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More cockfighters than stars in Doris Day/Clint Eastwood country?

October 20, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Cock-breeding explodes around Carmel-by-the-Sea             MONTEREY,  California––By the look of it,  more might have been done in Monterey County to enforce legislation against breeding gamecocks if California had remained a U.S. territory in 1850 instead of becoming a state,  four years after overthrowing Spanish rule.             Exulted Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brad Miller, Doris Day, John Ramirez, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Royal Calkins, Steve Hindi

Cockfighters vs. coal miners, Taiji vs. Hong Kong: animal suffering gets lost

September 19, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

What happens when animal issues are overwhelmed by current events?             HARLAN COUNTY, Kentucky;  TAIJI, Japan;  BALI, Indonesia––A trainload of coal worth $1.4 million,  blockaded for six weeks by illegally laid off miners whose last pay checks bounced,  might at a glance appear to have nothing to do with an alleged cockfighting ring run by […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Japan, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, USA Tagged With: Dan Mosely, Kyle Simpson, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Ronnie Bennett, Steve Hindi, Sydney Boles, Tim Burns

Cockfighters “win” from delay of hurricane aid to Puerto Rico

May 26, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Frustration at lack of help fuels defense of cockfighting against U.S. federal “meddling”              SAN JUAN,  Puerto Rico––Puerto Rican cockfighters and politicians who boast of standing beside them may have been the only winners when U.S. Representative Chip Roy on May 24,  2019 blocked more than $900 million in disaster relief funding for victims of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, Sports, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Chip Roy, Donald Trump, Jenniffer González-Colón, Merritt Clifton, Ricardo Llerandi, Ricardo Rosselló, Robert Hayes Gore, Roberto Clemente

Pit hags, rescue angels, crazy cat ladies,  dog men & chicken fighters:  what’s in a name?

May 6, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

The late linguist,  lexicographer,  and “crazy cat man” Reinhold Aman would have relished the question SONOMA,  California––Researching the etymology of the terms “pit hag,”  “rescue angel,” “crazy cat lady,”  “dog man” and “chicken fighter,”  absent from most dictionaries yet almost universally understood within the animal advocacy world,  would have fascinated Reinhold Aman,  82,   who died […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Adlai Stevenson, Ed Lowe, Gavin Ehringer, Jeff Borchardt, Jesse Sheidlower, Merritt Clifton, Reinhold Aman

Rather than kill pit bulls, Ontario SPCA quits busting dogfights

December 7, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Ontario SPCA also quits investigating cockfighting, farmed animal,  & horse-related cases             TORONTO, Ontario––Paid $5.75 million per year by the Ontario government to enforce animal-related legislation,  the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has unilaterally––and without public announcement or prior disclosure to the government––opted out of enforcing laws including the 2006 provincial ban […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Cockfighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs, Welfare Tagged With: Alison Cross, Brent Ross, David Robinson, Kenneth Hunter, Marilyn Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Meagher, Robert Tomlin, Tim Trow

Disease linked to cockfighting menaces California poultry industry

September 30, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Gamecocks carrying Newcastle disease to domestic flocks killed millions in 1971 and 2003             LOS ANGELES––The billion-dollar-a-year California poultry industry is betting the farm that state and federal authorities can get a two-year series of outbreaks of Newcastle disease under control before it becomes the biggest threat to profits in decades. An outbreak discovered in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disease, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, Turkeys, USA Tagged With: Brad Miller, Eric Sakach, John Clifford, Martin Hugh-Jones, Merritt Clifton, Pam Marino, Steve Hindi

A year in jail for the life of Christmas Eve pit bull victim Lorraine Saylor

January 3, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Death demonstrates that responsible dog-keeping begins with what dogs are kept             ARJAY, Kentucky––Johnny Dale Lankford,  42,  already jailed on other charges when his two pit bulls killed Lorraine Brock Saylor,  66,  on Christmas Eve,  was sentenced to serve a year in jail on January 3,  2018 after pleading guilty to a single charge of harboring […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cockfighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Bethany Lynn Stephens, Jay Steele, Johnny Dale Lankford, Johnny Saylor, Lorraine Brock Saylor, Madison Wade, Merritt Clifton

Hawaiian Humane Society CEO Pamela Burns dies after colorful 27-year tenure

September 26, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Burns remained on the job to her final days HONOLULU,  Hawaii––Pamela Burns,  65,  Hawaiian Humane Society chief executive since 1990,  on September 18,  2017 “died peacefully at her home after taking a leave of absence approximately a week ago for health reasons,”  the humane society announced. Burns,  who was among the longest tenured humane society […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cockfighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, Urban wildlife, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Ann Walker Burns, Bonnie Pang, Carroll Cox, Chang Apana, Helen Wilder, Merritt Clifton, Norman Pang, Pamela Burns, Rebecca Rhoads

Raw milk,  pit bulls,  exotics & chicken poop

March 16, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Should the public be protected from lethal consequences of others’ lifestyle choices?          CHARLESTON,  West Virginia––Raw milk enthusiasts in the West Virginia legislature first cheered after opening a legal loophole through which unpasteurized milk may be sold,  then puked after sampling raw milk shared around by House of Delegates member Scott Cadle. Raw milk enthusiasts,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Allen H. Loughry II, Brent Benjamin, Merritt Clifton, Pat McGeehan, Robert Karnes, s, Scott Cadle, Tinkerbell, Wayne Pacelle

Why is cockfighting the blood sport most often linked to murder?

March 13, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Cockfighting & murder occur together worldwide          FORT WORTH,  Texas––Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Deanna Boyd mentioned almost as an afterthought the murderous history of Robert Eugene Coleman,  56,  one of three alleged cockfighters arrested on February 28,  2016: “Tarrant County court records show Coleman had previously been sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1998 […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Malaysia, Pacific islands & other, Poultry, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, NationMaster, Poker Palenque, Pope John Paul II

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