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Waterloo denies pit bull killed baby; Tulsa ignores 2 more pit bull deaths

May 5, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Tulsa Animal Services,  police,  & media say nothing of three fatal pit bull attacks in 10 days WATERLOO, Iowa;  TULSA, Oklahoma––“Authorities are trying to determine how a beloved family pet turned into a killer,  attacking a baby in a tragedy that shook the Waterloo community,”  wrote Waterloo Courier reporter Jeff Reinitz on May 4,  2023. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Glenna Blackwelder, John Hunter, John Reed, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, Sherri Carrier, Tulsa Animal Welfare

Cullman County, Alabama: combatting cockfighting in a KKK stronghold

May 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness aims to see the sun set on one of the Ku Klux Klan’s biggest fundraising rackets in one of the most notorious of “Sundown” counties CULLMAN,  Alabama––Cockfighting,  the Ku Klux Klan,  and corruption of law enforcement came together from Georgia to Cullman County,  Alabama,  home of the Bug Tussle cockpit,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Bug Tussle, John G. Cullman, Ku Klux Klan, Merritt Clifton, Monroe Evans, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, White Caps

U.K. & South Africa let the meter run on pit bull attacks while doing nothing

April 30, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Parliaments of both U.K. & South Africa allow pit bull advocates to filibuster while the bodies pile up LONDON,  England;  CAPE TOWN,  South Africa––If the pit bull body count was a taxi meter,  the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and South Africa might be worried about letting it run while deliberating over whether even to […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, South Africa, United Kingdom Tagged With: Caerphilly, Gary Stevens, Jack Lis, Merritt Clifton, Sizwe Kupelo, Thoko Didiza, Wayne Stevens, Zibele Liyakhanya Mthi

United Kingdom dog attack fatalities, 1991-present

April 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

U.K. human victims of fatal dog attacks occurring since the introduction of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (56 total,  71 dogs involved, 59 of them [83%] pit bull-type dogs [shown in red], 20 of the nominally prohibited pit bulls exempted as “Staffordshires.”  See “English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one name, & a rising body count.) […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: American Bully XL, Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, pit bull, Staffordshire, U.K.

Brazil & New Zealand end livestock exports––for a while, anyhow

April 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Will ruling by Brazilian judge hold?  Will New Zealand agriculture minister keep his seat?  Will Australia ever do anything effective to stop live export disasters? SAO PAULO,  Brazil;  WELLINGTON, New Zealand––Upstaging a New Zealand ban on live cattle and sheep exports,  to take effect on April 30,  2023,  Brazilian federal judge Djalma Gomes on April […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Organizations, Politics Tagged With: Christopher Knaus, Cormo Express, Damien O’Connor, Djalma Gomes, Merritt Clifton, Sophie Kevany, Virginia Fallon

Dog meat farmers’ protest reflects grassroots success in South Korea

April 28, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Home-grown anti-dog meat campaign succeeds where boycotts,  petitions,  & bashing failed for 40 years             SEOUL,  South Korea––About 50 people on April 25,  2023 straggled through the streets of Seoul,  the national capital of South Korea,  in a protest about dog-eating. Animal advocates’ events often attract much bigger crowds these days. These protesters were among […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Humane history, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Animal Wellness Action, cockfighting, Humane Farming Association, Kim Keon Hee, Kim Min-seok, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Yoon Suk Yeol

Joey Nelson, not prosecuted for cruelty to cattle, does triple life for murder

April 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

After starving nearly 1,000 calves,  Nelson shot two creditors & burned their bodies             KANSAS CITY,  Missouri––If Garland Joseph “Joey” Nelson,  28,  had been promptly prosecuted and sentenced for animal neglect and abuse committed in the name of cattle ranching more than five years ago,  he might still be in prison,  seeking parole. Nelson instead […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, USA Tagged With: Braymer, Garland Joseph Nelson, Justin Diemel, Merritt Clifton, Nick Diemel, Tomme Feil

Hitting cockfights in four states, SHARK takes on boxing champ Roy Jones Jr.

April 25, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Flies drone into Misssissipi cockpit on the way home TUPELO,  Mississippi;  BUG TUSSLE,  Alabama;  PENSACOLA,  Florida––Monday mornings at ANIMALS 24-7 tend to be a bit like show-and-tell in kindergarten.  Animal advocates from around the world check in by email,  Facebook messaging,  text messaging,  and sometimes even by telephone to let us know what they have […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Bailey Martin, Buddy Baughman, Bug Tussle, D.L. Parker, Merritt Clifton, Sheriff Jim Johnson, Steve Hindi

New Zealand exempts cats from killing contest, finds cure for FIP

April 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But all other land predators & even non-native waterfowl remain in the crosshairs CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand––Nationally hellbent on destroying any semblance of a natural,  normal predator/prey ecology since the introduction of the Predator Free 2050 program in 2012,  New Zealand might be the last place the rest of the world might expect to produce a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunting & trapping, Population control, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Lynley Tulluch, Merritt Clifton, North Canterbury Hunting, Patrick Gower, Rotherham School, Tam Garland

Does not acknowledging a fatal pit bull attack mean it did not happen?

April 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Tulsa silence is deafening TULSA, Oklahoma––How do the Tulsa Police Department and City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Department suppress rising public alarm over fatal and disfiguring dog attacks,  primarily by pit bulls? Perhaps by pretending that such attacks have not occurred? On April 19,  2023,  ANIMALS 24-7 received information relayed through a longtime trusted confidential […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Glenna Blackwelder, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, Sherri Carrier, Tulsa

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