Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned "rescue" celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching, who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount, is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of … [Read More...]
Mob destroys the Nigeria SPCA amid national crisis
Similar attack trashed & looted renowned drill conservation project LAGOS, Nigeria––Amid the chaos and violence engulfing Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, the October 14, 2020 mob destruction of the Nigeria SPCA has so far not even won local media coverage. But the attack crippled … [Read More...]
Hawaii infant death shows why pit bulls are banned from military housing
Schofield Barracks attack comes as Congress considers ending breed-specific base housing policies HONOLULU, Hawaii––Strapped into her car seat, and too young to try to escape or fight back, a four-month-old baby girl died from canine head bites at her home on Hall Street, Schofield Barracks, at … [Read More...]
Queen Elizabeth II honors Thai street dog rescuer John Dalley
Global recognition for Soi Dog Foundation PHUKET, Thailand––John Dalley, co-founder and president of Soi Dog Foundation International, was on October 10, 2020, the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for service to animal welfare in Southeast Asia. The term “Soi Dog” means simply “street dog” in … [Read More...]
NYC pet store fined $3.9 million; probe finds “rescues” are the new “puppy millers”
Nebraska deputy ombudsman reports extensive non-enforcement of anti-"puppy mill" law NEW YORK, N.Y.; LINCOLN, Nebraska––A $3.9 million fine levied against the owners of the long closed Chelsea Kennel Club pet store in New York City grabbed the headlines on October 16, 2020, but a more meaningful action against abusive dog suppliers came quietly on October 9, 2020, in Lincoln, … [Read More...]
Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa
Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges? RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle, who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,” appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf, Iowa, never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by ANIMALS 24-7 from periodicals … [Read More...]
Why did the ASPCA pres get $852,231, while we got $9.70 an hour?
We are NOT the ASPCA!!! This is an exposé (and appeal) that Beth & I really did not want to have to write, but one of our faithful & reliable donors of $8.00 per month persuaded us that we had to –– because donors like her, for the most part, are paying not only for the existence of ANIMALS 24-7, but for the existence of the entire animal protection & advocacy cause. Millions … [Read More...]
Thank you for never forgetting us!!!
Dear friends & readers: Thank you for never forgetting us!!! Six months ago, when COVID-19 collapsed the world economy, especially for animal charities, Beth & I wondered how ANIMALS 24-7 would get through the spring, let alone the summer, when donations usually fall off, and then the late summer “disaster season,” when wildfires and hurricanes often redirect donor attention for … [Read More...]
Homeless man led through Galveston by mounted cops sues for $1 million
Videotaped incident shocked the world, including former mounted police officer Beth Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 GALVESTON, Texas––Donald Neely, 43, a homeless black man with acknowledged mental health issues, who was on August 3, 2019 handcuffed by two mounted police officers, clipped to a rope with a noose at the other end, and led eight blocks through downtown Galveston, has sued the city, … [Read More...]
Self-defined pit bull rescuer killed by pit bull in Moses Lake, Washington
Moses Lake rescinded restrictions on possession of pit bulls under advocacy pressure in 2011 MOSES LAKE, Washington–– Zachary S. Willis, 27, a self-proclaimed pit bull rescuer with little verifiable record of actual involvement with pit bulls, was on October 9, 2020 identified to media by Grant County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Kyle Foreman as the victim of a … [Read More...]
Mink the missing link? COVID-19 deaths & new data suggest yes.
Dutch findings come as COVID-19 hits mink farms & humans in Wisconsin & Utah GREEN BAY, Wisconsin; SALT LAKE CITY, Utah––Which came first, the COVID-19 coronavirus infecting humans, or infecting mink? No one right now knows for sure whether mink might have been the incubator species through which COVID-19 passed from horseshoe bats in southern China to humans circa … [Read More...]
Kamala Harris: long record on animal issues, including pit bull attacks
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 election campaign both a strong record on animal protection and a mixed record in response to dog … [Read More...]
Black man killed by police dog; white man threatened by cop caught at cockfight
Public records requests reveal how cops killed Joseph Lee Pettaway; threatened Steve Hindi MANCHESTER, Kentucky; MONTGOMERY, Alabama––“White privilege,” in parts of the rural South, could be defined as being able to find out through public records requests that corrupt and sadistic cops might want to kill you before they actually do it. This, anyhow, appears to be the major difference in … [Read More...]
Pit bull advocate involved in breeding killed in South Carolina
“All In The Family”: more victims than ever killed by dogs they know well GRAY COURT, South Carolina––Laurens County, South Carolina sheriff’s deputies on October 2, 2020 arrested Jeffrey Kenneth Sullivan, 35, for involuntary manslaughter and three counts of possession of a dangerous animal in connection with the September 28, 2020 pit bull mauling death of Gray Court neighbor … [Read More...]
Feds quit funding guns & ammo for “anti-poaching” militias
MacGregor throws the World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society & others out of the lettuce patch WASHINGTON D.C.––Deputy Interior Secretary Katharine MacGregor on September 18, 2020 quietly ordered major reforms of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] programs which have for decades routed millions of dollars in funding … [Read More...]
Gorilla attack just latest episode in 246 years of Zoo de Madrid infamy
Opened in 1972, "new" zoo was already obsolete MADRID, Spain––A brutal reminder of the realities of gorillas, zoos, and keeping wildlife in starkly unnatural conditions on September 27, 2020 left a 46-year-old female zookeeper with multiple fractures, head and chest trauma, and compound fractures of both arms at the Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, in the capital city of Spain. Malabo, the … [Read More...]
Dog over cliff: Buster’s big scare
Springer spaniel never learned to "Look before you leap" GREENBANK, Washington––Seven Central Whidbey Island Fire & Rescue and South Whidbey Fire/Emergency Medical Services vehicles converging on a house about a mile south of ANIMALS 24-7 at around 3:30 p.m. on September 30, 2020 created an irresistible distraction from completing and posting a news article––especially when the … [Read More...]
Are animal charity donors at risk from the Blackbaud data security breach?
Consequences of the data security failure are still just coming to light CHARLESTON, South Carolina––How many animal charity donors’ personal information may be at risk from a four-month security breach at the fundraising, data management, and financial services firm Blackbaud? The number may be in the tens of thousands, or even the millions, but even discovering how many animal charities … [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 (zoonoses) shared among animals and humans. For example, see our extensive news coverage of issues associated with COVID-19, SARS, and other diseases found to have jumped from wildlife to humans; our investigations of rabies outbreaks both among domestic animals and wildlife; African swine fever; and poultry diseases, such as H5N1 avian flu, and Newcastle disease, commonly spread by both factory farming practices and by cockfighting. (Use our search engine to find coverage by disease name.)
ANIMALS 24-7 is especially noted for our in-depth news coverage of pit bull attacks, attacks by other dangerous dogs, and attacks by 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 (including animal shelters and rescues), 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.
ANIMALS 24-7 is a leading voice for compassionate conservation, a gentler approach to wildlife conservation, which emphasizes working with nature, including understanding that humans are a part of nature, that human activity creates wildlife habitat as well as harming it, that zoonoses have become a problem largely through human conflict with nature; and that adaptive species such as cats, horses, cattle, and poultry often contribute to the survival of wildlife, if management approaches emphasize coexistence. (We have sub-menus of cat-related coverage and on the compassionate conservation concept itself, including a great deal about feral cats, rotating on our home page.)
ANIMALS 24-7 also reports extensively about progress toward adoption of vegan, vegetarian, and other plant-based diets; the development of plant-based alternatives to meat, dairy, and leather products; and the many global issues associated with raising cattle, pigs, poultry, farmed fish, and other livestock for human consumption, including effects on hunger, climate change, pollution, water scarcity and human wellness.
ANIMALS 24-7 covers how natural disasters affect animals, including dogs, cats, cattle, horses, poultry, and wildlife, with emphasis on the responses of shelters and rescuers.
ANIMALS 24-7 is further noted for our attention to the many contributions to humane work and animal well-being made by Africans, Asians, and Americans of color. Our unique Black history & animals archive includes sub-menus on topics including Leadership, Institutional racism, the Ku Klux Klan, Pit bulls & the black community, Slavery & resistance, Environmental justice, African animal advocates, the Africa Network for Animal Welfare, and the Integration era.
ANIMALS 24-7, in addition, does extensive ongoing statistical research of humane issues and crimes against animals, such as abuse and neglect, dogfighting and cockfighting, even theft of horses and cattle rustling. 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. Our staff experience with animal rescue, management of animal shelters, gathering related data, and reporting our findings dates back into the early 1960s.
ANIMALS 24-7 has no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. Our role is to report the news and provide informed perspective for people who care about animals and nature, from dogs, cats, horses, marine mammals, and endangered species, to feral animals, hunted species, and so-called nuisance wildlife, with breaking news, in-depth background, and the experienced perspective of our staff and our many guest commentators.
ANIMALS 24-7 readers include people who operate animal shelters and participate in animal rescue; wildlife conservationists; vegans; vegetarians; zoonoses researchers; and investigators of both crimes against animals, such as cockfighting, and crimes against nature and habitat. Also among our most avid readers are quite a few colleagues in reporting the news, who look to us for unique informed perspectives on animals and nature.
ANIMALS 24-7 is incorporated to conduct activities which are exclusively charitable, literary and/or educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, for the purpose of exposing the existence of cruelty to animals and educating the public of the need to prevent and eliminate such cruelty; and studying animal-related issues via research, surveys, and investigative reports.