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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

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

Hurricane Ian & Pakistan “super flood” compete for aid & sympathy

October 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Animal agriculture made Pakistan crisis worse FORT MYERS, Florida;  ISLAMABAD,  Pakistan––With Hurricane Ian storm water still receding in Florida and South Carolina,  the human body count rising over 100,  and animal casualties only just beginning to be estimated,  Julien Harneis,  United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan,  might be said to have picked an awkward time to appeal to the […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Pakistan Tagged With: Abid Hussain, Antonio Guterres, Farah Naureen, Julien Harneis, Merritt Clifton, Shehbaz Sharif, Thomas Frank

Rebuilding Neptune’s Navy: Captain Paul Watson post-Sea Shepherd

September 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Build me an ark!” or at least help to buy one,  Watson tells supporters WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson on September 13,  2022 thanked Sea Shepherd France,  Sea Shepherd UK,  Sea Shepherd Brazil,  Sea Shepherd Austria,  and Sea Shepherd Tahiti for “loyal and much appreciated support for the establishment of the Captain Paul […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Jeff Hansen, Jolly Roger, Merritt Clifton, Pritam Singh

Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project celebrates a triple dolphin release in Bali

September 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Culminates 12-year campaign BALI,  Indonesia––Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project on September 3,  2022 celebrated the release into the open ocean of the bottlenose dolphins Johnny,  Rocky,  and Rambo,  after three years of rehabilitation and a decade-long campaign to free them from the captive dolphin exhibition industry. “We’re tracking them now,”  Ric O’Barry emailed to ANIMALS 24-7. […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific islands & other, Southeast Asia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Dolphin Project, Femke den Haas, Femke Monita, Indra Exploitasia, Lincoln O’Barry, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry

PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds

September 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Under new brass,  it isn’t even the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society any more             SOUTH WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Japanese and Russian whales,  Atlantic Canadian sealers,  and oceans of marine poachers in other parts of the world never succeeded in sinking Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,  but the organization he founded in 1977 on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Humane history, Japan, Marine life, Mexico, Organizations, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Seals, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Deborah Bassett, Haans Siver, Merritt Clifton, Peter Hammarstedt, Phil Wollen, Pritam Singh, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater

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

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

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

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House again, heads toward passage

July 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Odds for Senate approval look good this time WASHINGTON D.C.––Clearing the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 278-138,  the Big Cat Public Safety Act pushed since 2007 by Carole and Howard Baskin of Big Cat Rescue appears likely to win U.S. Senate approval as well,  and be signed into law by President Joe […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, India, Laws, Laws & politics, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sanctuaries, The Americas, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Carole Baskin, Eduardo Serio, Ernesto Zazueta, Howard Baskin, Kevin Antle, Lacey Act, Merritt Clifton, Mike Quigley

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