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Did Nagaland ban dog meat, or did a politician just repeat an empty promise?

July 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Advocacy groups in 2020 again claim the same “victory” they claimed in 2016––which never happened             KOHIMA, Nagaland, India––Two weeks after Nagaland chief secretary Temjen Toy on July 3,  2020 announced an impending ban on dog meat,  in the last part of India where dogs had been legally eaten,  how,  when,  and if the ban […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anuradha Sawhney, Azam Siddique, Brinda Upadhyaya, Dolly Kikon, Tejal Shah, Temjen Toy

Killed for freeing parrot, young servant set example of compassion to the world

June 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Murder shocks Pakistan, but U.S. & other nations have much to learn as well             KARACHI, Pakistan;  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad;  JENKINTOWN, Pennsylvania–– Zohra Shah,  age seven or eight,  according to contradictory reports,  may have had the chance to make only one moral and ethical decision in her brief lifetime. On May 31,  2020,  Zohra […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Latin America, Laws & politics, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Hasan Siddiqui, Maheen Humayun, Merritt Clifton, Mukhtar Ahmad, Umme Kulsoom, Zohra Bibi, Zohra Shah

Puppies & kittens everywhere, but none in shelters to adopt

May 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Suspension of spay/neuter & intake services due to COVID-19 cuts adoptions by a third from 2019             NEW YORK CITY––Celebrating rehoming every dog and cat in custody soon after COVID-19 shutdowns began,  animal shelters from coast to coast are suddenly––and predictably––weeping,  wailing,  and tearing hair about having no adoptable animals to offer in response to […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Behavior & health, Breeding, Cats, China, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Bryan Kortis, Katherine Ellen Foley, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger

“Asian murder hornet”: surrogate for COVID-19 terror

May 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  how two “great sparrow bees” incited a national hunt for alleged Chinese alien invaders             BLAINE, Washington––How did the Asian giant hornet,  known for centuries in Japan as the “great sparrow bee,”  generally regarded as beneficial to farmers for killing insect pests,  suddenly become feared in the U.S. as the so-called “murder hornet”? After […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Bees, China, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, India, Indian subcontinent, Insects, Japan, Pacific rim, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Don Sweeney, Jack Woodall, Merritt Clifton, Mike Baker, Tam Garland

COVID-19: India feeds stray dogs; ASPCA says “don’t fix them”

April 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

ASPCA advice to shelters could increase puppy & kitten litters by about half a million  While pet keepers in the developed world fret about the apparently infinitesimally small risk of pets and humans infecting and reinfecting each other,  following the discovery of COVID-19 infecting one cat in Liege,  Belgium,  and two dogs and a cat […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, China, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: David Semple, Emmanuel Andre, Janice Girardi, John Dalley, Marjorie Pollack, Merritt Clifton, Steven Van Gucht, Varda Mehrotra, William F. Harvey

Ravaging Asia & Africa: a much deadlier plague than COVID-19

February 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World fiddles while grasshoppers munch             NINGBO,  China;  NAIROBI,  Kenya––A much deadlier plague than the COVID-19 coronavirus is sweeping westward from China through Pakistan,  across Central Asia,  and throughout the Horn of Africa,  flying 100 miles a day,  devouring crops enough to feed as many as 34 million people,  according to the United Nations Food […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Chickens, China, Ducks & geese, Egypt, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Indian subcontinent, Insects, Kenya, North Africa, Pakistan, Poultry, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Wildlife Tagged With: Cara Anna, Dominique Bourgeon, Donald Trump, Imran Khan, Kate Ng, Mark Lowcock, Merritt Clifton, Michael D’Estries, Rory Sullivan, Zhang Long

Sperm-sorting comes to India through cow-loving Modi government

January 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Slippery business may stop the bull calf surplus          NEW DELHI,  India––Cracking down hard against illegal cattle slaughter and exports to slaughter,  while boosting milk production,  the Hindi nationalist Nahendra Modi regime ruling India since 2014 caused the perennial Indian bull calf surplus to explode. Now,  however,  the Modi government has reportedly […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Amul, Anand Milk Federation, Eileen Weintraub, Help Animals India, Merritt Clifton, Mohandas Gandhi, Moraji Desai, Visakha SPCA

Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56

January 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded             BETHLEHEM,  South Africa––Helmut Dungler,  56,  founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws),  died on January 5,  2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary,  among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Chickens, Croatia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Poultry, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Street dogs, Street performers, Sub-Saharan, Ukraine, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Chinny Krishna, Helmut Dungler, Ioana Dungler, Josef Pfabigan, Merritt Clifton, Signe Preuschoft

Gadhi Mai 2019: more animals killed than in 2014, but fewer people watched

December 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

But drone videos show––again––that the body count was vastly lower than is often claimed BARIYARPUR,  Nepal––More animals were slain at the 2019 Gadhi Mai sacrificial massacre in Bariyarpur,  Nepal,  than in 2014––a deeply disappointing discovery,  after 15 years of international efforts to stop the every-five-years bloodbath held in honor of a local goddess. Drone video […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Buddhism, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Kitty Block, Manoj Gautam, Merritt Clifton, Uttam G.P. Dahal

Uttam Dahal, 33, was dynamo for animals in Nepal despite ill health

July 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Dahal won 2014 Supreme Court of Nepal case against Gadhi Mai mass sacrifice             KATHMANDU, Nepal––Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center founder Uttam G.P. Dahal,  33,  died on July 26, 2019 after battling illness for most of his brief but dynamic life. Dahal left Santana Sharma,  his wife of just two years and two months,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Street dogs, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Gyanendra Bir Bikram Dev, Jane Goodall, Merritt Clifton, Santana Sharma, Sujan Bhandari, Uttam G.P. Dahal

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