Food security, Global, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Live transport, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Carole and Howard Baskin, Delcianna Winders, Lee & Mike McGartland, Michael Budkie, Natalie Lima, Russ Kick, Russ Rector

Under the Skin: How ejiao threatens the common ass

March 10, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

The Donkey Sanctuary saddles up Free download from https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/under-the-skin/full-report Reviewed by Merritt Clifton          BEIJING––Can demand for a commodity that constitutes only one ten-thousandth of the global market for traditional Chinese medicine really pose what Donkey Rescue World blogger David C. Duncan calls “an existential threat” to barnyard animals as abundant worldwide as donkeys? This is […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Donkeys, Europe, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pakistan, Slaughter, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom Tagged With: David C. Duncan, Given Sigauqwe, Govan Whittles, Merritt Clifton, P. Naveen, Savanna Myszka

“Stone soup” starts our Middle East peace plan for animals

August 13, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

We’re serious about leadership & building a strong global humane community ANIMALS 24-7 readers know that we gather and publish the news for people who care about animals on a budget of little more than air and access to cyberspace.  $500 here is serious money.  We don’t spend it easily,  or without serious forethought. But […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Conservation, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Egypt, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Food, Food security, Global, Habitat, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Islam, Kenya, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, North Africa, Opinions & Letters, Poaching & trafficking, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Science, Slaughter, Slaughter, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare, Wildlife Tagged With: Ahmed al Sherbiny, MENAW, Merritt Clifton

Farmed animals & money talks

July 4, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

U.K. farmed animal welfare laws older & weaker than many voters believe Part III of a five-part series.  See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan.”,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) While residents of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Turkeys, United Kingdom, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, Helmut Dungler, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Stevenson, RSPCA

Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”

July 4, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Part II of a 5-part series   (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & money talks,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.)          LONDON,  U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit,  as the June 23,  2016 choice of United Kingdom […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Pacific rim, Pigs, Politics, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, CIWF, Jill Phipps, Julia Lewis, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, RSPCA, Sean McCormack

Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?

July 1, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Part I of a five-part series.   See also Part II: Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan” and Part III: Farmed animals & money talks.   Part IV:  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. Part V:  Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.          LONDON,  U.K.––Will the June 23,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Animal Concern, David Bowles, Helmut Dungler, Janice Cox, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, RSPCA, Shirley McGreal, Vier Pfoten, Wim de Kok

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