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Feds bust Louisiana cop for allegedly retaliating against cockfighting witness

June 4, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Cop apparently tried to forge documents to get witness deported as alleged illegal alien GULFPORT,  Mississippi––Confirmation of probable collusion between cockfighters and elements of law enforcement surfaced in Gulfport,  Mississippi on June 1,  2026,  days after major cockfighting busts in Mississippi,  Pennsylvania,  and Virginia. U.S. Federal Court magistrate judge Bradley Rath denied bond for Hammond,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Bullfighting, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Politics, Poultry, South America, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bert Lester, Delbert Myrick, Denver Keith Golmon, Jack Standfield, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Wayne Pacelle

Verdict in long-delayed Elisa Pilarski pit bull death trial not due before June

March 12, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Charged with manslaughter in the 2019 case,  fiancé Christophe Ellul is expected to receive light sentence SOISSONS,  France––The legal outcome of the most publicized pit bull attack ever,  the November 16,  2019 dismemberment death of 29-year-old Elisa Pilarski,  six months pregnant at the time,  will for her fiancé and manslaughter defendant Christophe Ellul,  51,  remain […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Breeding, Central Europe, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Germany, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alexandre Novion, Christophe Ellul, Laureydane Ortuno, Merritt Clifton, Mihiata Te Rore, Rallye de la Passion, Sharon de Wit, Stephen G. Campbell, Tom Garner

Dingo vs. dog: Piper James death reignites Australian animal control debate

January 29, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Victim Piper James apparently drowned under dingo attack.  Six dingoes culled,  more likely to follow K’GARI (Fraser Island),  Queensland,  Australia–––Debate raging across Australia since the January 19,  2026 drowning of Canadian visitor Piper James while under dingo attack may never produce agreement about what should be––and should have been––the appropriate official response. The debate centers […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Azaria Chamberlain, Clinton Gage, Dane Allan, David Eason, Lindy Chamberlain, Merritt Clifton, Michael Chamberlain

Christine Townend, 81, founded the animal rights movement in Australia

August 20, 2025 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Liberation was only the second explicitly “animal rights” organization in the world Christine Townend,  81,  remembered by Animal Justice Party member of the New South Wales legislative council Emma Hurst,  44,   as “essentially the founder of the entire animal rights movement in Australia,”  died from Parkinson’s disease in Leura,  New South Wales,  on August […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Agriculture, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Elephants, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Politics, Population control, Rabies, Sheep & goats, Street dogs, USA, Working animals Tagged With: Crystal Rogers, Glenys Oogjes, Jan Salter, Jeremy Townend, Lyn White, Mark Shand, Merritt Clifton, Peter Singer

Should convicted perv Adam Britton be thrown to the dogs, or the crocs?

August 9, 2024 By Merritt Clifton

Convicted of cruelty,  bestiality,  & child porn DARWIN, Australia––Adam Britton,  53,  arguably the world’s most famous crocodile expert,  is now also arguably the most notorious convicted perpetrator of bestiality,  sadism toward dogs,  and possessor and transmitter of what Northern Territory Supreme Court chief justice Michael Grant called “the worst category” of child sexual abuse materials. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Crocodilians, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Reptiles, Science, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Justice Michael Grant, Marnie O’Neill, Maroosha Muzaffar, Merritt Clifton, Tiffanie Turnbull

Rottweilers kill two owners, ages 59 & 66, in just eight days

October 18, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Rottweiler involvement disclosed by quick responses of Rottweiler defenders HOUSTON, Texas;  HOBART,  Australia––Two fatal Rottweiler attacks in eight days,  following the most recent reported fatal pit bull attack in the U.S.,  come as reminders that Rottweilers both in the U.S. and abroad have killed and disfigured more people over the past 41 years than any […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Organizations Tagged With: Allens Rivulet, Drue Parker, Jano Gibson, Jessica Flores Wauters, Merritt Clifton, National Rottweiler Council, RSPCA, Tiffany Frangione

Cat-haters Down Under set up rare birds for an attack of H5N1 avian flu

July 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Attempted cat purges overlook value of predation to maintaining the health of species WELLINGTON, New Zealand;  PERTH,  Australia––The cat news from Down Under on June 28,  2023 provoked a global explosion of hissing and spitting,  focusing––as cat news from Down Under usually does––on ever more cruel,  bizarre,  and inevitably futile attempts to exterminate cats,  rationalized […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Charlotte Graham-McLay, Felixer, Henri Astier, Jacquie Rand, Merritt Clifton, North Canterbury, Reece Whitby

Aussies try to put aboriginal happy face on failed cat-killing schemes

June 10, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Not many aboriginal hunters seem interested ALICE SPRINGS,  Australia––The Northern Territory government,  Victoria Ellis of ABC Rural breathlessly revealed on June 9,  2023,  hopes to expedite ridding the 60,344-square-mile Gibson Desert of feral cats by giving an all-female aboriginal ranger team called the Tjuwanpa Women Rangers target practice with firearms. Of course the feral cats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Politics, Population control, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Compound 1080, Eradicat, Gibson Desert, Greg Hunt, Merritt Clifton, Pintupi, Tjuwanpa Women Rangers

“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

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

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