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Dog pack killing of 4-year-old, caught on video, shows need for ABC

March 4, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

20 years of India’s national Animal Birth Control program helps to quell rabies,  but not to reduce dog attacks,  because feeders continue to concentrate dogs in problematic places HYDERABAD,  India––Video security cameras set up above a car repair garage in Amberpet,  a 250-year-old suburb of 425-year-old Hyderabad,  India,  on February 19,  2023 shocked the nation […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Breeding, Cultural, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Population control, Rabies, Street dogs Tagged With: Amberpet, Animal Birth Control, Bareilly, Chinny Krishna, Hyderabad, Merritt Clifton

India Supreme Court moves against “dog menace”

October 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rejects notion that local governments & High Courts have no jurisdiction over dog control,  rejects claim of unconditional right to feed street dogs,  & orders Animal Welfare Board to produce data showing programs are working to reduce dog bites NEW DELHI––Advocates for no-kill animal control,  feeding street dogs wherever and whenever,  and defenders of dangerous […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Breeding, Cultural, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Animal Birth Control, Blue Cross of India, J.K. Maheshwari, Merrtt Clifton, Sanjiv Khanna, Supreme Court of India

Elephant release marks 75th anniversary of Indian independence

August 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

(Adapted,  with some explanatory text added and legal details deleted specific only to India,  from a much longer version by Norma Alvares,  president,  People for Animals,  Goa,  and Alok Hiswarwala Gupta,  Centre for Research on Animal Rights,  published by Herald Goa on August 14,  2022.)   While the people of India prepared to celebrate 75 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Religion & philosophy, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alok Hiswarwala Gupta, Elephant Reintroduction Foundation, Janumani, Norma Alvares, Patricia Sims, Queen Sirikit, Santosh Kumar

Ram fighting charges out of history to butt civilization in the ass

July 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Gambling pastime found in the Bible             LAGOS,  Nigeria;  BANGALORE,  India––“Ram fighting during,  but not limited to,  the Eid period,  and involving not just Muslims,  seems to have become a gold mine in Nigeria,”  a Muslim reader informed ANIMALS 24-7 shortly after the Feast of Eid al Adha on July 9,  2022. A ram fight […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Islam, Laws & standards, Nigeria, North Africa, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Southeast Asia, Sports, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Welfare Tagged With: Book of Daniel, Eid al Adha, Jacopo Lentini, Merritt Clifton, Mohammed, Ramcharger

Horses die by the hundreds on pilgrimage to honor the Hindu “God of all animals”

June 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

What if 600 horses died climbing Pikes Peak? DEHRADUN,  Uttarakhand,  India––One might imagine that the annual pilgrimage to Kedarnath,  a temple in the Himalayas built in honor of Lord Pashupatinath,  the Hindu god of all animals,  might be undertaken with particular attention to animal welfare. But then,  one might also expect all four legs of […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cruelty & neglect, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Religion & philosophy, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Char Dham Yatra, Gauri Maulekhi, Kedarnath, Pashupatinath, Pike's Peak, Uttarakhand

Alisa Marie Mullins: longtime behind-the-scenes voice of PETA

March 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

PETA obituary understated Mullins’ role as author,  ghostwriter,  & spokesperson Alisa Marie Mullins,  59,  a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals researcher and writer for 30 years,  died on March 22, 2022 “after a 2-year battle with brain cancer,”  PETA announced. The PETA obituary announcement understated Mullins’ longtime role as author and/or ghost writer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cats, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Barack Obama, KKK, McDonald's, Merritt Clifton, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peter Wolf, Steve Hindi, Vox Felina

Who were the gurus who helped to inspire the animal rights movement?

December 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Spiritual mentors sold vegetarianism before most animal advocates dared mention it PUTTAPARTHI,  Andhra Pradesh,  India;  QUEENS, New York––Who were the unofficial gurus of the early animal rights movement,  who helped to sell vegetarianism,  in particular,  even before any major animal advocacy groups added a vegan or vegetarian component to their message? “Guru,”  in the Buddhist,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bangladesh, Beliefs, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Buddhism, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Chatral Rinpoche, Dinshah P. Ghadali, Freya Dinshah, H. Jay Dinshah, Hari Krishna, Jayanti Timm, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Sathya Sai Baba, Shamar Rinpoche, Sri Chinmoy

Irish farmers have a beef––and that’s our problem, too

November 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Pastoral nations object to cattle cutbacks recommended for greenhouse gas emissions based on factory farm data GLASGOW, Scotland––“Cutting methane,”  specifically methane emitted by cattle,  “is the biggest opportunity to slow [global] warming between now and 2040,”  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead reviewer Durwood Zaelke suggested in August 2021,  during the run-up to the 2021 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cattle & dairy, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Ethiopia, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Ireland, Isles, Kenya, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pollution, Religion & philosophy, Scotland Tagged With: Amanda Little, Christine Chemnitz, Durwood Zaelke, Frank O'Mara, Ian Scoones, John Carmody, Lester Brown, Lisa O'Carroll, Merritt Clifton, Morwenna Coniam, Peter Flanagan

Food & Justice, veg history to be proud of, & chickenshit in Kentucky

September 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

What Brenda Sanders & Chinny Krishna don’t have in common with Sheriff John Root BALTIMORE, Maryland;  CHENNAI,  Tamil Nadu,  India;  London, Kentucky––Some people,  like Food & Justice web video host Brenda Sanders of Baltimore,  dedicate their lives to breaking down stereotypes and expanding the horizons of everyone around them. Some people,  like longtime Blue Cross […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Brenda Sanders, Chinny Krishna, Merritt Clifton, Sheriff John Root, Steve Hindi

Bullfighting politics take sharp twists in India

February 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Bullfighting foes receive national honors even as Tamil Nadu state government drops charges against 26,450 bullfighting defenders & heads of both major national parties support  bullfights             CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India––Jallikattu,  the Tamil Nadu form of bullfighting in which mobs abuse the bulls as they run through the streets during harvest festivals,  on February 20,  […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, Prani Mitra, R.M. Kharb, Rahul Gandhi

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