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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

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

“Flesh & blood scattered everywhere”: Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023

April 16, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Five fatalities, the most in a week this year LANSING, Michigan––Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023 ended with the most fatal dog attacks of any week this year,  capped by one in Lansing,  Michigan, described by Sheyenne Tinges,  22,  in an appeal to the Lansing State Journal page on Facebook for “any recommendations for biohazard remediation/crime […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, South America, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Christchurch, Merritt Clifton, Rikiana Hirawani, Sheyenne Tinges

Kangaroo leather soccer shoes get the boot from Puma & Nike

March 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Pumas do not hunt kangaroos anyhow BEAVERTON,  Oregon––Pumas,  native to almost all of the Americas,  do not hunt kangaroos,  native only to Australia. Neither will kangaroos be hunted any longer to supply the German sportswear manufacturer Puma with their hides,  the Puma company has announced. Nor will kangaroo hides be impaled on Nike spikes,  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sports, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Adidas, Al Spalding, Merritt Clifton, Mizuno, Nike, Pele, Puma

“Kangaroos are not shoes” campaign kicks back against ghost of Pelé

January 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Demand for soccer shoes helps to drive increased kangaroo culling             BETHESDA,  Maryland––When Pelé,  the most famous and perhaps the greatest soccer player of all time,  died on December 29,  2022,  almost nobody figuratively jumped on his grave. There was,  however,  one exception,  Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle. […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Politics, Sports, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Adolph Dassler, Center for a Humane Economy, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Merritt Clifton, Rudolph Dassler, Wayne Pacelle

International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87

December 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt             CAPE COD,  Massachusetts––Brian Davies,  87,  founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Network for Animals,  the Political Animal Lobby,  and Animal Survival International,  died after a prolonged illness on December 27,  2022. Born on February 4,  1935 in Tonyrefail,  Wales,  an impoverished mining village,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Anne Streeter, Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Davies, Harry Rowsell, IFAW, International Wildlife Coaliton, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Stephen Best, Tom Hughes

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

Patty Bonney, 92, quietly did more for animals than most activists

October 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Behind-the-scenes person for ANIMALS 24-7,  & that was perhaps the least of all she did Patricia “Patty” Bonney,  92,  suffered terminal heart failure on October 22,  2022 at the converted stable in Beaverton,  Oregon,  that was her home since 1960. Never known or self-described as an activist,  Patty nonetheless contributed endless volunteer effort throughout her […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Recipes, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alan Bonney, Beth Clifton, Bill Bonney, Carolyn Woodard, Chief Joseph, Francis Haines, Keith Woodard, Kenny Woodward, Merritt Clifton, Regina Bonney

PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds

September 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Under new brass,  it isn’t even the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society any more             SOUTH WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Japanese and Russian whales,  Atlantic Canadian sealers,  and oceans of marine poachers in other parts of the world never succeeded in sinking Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,  but the organization he founded in 1977 on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Humane history, Japan, Marine life, Mexico, Organizations, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Seals, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Deborah Bassett, Haans Siver, Merritt Clifton, Peter Hammarstedt, Phil Wollen, Pritam Singh, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater

Sodium nitrite, used to cure bacon, is introduced to kill feral pigs

July 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Panicked Australian & American pig producers push for the perfect poison to protect their investments Yellow phosphorus,  cyanide gas,  & Compound 1080 already flunked BRISBANE,  Queensland,  Australia––Japanese encephalitis,  a potentially deadly disease spread by mosquitoes who lay their eggs in pig effluent,  with onset symptoms resembling rabies in severe cases, “has been found for the […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Meat issues, Pigs, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: African swine fever, Hoggone, Japanese encephalitis, Merritt Clifton, Queensland, Richard Gair, sodium nitrite

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