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Russian war on Ukraine kills dolphins, but fishing kills more

May 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

The Black Sea was hard habitat for dolphins even before the shooting started ISTANBUL,  Turkey––That war kills animals as well as humans is scarcely in doubt,  but whether war is worse than peace for Black Sea dolphins may be disputed. Nearly three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24  2022,  evidence is surfacing along […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Fish, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife

Cockfighters cut deals & hack reporting doesn’t cut it in Kentucky

May 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald Leader is unapologetic about crediting wrong two groups with roles in busts;  does not name the right two             LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Cockfighting cases usually result in plea-bargained sentences. Few people,  if any,  might therefore have been surprised when alleged cockfighters Rickie D. Johnson,  55,  and Hiram B. Creech Jr.,  47,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Bald Rock, Bill Estep, Hiram B. Creech, Jacklyn R. Johnson, Lexington Herald Leader, Merritt Clifton, Monte Irby, Rickie D. Johnson, Wayne Pacelle

Who will look after tigers, wolves, birds & horses as sanctuarians age?

May 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Longhopes Donkey Shelter founder Kathy Dean raises questions that many refuse to face BENNETT,  Colorado––From her Longhopes Donkey Shelter,  located in the foothills just east of Aurora and Denver,  Kathy Dean has seen fellow sanctuarians come and go for long enough to be looking ahead,  something most never seem to do. An ANIMALS 24-7 reader […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Feature Home Top, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cockatoo Rescue, Kathy Dean, Longhopes, Lori Keene Rutledge, Martine Colette, Wildlife Waystation

“Trapping defender” Proulx explains why all fur trapping is cruel

May 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Mammal Trapping,  Wildlife Management,  Animal Welfare & International Standards Edited by Gilbert Proulx Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd. 287 pages.  Free download from: https://cwbm.ca/product/mammal-trapping-e-book/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wildlife biologist Gilbert Proulx,  68,  of Sherwood Park,  Alberta,  may know more about the technology of trapping animals than anyone else who ever lived. Having spent […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Fur trapping, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Charles D. Niven, Clara Van Steenwyk, Frank Conibear, George Clements, Gilbert Proux, Merritt Clifton

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

“Birds Aren’t Real” ––if only those in poultry barns were not

May 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

The good news is,  vegan food technology means the birds on the menu need not be real MEMPHIS,  Tennessee––The avian advocacy world is still aflutter,  a week after CBS News 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi extensively exposed the “Birds Aren’t Real” hoax conspiracy theory orchestrated from Memphis by 24-year-old University of Arkansas dropout and former […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cameron Kasky, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton, Peter McIndoe, Respect for Chickens, Sharyn Alfonsi, United Poultry Concerns

Sustainability: salmon taste, texture, odor replicated by pond scum

May 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

And the pond scum will be healthier than salmon for you & Planet Earth             HERZELIA, IsraeI;  BATON ROUGE,  Louisiana;  WASHINGTON D.C.––Far from the longtime hubs of the salmon industry,  along the coasts of the North Sea and the Pacific Northwest,  the future of both canned and fresh salmon may be determined by desert greenhouses […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Israel, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Mediterranean, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Aldi, Ben Coxworth, Christine Blank, Merritt Clifton, Mowi, Red Lobster, SimpliGood, spirulina, Subway, Tofurky

Pit bull hoarder Heidi Lueders jailed;  bad day at Black Rock Canines

May 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Ex-Bully Breed Rescue president sentenced;  cop charged who ran police & military dog training center  BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut––One high-profile Connecticut mass cruelty case involving high-risk “status dogs” ended on May 4,  2022––pending appeals––just as another began,  20 miles north. The permanent status of five former Bully Breed Rescue pit bulls is dead. Likewise for at least […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Police & military, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Celly Roberts, Daniel Luna, David Rivera, Fairfield Five, Merritt Clifton, Peter McShane

How “Napalm the dog” protests funded the “Animal Revolution”

May 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Without Kent State,  would there have been an animal rights movement?             KENT,  Ohio––The shots fired by National Guard members into demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University on May 4,  1970 were in a sense the first shots fired in what British historian Richard Ryder would call,  30 years later,  the Animal […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, USA, Vietnam Tagged With: Bernard Rollin, Bill Arthrell, d.a. levy, Doug Erickson, Hester Butterfield, Joseph Schneider, Merritt Clifton

U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill

May 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Two-year-old & 17-month-old are two latest victims of legal omission WORCESTERSHIRE,  United Kingdom––A pre-inquest review of the March 28,  2022 fatal Rottweiler mauling of two-year-old Lawson Bond,  now set for August 31,  2022 in Stourport,  is likely to investigate every aspect of Bond’s death except the obvious:  that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,  supposed to […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bella-Rae Birch, Joseph Broady, Kieran Gair, Lawson Bond, Merritt Clifton, Rod Liddle, Rottweiler, Staffordshire

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