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George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers

January 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Santos’ Friends of Pets United never existed.  Neither do “spay/neuter cookies.” WASHINGTON D.C.––The most infamous of all of New York third district Congressional Representative George Santos’ many scams,  now extensively exposed,  was probably the easiest:  inventing and raising funds in the name of a pet rescue organization that never legally existed and never verifiably helped […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Cameroun, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Romania, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Anthony Devolder, Desmond Fodge Bobga, Merritt Clifton, Richard Osthoff, Samantha Miller, Tori Lynn Head, Woofin Palooza

Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim

January 12, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

South African pit bull-inflicted fatality rate,  over past 100 days,  soars to four times the U.S. record rate of 2022 LICHTENBERG,  South Africa––Few Americans would recognize the name Philemon Mulala,  but among soccer fans in Africa,  he enjoyed approximately the fame of a major league baseball player who punctuated a career longer than most by […]

Filed Under: Africa, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sports, Zambia Tagged With: Cape Town Spurs, Giyani Dynamos, Johannesburg Rangers, Lillian Chileshe, Merritt Clifton, Mufulira Wanderers, Philemon Kaunda, Staffordshire

Pit bull owner charged with culpable homicide in South Africa

January 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Rare criminal case filed after six fatal pit bull attacks in 45 days SENWABARWANA, South Africa––Walking to work at about 5:00 a.m.,  two days before Christmas,  Melitta Sekole,  43,  of Senwabarwana,  Limpopo state,  South Africa,  was on a heavily traveled footpath through Ga-Makgato village,  heading toward Vivo village,  ten miles away,  when two pit bulls […]

Filed Under: Africa, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), South Africa Tagged With: Keketso Innocent Saule, Lebohang Pali, Melitta Sekole, Merritt Clifton, Nchabeleng Charles Masebe, Sizwe Kupelo, Storm Nuku, Thoko Didiza

For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022

January 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

John Neville Hare,  Mark Stanley-Price,  Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare,  88,   died on January 28,  2022,  but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent,  Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Isles, Nigeria, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: & Vivienne Westwood, Faith Maloney, John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

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

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

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