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Busting cockfights by people of color but ignoring the good old boys

January 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why do cockfighters in majority white conservative states get a free pass from big animal advocacy groups & law enforcement? by Steve Hindi, founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Recently I have read a number of posts from animal organizations applauding the failure of cockfighters’ efforts in the courts to continue cockfighting in the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pacific islands & other, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: John Root, Patrick Robinson, SHARK, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Wayne Pacelle

Richard Leakey, 77, saved elephants & found missing links to veg past

January 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey,  77,  known to the world as simply Richard Leakey,  died on January 2,  2022,  in Nairobi,  the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19,  1944,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Emmanuel de Merode, Louis Leakey, Louise Leakey, Mary Leakey, Meave Epps, Merritt Clifton, Nehemiah Rotich, Paula Kahumbu, WildlifeDirect

Big group bullies––like PETA––are stealing the animals’ lunch

January 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] As we head into 2022, I’d like to raise an issue––bullying––that has been a persistent problem in the animal advocacy cause.  You might not think that bullying would be an issue in the realm of animal protection,  but it is,  and has been for a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Ingrid Newkirk, Save Elephant Foundation, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Wildlife Friends Foundation

Wildlife Friends to evacuate Phuket Zoo; PETA did zip but claims credit

December 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Notorious as one of the world’s worst zoos for 25 years PHUKET, Thailand––The first good-news animal story of 2022,  if all goes according to plan,  may be the impending evacuation of 11 tigers and two bears from the defunct Phuket Zoo,  a target of animal advocacy protest almost from the day it opened in 1996. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Saengdueab Lek Chaillert, Sharmaine Sanders, Shirley McGreal

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

Save Animals Initiative cofounder Anil Malhotra, 80

December 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Anil & Pamela Gale Malhotra created reputedly the largest non-governmentally managed wildlife sanctuary in India Anil Malhotra,  80,  died on November 22,  2021 at the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary he and his wife Pamela Gale Malhotra cofounded in 1991 at Theralu Village & Post,  South Kodagu,  Karnataka state,  India. Posted Pamela Gale Malhotra to […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Birds, Elephants, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Reptiles, Snakes, Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Pamela Gale Malhotra, SAI Sanctuary

Jane Goodall joins voices against livestock gift charities

December 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Livestock gifts,  Goodall warns,  “can result in unintended consequences”             WASHINGTON D.C.––Primatologist,  anthropologist,  and philanthropist Jane Goodall,  87,  on December 20,  2021 added her globally influential voice to those of the growing number of critics of livestock gift charities. Livestock gift charities include,  most prominently,  Heifer International,  Oxfam, World Vision, and the Cargill’s “Hatching Hope” […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, North Africa, Poultry, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Dawn Moncrief, GiveWell, Heifer International, Lester Brown, Maneka Gandhi, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Mia MacDonald, Richard Oppenlander

“Ivory Queen” wins appeal––and gets 15 years again

December 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But elephant poachers featured in Leonardo DiCaprio film are released due to faulty prosecutions             DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania––The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court on December 8,  2021 re-sentenced “Ivory Queen” Yang Feng Glan and two alleged Tanzanian co-conspirators to 15 years imprisonment each for illegally trafficking 860 elephant tusks. (See “Ivory queen” sentence helps to […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Boniface Mathew Malyango, Chris Morris, Dickens Olewe, John Magufuli, Leonardo Di Caprio, Merritt Clifton, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Yang Feng Glan

What does Islam teach about spay/neuter of dogs & cats?

December 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

All major schools and branches of Islam accept spay/neuter surgery––if it is done correctly              Few ANIMALS 24-7 articles have been more often read,  in more nations,  than What did the Prophet Mohammed really say about dogs?  This article,  updated most recently on August 22,  2021,  was among the first […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Egypt, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Islam, Libya, Malaysia, North Africa, Pakistan, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia Tagged With: Dar Al Ifta, Debbie Hirst, Merritt Clifton, Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen, Myat Min, Prophet Mohammed, Rahul Sehgal, Rubaiya Ahmed, Sheikh M. S. Al-Munajjid, Sheikh Sayyed Mutawalli Ad-Darsh

New Aussie cat-killing method may hint retreat from trying to kill all ferals

December 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Scheme targets only specific cats who eat endangered marsupials             ADELAIDE, Australia––Australian cat-haters rejoiced and cat advocates threw up their hands in horror after Adelaide Advertiser reporter Michelle Etheridge on November 30,  2021  revealed the latest of generations of government schemes to poison feral cats and foxes who allegedly prey upon endangered small marsupials. Overlooked […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Politics, Population control, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: bilbies, Greg Hunt, Kyle Brewer, Lisa Roberts Daintree, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Etheridge, Ned Ryan-Scholefield

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