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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

Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities

October 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years,  most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan,  97,  known to the world as Bill Jordan,  wildlife veterinarian,  author,  and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe,  died on July 5,  2022,  at the SSM Health/St. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Canada, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Ireland, Isles, Kenya, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, South Africa, Spectacles, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Brenda Jordan, Care for the Wild, Daphne Sheldrick, Merritt Clifton, Stefan Ormrod, vicuna, Zoo Check

Earth First! founder & “conservative conservationist” Dave Foreman, 74

September 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Was also “rewilding” advocate & outspoken opponent of immigration Dave Foreman,  74,  died on September 19,  2022 in Albuquerque,  New Mexico. Born in 1947,  the son of a U.S. Air Force sergeant,  Foreman spent most of his life in and around Albuquerque,  before,  after,  and during two decades of fame as the often controversial and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: American Wildlands, B.J. Bergman, Clif Merritt, Edward Abbey, Glen Canyon, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Morton, Paul Watson, Sierra Club, Wild Earth, Wilderness Society

“Tiger King” associate Karl Mitchell was Nye County animal control chief

September 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

From Animal Welfare Act violations to Las Vegas shoot-out,  cases tend to link to Karl Mitchell’s tenure PAHRUMP,  NEVADA––Nye County, Nevada, in 2000 hired as animal control director exotic animal trainer Karl Mitchell,  48,  a man who might not have been elected dogcatcher anywhere else. The previous Nye County record on animal care and control issues […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chester Stiles, Diane Davis, Heidi Fleiss, Henry Brean, Kari Bagnall, Karl Mitchell, Kenneth Moore, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Lord, REXANO, Ricky Davidson, Sam Ockene, Sheri Lee Allen, Steve Benson, Zuzana Kukol

How one lion & one bear survived the 2014-2017 ISIS occupation of Mosul

August 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Father of Lions: Saving Starving Animals at the Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 383 pages,  2020. Forge Book,  c/o Tom Doherty Associates;  available in multiple print & electronic formats c/o Amazon,  Barnes & Noble,  Goodreads,  and Kindle at prices from $12.99 up. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “Good afternoon. I am writing because I want to […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Abu Laith, Amir Khalil, Louise Callaghan, Merritt Clifton, Vier Pfoten

Former Safari Club International president convicted of killing his wife

August 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Larry Rudolph & mistress Lori Milliron are now trophies of federal justice DENVER, Colorado––Former Safari Club International president Larry Rudolph,  67,  and his longtime trophy-hunting girlfriend Lori Milliron,  64, were on August 1,  2022 convicted by jury in U.S. federal court of multiple charges associated with the October 11,  2016 murder of Rudolph’s wife,  Bianca […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia Tagged With: Bianca Rudolph, Bryan Fields, Larry Rudolph, Lori Milliron, Matt Sullivan, Merritt Clifton, Safari Club

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