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Rabies deaths up sixfold in India in 2022, but were still far below claims

July 31, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Toll of 307 is magnitudes of order less than alleged by global organizations NEW DELHI, India––The bad news from Singh Baghel,  Indian minister of state for health and family welfare,  is that rabies killed 307 people in India in 2022,  the highest confirmed death toll according to Central Bureau of Health Intelligence data since rabies […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, China, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent Tagged With: Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, David Semple, Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Luke Gamble, Merritt Clifton, Mission Rabies, William Harvey

Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.

July 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans,  concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,”  opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States,  “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Captive animals, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, China, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Disease, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Judaism, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, Chronic Wasting Disease, COVID-19, Ebola, Harvard Law School, Merritt Clifton, New York University, ProMED

Animal disease research returning to science, away from hunt for blame

May 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Has COVID-induced bat-shit craziness run its course?             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––More than three years after COVID-19 hit the U.S.,  killing nearly 1.2 million Americans and 6.9 million people worldwide,  animal disease research appears to be at last returning to a focus on science,  away from the highly politicized hunt for someone to blame. The […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bats, China, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Laws & politics, Science, Science, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ecohealth Alliance, Florence Débarre, Jocelyn Kaiser, Merritt Clifton, William Karesh, Wuhan

Pigeon racing is animal abandonment! 

May 11, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Elizabeth Young,  founder,  Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions with afterword,  How pigeon flying lost the way,  by ANIMALS 24-7 Every day hundreds of domesticated pigeons are transported miles from their homes and “released” to try and fly back for human entertainment. These domestic birds have no survival skills:  no ability to find food or water or […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Belgium, Central Europe, China, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Pigeon flying, South Africa, USA Tagged With: Elizabeth Young, Merritt Clifton, Palomacy, pigeon flying, pigeon racing, Queen Elizabeth II, roller pigeons

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

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

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

Lab animal supplier Inotiv allegedly sold smuggled monkeys

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Company hits trifecta:  alleged monkey-trafficking,  mass neglect of beagles,  & accused of stock fraud MIAMI,  Florida––It isn’t easy to get caught in the middle of the biggest monkey-smuggling case associated with biomedical research,  the biggest beagle neglect case in the history of vivisection,  and the alleged biggest pump-and-dump stock-selling scandal to hit biomedical research investors,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Regulation, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: David Grimm, Envigo, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Omaliss Keo, Shirley McGreal, Steve Hindi

Acquittal of “open rescue” activists rattles factory farms from Utah to China

October 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung & co-defendant Paul Picklesimer were prosecuted for “stealing” two piglets left to die ST. GEORGE, Utah––Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung, defending himself, and co-defendant Paul Darwin Picklesimer, represented by veteran Salt Lake City lawyer Mary Corporon, were on October 8, 2022 acquitted by jury on all charges pertaining […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, China, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Amy Soranno, Circle Four Farms, Merritt Clifton, Nick Schafer, Paul Darwin Picklesimer, Smithfield Foods, Wayne Hsiung

Animal advocacy “Robin Hood” Gil Michaels dies at 80

August 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Michaels put $40 million into animal causes,  but was convicted of toner cartridge scam that netted more than $126 million,  according to the federal Department of Justice. VAN NUYS,  California––Gilbert N. Michaels,  80,  founder of the Compassion for Animals Foundation and Animal Guardians,  died on August 19,  2022,  while on compassionate release from a four-year […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Bullfighting, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Animal Guardians, Animals' Voice, Compassion for Animals Foundation, Holly LaRue, Laura Moretti, Marta Esteban, Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls, toner

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