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Alleged game farm money-laundering may oust South African president

December 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Cyril Ramaphosa raised animals to hunt,  purportedly had $580,000 stashed in his sofa,  & was suspected of taking a bribe linked to $42 million scam by David Wills,  former Humane Society of the U.S. exec doing life for child sex trafficking             JOHANNESBURG––Win or lose a confidence vote at the African National Congress convention beginning on […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Cattle & dairy, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, South Africa, Wildlife Tagged With: Ankole, Cyril Ramaphosa, David Wills, Gavin Watson, Hazim Mustafa, Merritt Clifton, Phala Phala

More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland

December 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why is death-by-dog accepted as punishment for even innocent & accidental trespass? MOGWASE,  South Africa;  GREENBANK, Australia;  DUBLIN,  Ireland––Two December 3,  2022 dog attack fatalities resulting from use of high-risk dogs as alleged crime deterrents,  and a new investigative report about pit bull breeding in Ireland,  have further fueled rising demands for stricter dog laws […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Ireland, Isles, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Brayden O'Hanlon, Floyd Metsileng, Jyedon Pollard, Kane Minion, Merritt Clifton, Takisha Pollard

“We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children”

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fourth South African pit bull fatality in 10 days News analysis by Beth Clifton “We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children,”  pit bull owner Mokete Selebano of Phomolong township,  South Africa,  told BBC News reporter Vumani Mkhize,  a week after Selebano on November 21,  2022 saw a neighbor’s two pit […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Keketso Innocent Saule, Mokete Selebano, Pit Bull Federation of South Africa, Sizwe Kupelo, Zimkhitha Brenda Gaga

Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Morocco, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: International Primate Protection League, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Stephen Chen, Vanny

Baby is 3rd South African killed by pit bull in 9 days; calls for ban rise

November 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Never aggressive to me,  but killed two other dogs,”  says owner EAST LONDON,  South Africa––Fifteen-month-old Reuben le Roux on November 23,  2022 became the third South African child killed by pit bulls in nine days. The attack whetted public demands for a national pit bull ban and further mobilized pit bull advocates in defense of […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Bennie le Roux, Keketso Innocent Saule, Lebohang Pali, Merieke van der Nescht, Merritt Clifton, Noleen Fourie, Reuben le Roux, Sizwe Kupelo

Pit bull attacks inflame pit bull lynchings in South African shantytowns

November 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Four pit bulls burned by two mobs,  800 miles apart,  after the pits killed one child and nearly killed another CAPE TOWN,  South Africa––Inter-racial friction,  a legacy of the continuing use of fierce dogs to defend white privilege,  decades after apartheid ended,  smoldered just beneath the remains of four pit bulls lynched and burned by […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Boerboel, COSATU, Gatesville, Hennenman, Jeffrey Mfini, Lins Rauterbach, Merritt Clifton, Pit Bull Federation of South Africa

87,570 South Africans petition for pit bull ban after most recent fatalities

November 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Firefighter leads response to deaths of eight-year-old and 10-year-old BLOEMFONTEIN,  South Africa––The two most recent South African pit bull fatalities differed little from dozens of others,  both in South Africa and around the world,  in the United States,  the United Kingdom,  Europe,  India,  and South America. This time,  though,  the South African response,  though,  has […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Keshvi Nair, Merritt Clifton, Olebogeng Mosime, Sizwe Kupelo, Storm Nuku

New study finds: India rabies deaths & therefore world toll far exaggerated

November 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

International Journal of Infectious Diseases affirms what ANIMALS 24-7 has reported since 2012 GUANGZHOU,  Guangdong,  China––ANIMALS 24-7 was right all along that “official” estimates of human deaths from rabies are inflated by magnitudes of order. The truth,  the whole truth,  and nothing but the truth about how and why the Global Alliance for Rabies Control,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Ghana, India, Indian subcontinent, Niger, Pakistan, Rabies, Shelters, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, David Semple, Hui K. Gan, M.K. Sudarshan, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, William F. Harvey

South African dog attack deaths, 2004-present

October 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Reports are logged as received. Compiled by the editors of ANIMALS 24-7 from media accounts since 2004,  this table (click link below) lists dogs by breed type or ancestry,  or as “unidentified,”  as designated by animal control officers or others with evident expertise.  All accounts are cross-checked by date,  location,  and identity of the victim. […]

Filed Under: Africa, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, South Africa

Pit bull “nanny dogs” kill three children, two adults, in nine days

October 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Tennessee attack killed two children and left mother in critical condition              MEMPHIS,  LUBBOCK, LIVERPOOL, GQERBERHA––Five fatal pit bull attacks in nine days and three nations––the U.S.,  the United Kingdom,  and South Africa––ended September and opened October 2022. Three victims were children.  All but one of the victims were members of the households of experienced […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Laws & politics, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Ann Dunn, Colby Bennard, Hollace Bennard, Jack Looney, Kirstie Jane Bennard, Lilly Jane Bennard, Marlo Matthews, Merritt Clifton, Storm Nuku

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