Prosecuted two dog attack fatalities, enforced pit bull sterilization ordinance, but favors adoptions of fighting dogs SAN FRANCISCO––U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, named vice presidential running mate to Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden on August 11, 2020, brings to the … [Read More...]
Chickens were the most numerous casualties of the Beirut explosion
Animals Lebanon & Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals scramble to aid animal survivors BEIRUT, Lebanon––How many chickens lived and died to blow up Beirut? Probably millions, but that toll––like all others pertaining to animals––eludes estimation from the available data … [Read More...]
In our time, a bonneted pit bull ate Grandma & Little Red Riding Hood
Fatal pit bull attacks continue at record pace with two babies killed at grandparents' houses AKRON, Ohio––Perhaps not since the mythical big bad wolf first ate and then posed as Grandma, and then ate Little Red Riding Hood too, have canines posed a greater threat to small children visiting … [Read More...]
Shimon Shuchat, 22, & Dick Goddard, 89, had animal advocacy in common
New York City activist & Cleveland weather forecaster were each legends in their spheres NEW YORK CITY, CLEVELAND––One of the youngest prominent animal advocates in the Northeastern U.S., Shimon Shuchat, 22, and one of the oldest, Dick Goddard, 89, died a week apart, on July 28 and August 2, 2020, in New York City and Cleveland, respectively. Shuchat, whom friends … [Read More...]
Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin could get 81 years for killing dogs & fraud
Bond of $200,000 set for “The hot dog man,” allegedly caught hot dogging a few times too often MARYSVILLE, Ohio––Bond of $200,000 was set on August 5, 2020 for high-profile pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin by Judge Mark O'Connor of the Common Pleas Court in Union County, Ohio. Arrested on July 23, 2020 in Acton, California, Baldwin was extradited to Ohio to face a 42-count criminal … [Read More...]
“End human breeding of animals,” says Ed Duvin; ANIMALS 24-7 responds
Home-grown speciesism by Ed Duvin I have not written for publication on animal rights and animal sheltering since 1993, as I had largely achieved what I set out to accomplish and it was time for new voices to be heard. Having joined the animal rights movement in 1979, after working in the civil rights and anti-poverty causes, I turned my attention to long-postponed challenges in other areas … [Read More...]
Orphans abandoned: Prodigal Pets by Susan K. Houser
A History of Animal Sheltering in America & the Origin of the No Kill Movement 228 pages, 2018. Free download from: https://outthefrontdoor.com/prodigal-pets/ Prodigal Pets, offered as a free download by “Out The Front Door” blogger Susan K. Houser, is the best bargain in books that anyone could hope to discover, if interested in how animal sheltering in the U.S. has evolved, what it … [Read More...]
Slaughter workers, animals, & advocates: can there be justice for all?
Not all social justice interests are compatible by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, United Poultry Concerns “It really does something to your mind when you stand there in all that blood, killing so many times, over and over again.” – Virgil Butler, former Tyson chicken slaughterhouse employee If I see or hear the word “meatpacking” one more time, I will throw up. Ditto for “poultry processing” … [Read More...]
Why “Human races are not like dog breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy”
Pit bull killing of Rhode Island child punctuates point made by local prof & colleagues one year earlier KINGSTON, Rhode Island––Fifteen-month-old Scarlett Pereira, of East Providence, Rhode Island, killed by her grandparents’ pit bull as the family enjoyed an outdoor lunch, on July 16, 2020 became the 29th U.S. dog attack fatality of the year. Scarlett Pereira became also the 24th … [Read More...]
Mary Lou Simms, Lori Golden, & Linda Lord focused their lives on animals
Geese, cats, dogs & potbellied pigs were beneficiaries of their work Mary Lou (Andrews) Simms, a journalist for 60 years, best known as author of more than 30 exposés of purges of non-migratory Canada geese, died on July 19, 2020 in hospice in Tallahassee, Florida, from complications of a brain tumor. Simms died one day before what would have been her 80th birthday. “I was outside … [Read More...]
28 ways to avoid hitting animals that may save your life too!
Reader testifies: these tips work! “Your 28 ways to avoid hitting animals that may save your life too! article saved the life of a squirrel yesterday!” testified California reader Jim Jensvold on September 20, 2018. “What I learned from that article has saved multiple lives,” Jensvold added. “Mostly squirrels, but also coyotes, bobcats and deer, and the occasional unidentifiable … [Read More...]
COVID-19: speedboat toll on manatees soars, but large land mammals get a break
Trump administration downlisted manatees to "threatened" status before body count doubled ST. PETERSBURG, Florida; DAVIS, California––More manatees, but fewer large land mammals, appear to have been hit by motor vehicles during the first five months of COVID-19 lockdowns, studies from four states show. The bad news for manatees, reported by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation … [Read More...]
Triple murder in Frostproof: pig hunting, cockfighting, Publix & pizza
Doesn't everyone order 10 double cheeseburgers at McDonald's after killing three catfishers? FROSTPROOF, Florida––Brandon Rollins, 27, Keven Springfield, 30, and Damion Tillman, 23, were shot to death at Lake Streety, Florida, on the night of July 17, 2020, much as the three of them had cornered and killed countless feral pigs. But Rollins, Springfield, and Tillman were … [Read More...]
Prince Charles, sea lice, & why salmon farming stinks
Norwegian investors hope to delouse the salmon industry with new facility in Maryland BALTIMORE, Maryland––Salmon farming stinks. Business media worldwide have for weeks failed to mention that fact in amplifying a July 7, 2020 announcement that the Norwegian firm AquaCon plans to build a $300 million land-based salmon farm on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. Sea pen farms wear out … [Read More...]
Mark Twain’s Book of Animals
Edited with Introduction, Afterword, & Notes by Shelley Fisher Fishkin University of California Press https://www.ucpress.edu/ 325 pages, hardcover. $27.50. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wrote Ed Duvin, whose 1989 Animalines newsletter essay "In The Name of Mercy" prophesying "no kill" animal sheltering is widely considered a classic of humane literature, to ANIMALS 24-7 a few days … [Read More...]
Did Nagaland ban dog meat, or did a politician just repeat an empty promise?
Advocacy groups in 2020 again claim the same "victory" they claimed in 2016––which never happened KOHIMA, Nagaland, India––Two weeks after Nagaland chief secretary Temjen Toy on July 3, 2020 announced an impending ban on dog meat, in the last part of India where dogs had been legally eaten, how, when, and if the ban will be enforced remains uncertain. That has not kept major … [Read More...]
Amazon et al may sell foie gras to Californians despite state ban, rules judge
2004 law prohibits sale but not purchase of product from tortured waterfowl LOS ANGELES, California––Foie gras, an oily spread made from the diseased livers of force-fed ducks and geese, may be legally purchased by Californians, but a 2004 state law prohibits selling it within California, Los Angeles U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled on July 14, 2020. “Judge says foie gras is … [Read More...]
Rare Aussie animals save themselves, no thanks to Compound 1080
Brush-tailed rock wallabies & long-nosed potoroos need habitat, poison drops CANBERRA, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE, Australia––Investigators are finding, in the wake of bushfires that ravaged protected habitat right around the forested coastal perimeter of Australia, that many rare Australian animals apparently know how to save themselves, with or without human help. More than a billion … [Read More...]
ANIMALS 24-7 Statement of Purpose
Beth & Merritt Clifton
ANIMALS 24-7 is a nonprofit independent online investigative newspaper and information service reporting about humane work worldwide, with emphasis on the intersection of animal issues with public health & safety.
ANIMALS 24-7 reports about zoonotic diseases shared among animals and humans. For example, see our extensive coverage of issues associated with COVID-19, rabies, African swine fever, avian influenzas, and Newcastle disease. (Use our search engine to find coverage by disease name.)
ANIMALS 24-7 is especially noted for our in-depth coverage of attacks by pit bulls, other dangerous dogs, and exotic pets such as big cats and snakes. Our dangerous dog data library includes sub-menus on pit bull statistics, pit bulls & public safety, pit bulls & the humane community, voices of pit bull experience, pit bull liability, pit bull legislation, pit bull history & sociology, pit bull behavior, dogfighting, pit bull advocates, pit bulls abroad, bad dogs & minority communities, wolf hybrids, with additional sub-menus on Rottweilers, Dobermans, Presa Canarios, and Boerboels.
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ANIMALS 24-7, in addition, does extensive ongoing statistical research of humane issues and crimes against animals, such as abuse and neglect. We have been doing this for longer, in greater depth and on a wider range of relevant topics, than anyone else in the animal rights, animal welfare, and compassionate conservation fields. (We also have sub-menus of cat-related coverage and on compassionate conservation topics, rotating on our home page.) Our staff experience with animal rescue, gathering related data, and reporting our findings dates back into the early 1960s.
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