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For Josh & Sarah Bowmar,  it’s the fire next time they appear in court

January 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Fined but no jail time in poaching-related plea bargain,  truck-burning & cabin-burning cases still ahead OMAHA,  Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness gurus Josh and Sarah Bowmar on January 12,  2023 escaped jail time for misdemeanor conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act,  which prohibits transportation of illegally obtained wildlife and wildlife parts across state […]

Filed Under: Bears, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Josh Bowmar, Lacey Act, Lindsay Thomas, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Bowmar, Will Brantley

“Recognized” for trash pickup,  Mississippi sheriff ignored cockfighters

January 13, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Two cockfights cancelled in Kentucky,  but two go on in Mississippi despite tips to Lee County Sheriff Department TUPELO,  Mississippi––Driving south with the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] drone squadron,  through Kentucky en route to Mississippi on the first weekend of January 2023,  SHARK founder Steve Hindi felt gratified to discover that two of […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Buddy Baughman, DL Parker, Merritt Clifton, Sheriff Jim H. Johnson, Steve Hindi, Steve Hollard, Tom Williams, Tupelo

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

Eight life terms plus 121 years for murders linked to cockfighting

December 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

One suspected cockfighting family massacred another             CINCINNATI,  Ohio;  MANILA, Philippines––Among the evidentiary photos and video obtained by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness during cockfights at Honest Abe’s pit in Pine Knot,  McCreary County,  Kentucky on December 17,  2022 was extensive documentation of the presence of small children,  with their supposed parents,  barely an arm’s […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Angela Wagner, Christopher Rhoden, Edward “Jake” Wagner, Frankie Rhoden, George “Billy” Wagner III, George Washington Wagner IV, Hannah Mae Rhoden Gilley, Merritt Clifton, Rita Jo Newcomb, Steve Hindi

The damage is done, by Helene Hesselager O’Barry

December 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Editor’s note: Helene O’Barry,  wife of longtime dolphin freedom advocate Ric O’Barry,  follows up below on An open letter to James Cameron & Avatar crew by Ric O’Barry,  posted on December 15,  2022. Meanwhile,  clarifies Ric,  “Dolphin Project is not boycotting the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. “The problem is with their obscene publicity […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Zoos Tagged With: Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, Ric O'Barry, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Four chimps shot dead at the Furuvik Zoo in Sweden––why?

December 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Shootings,  as info emerges,  look more like panic than a safety precaution             GAVLE,  Sweden––The more information emerges about the December 14,  2022 fatal shooting of four chimpanzees and wounding of another at the Furuvik Zoo,  about 100 miles north of Stockholm,  the Swedish capital city,  the more the shootings look like an ill-informed panic […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Scandinavia, Sweden, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Annika Troselius, Frans de Waal, Ing-Marie Persson, Jane Goodall, Mathias Osvath, Merritt Clifton, Santino, Torsten

Joe Biden signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act

December 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fifteen-year campaign nears climax for Howard & Carole Baskin             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Joe Biden on December 20,  2022 endorsed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law. The Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 6,  2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on a voice vote,  after clearing the House of Representatives […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joseph Schreibvogel Maldonado, Kevin Antle, Merritt Clifton, Tim Stark

What’s worse than coal for Christmas? 10 years for dogfighting!

December 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Dogfighting,  drugs,  & firearms AKRON,  Ohio––Convicted dogfighter Ronald Smith,  39,  of Akron,  Ohio was on December 19,  2022 sentenced to serve ten years and three months in jail,  after pleading guilty to a 22-count indictment,  including charges of dogfighting,  drug trafficking,  and being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge John R. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anthonio Latoranodo Orr, K2 Solutions, Merritt Clifton, Vincent Le Mark Burrell

How SHARK stole Christmas from a bar full of alleged cockfighters

December 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Who in Whoville called SHARK?  Who called the cops?  Who tipped off the cockfighters?  Who wants to know? PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Whoville,  the primary setting of the 1957 Dr. Suess fable How The Grinch Stole Christmas,  huddled beneath the abandoned Star Studying Tower on Mount Crumpit,  might almost have been modeled on the poverty-stricken former coal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Suess, Honest Abe's, Merritt Clifton, Millard Oscar Hubbard, Steve Hindi

Sam Lipman, 32, & Ken Balcomb, 82, devoted their lives to whales

December 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Balcomb spent more than 50 years in the cause,  Lipman just 15,  but both left a mark             FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; CRAWLEY, West Sussex, U.K.––Self-described “orcaholics” Samantha “Sam” Lipman,  32,  and Ken Balcomb,  82,  half a world and 50 years apart,  died on November 29,  2022 and December 15,  2022,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins Tagged With: Free Morgan!, Free Willy!, Howard Garrett, Keiko, Loro Parque, Merritt Clifton, Miami Seaquarium, SeaWorld

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