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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

Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges

August 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Exported gamecocks around the world             MONTGOMERY, Alabama––Cockfighters and gamefowl breeders Brent Easterling,  William Easterling,  and five other members of their family on August 11,  2022 pleaded guilty to federal and state of Alabama charges filed in 2021 as “conspiracy to violate federal anti-animal fighting laws,  including operating fighting pits on their properties,  possessing thousands of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Laws & standards, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brent Easterling, L&L Game Farm, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Swift Creek Game Farm, Wayne Pacelle, William Easterling

Alleged cockfighter indicted for bribery in Kentucky, others named

March 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

31 missing cockfighters becomes a presidential campaign issue in the Philippines LEXINGTON,  Kentucky;  MANILA, Philippines––The U.S. Department of Justice on March 2,  2022 disclosed the names of four more alleged cockfighters against whom sealed federal indictments were issued on February 24,  2022 in London,  Kentucky. No further information,  however,  has been forthcoming about who was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Carlton S. Shier IV, Cruz Alejandro Mercado-Vazquez, Jerrard McVey, Jodi Cohen, Linda McVey, Millard Oscar Hubbard, Panfilo Lacson, Rodrigo Duterte, Steve Hindi, Vicente Sotto III, Walter H. Mitchell

FBI raids alleged Kentucky cockpit; 31 cockfighters “disappear” in Philippines

March 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But Oklahoma legislator moves to gut anti-cockfighting law WHITESBURG, Kentucky––Information is scarce about a February 25,  2022 raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on an alleged cockpit near Whitesburg,  Kentucky. Information is even scarcer about a rumored simultaneous raid on a second alleged cockpit west of Lexington,  Kentucky,  followed by additional raids elsewhere in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Charlie's Pit, CJ's Pit, Justin Humphrey, Laurel Creek Game Club, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Whitesburg

Grand jury indicts alleged assailants of humane investigator Steve Hindi

February 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Hindi beaten, drone destroyed, while trying to videotape site of suspected cockfight             IRONTON, Ohio––A Lawrence County,  Ohio grand jury on February 23,  2021 indicted suspects James V. “Bub” Newcomb II,  53,  of Waterloo,  Ohio,  and distant Newcomb neighbor Shannon Lee Clark,  35,  on multiple felony counts originating in a January 3,  2021 alleged assault […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Becki Newcomb, James V. Newcomb II, Marty Bentley, Merritt Clifton, Shannon Lee Clark, Steve Hindi

Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

December 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: David Malakoff, Elson Aca, Eric Hoffmayer, Janet McConaughey, Merritt Clifton, Morari Bapu

Will African swine fever make China vegan?

November 4, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Whatever happens, most of the world will eat less pork SYDNEY,  Australia;  HONG KONG––Will African swine fever,  a viral disease now projected to kill at least half the pigs in China and a quarter of all the pigs in the world,  accelerate the trend toward vegan eating? Or speed the transition toward factory farming? Or […]

Filed Under: Africa, Central Europe, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Eastern Europe, Eating dogs, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Philippines, Pigs, South Korea, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Andriy Rozstalnyy, He Huifeng, Jason Gale, Mark Schipp, Merritt Clifton, Oma Seddiq, Orange Wong, Park Won-soon, Yu Kangzhen

How to tell a “bait dog” from “click bait”

May 22, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“Bait dogs” are docile victims to some pit bull  advocates, but “urban legend” to others What is a “bait dog”? First of all,  learn to distinguish a bona fide “bait dog” from a “click bait” dog, known to rescue insiders as a “donor bait” dog. Fill in the blanks This is the generic description of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Pacific rim, Philippines, USA Tagged With: Animal Farm Foundation, bait dog, Merritt Clifton, pit bull

Philippine mad dogs claim deadly revenge for being eaten

April 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Eradicating rabies requires ending dog-eating too          CAUAYAN,  Philippines––For the second time in three years a rabies outbreak linked to eating dogs has hit the western Philippines,  underscoring the importance of ending dog meat consumption if canine rabies is to be eradicated. The rabies outbreak was declared by the Negros Occidental provincial department of health […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Food, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Meat issues, Myanmar, Pacific rim, Philippines, Rabies, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Basilio Ponce, Merritt Clifton, Ponciano Deogoro, Ressia Mae Edoria, Rolando Carmelita Jr., Tin Tin Myaing

More medical warnings link dog meat to rabies

March 18, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

13 people ate meat from a rabid dog MANILA––Philippine, Chinese, and international public health media in mid-March 2015 warned that eating dogs can spread rabies, after at least 13 people ate meat from a rabid dog in Cabatangan village, Zamboanga, the Philippines. Summarized Robert Herriman of Outbreak News Today on March 15, 2015, from reports […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Food, Food & agriculture, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Philippines, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Herman Wertheim, Jack Woodall, Merritt Clifton, ProMED-mail, Robert Herriman, Shamsudeen Fagbo, Zamboanga

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