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Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming

January 12, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle             WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6,  2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cats, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashli Babbitt, Blair Brandt, Bradley Lane Croft, Brian Sweeney, Donald Trump, Jake Angeli Chansley, Joe Arpaio, Joe Exotic, Lara Trump, Pinky Cole, Raphael Warnock, Slutty Vegan, Stacy Abrams, Wayne Pacelle

Trump signs anti-race horse doping bill & $60 million gift to horse industry

December 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Tax break for Paycheck Protection Program loan/grant recipients appears to have been the dangling carrot that brought horse racing industry support for omnibus funding bill             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Donald Trump on December 27,  2020 “signed H.R. 133,  an Act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021,  providing coronavirus emergency response […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bill Shanklin, Clant Seay, Joseph D. Tydings, Keith Dane, Lamar Alexander, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Pit bulls, wolves win in Colorado; horse racing wins in Nebraska; Hsiung loses

November 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Colorado goes to the dogs             DENVER, Colorado; LINCOLN, Nebraska;  BERKELEY, California––Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly led Republican incumbent Donald Trump at 1:45,  Pacific time,  on November 4,  2020. The three major ballot issues and one mayoral race directly involving animals appeared to have ended,  however,  with a win for pit bulls in Denver,  a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Herndon, Dave Dreeszen, David Bernhardt, Frances Dinkelspiel, Ho-Chunk, Merritt Clifton, Michael B. Hancock, Wayne Hsiung

Girl, 11, & father killed over a bull mastiff? Race horses involved too?

July 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Former thoroughbred owner shot son & granddaughter of renowned jockey & racing judge PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida—Why did Ronald John Delserro,  82,  on July 6,  2020 fatally shoot two of his longtime Port St. Lucie neighbors,  11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father Guy Alexander Hansman,  55? Was Delserro’s grievance only because the Hansman family brought […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing Tagged With: Guy Hansman, Harper Hansman, Larry Hansman, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, Monique Hansman, Ronald Delserro, Will Greenlee

Horse racing fails to win, place, or show in Georgia, despite HSUS support

July 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Why is the Humane Society of the U.S. helping horse racing to expand into new territory? ATLANTA, Georgia––Again the perennial horse racing industry attempt to legalize pari-mutuel betting and introduce thoroughbred racing to Georgia failed during the 2020 state legislative session,  closed on July 3. Opposition to legalizing pari-mutuel betting came chiefly from religious groups […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, USA Tagged With: Kitty Block, Natalie Voss, Patrick Battuello, Rick Bernthal, Valerie Pringle, Wayne Pacelle

Why Europe will not eat U.S. & Australian wild horses

May 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dutch & Danish seizures of illegally trafficked German horse meat do not mean revived demand             WASHINGTON D.C.,  BRUSSELS––Yes,  the Bureau of Land Management under Donald Trump appointee William Perry Pendley is desperately eager to dispose of as many as 45,000 wild horses in holding pens,  plus about 68,000 of the estimated 95,000 wild horses […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Live transport, Meat issues, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Slaughter, Slaughter, United Kingdom, Wild horses Tagged With: Jan Fasen, Manuel Coto, Merritt Clifton, Toby Sterling, William Perry Pendley, Willy Selten

Iconic animal use events fall to COVID-19: “Running of the bulls” is latest

April 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Social distancing” also shuts down SeaWorld, seal hunt, fur auctions, Kentucky Derby,  & the carriage horses in Central Park             PAMPLONA,  Spain ––The 700-year-old Festival of San Fermin, featuring bullfights and the “running of the bulls” through the cobbled streets of the oldest part of Pamplona, Spain, was on April 21, 2020 indefinitely postponed due […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal racing, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Fur trapping, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Racing, Scandinavia, Spain, Spectacles, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Working horses Tagged With: Ana Elizalde, Ernest Hemingway, Kentucky Derby, Kopenhagen Fur, Merritt Clifton, Saga Furs

Noted in passing: Bryant, Paulsen, Carothers, Domingues, & Weingartner

February 27, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Activist legends in U.K., New Mexico,  Texas,  Louisiana,  & California Recently deceased longtime animal advocates John Bryant of Dorset,  U.K.,  Judy Paulsen of Corrales,  New Mexico,  Randy Carothers of Rockwell,  Texas,  Rae Nell Domingues of Lafayette,  Louisiana,  and Susan Weingartner of southern California most likely never crossed paths in person,  and may never even have […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Greyhound racing, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Killing contests, Predators, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: John Bryant, Judy Paulsen, Merritt Clifton, Rae Nell Domingues, Randy Carothers, Susan Weingartner

Breakthrough may scratch horses from the Iditarod legend

January 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Yes, horses! ANCHORAGE,  Alaska;  Braunschweig,  Germany–– A German immunologist, funded by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,  has reportedly made a scientific discovery that may scratch horses from the substance of the Iditarod serum run legend. Horses in the Iditarod Trail Race,  the 938-mile world’s most famous and most controversial dog sled race? Yes, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dog sledding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Science, Sled dog racing, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Ed Rohn, Emil von Behring, Gunnar Kaasen, Kai Kupferschmidt, Leonhard Seppala, Mark Klempner, Merritt Clifton, Michael Hust

Montreal carriage horse trade ends, after 354 years

January 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Calèche” industry was long intertwined with defunct harness track,  start of the Premarin industry,  horse slaughter,  and a notorious glue factory              MONTREAL, Quebec––The last vehicle-pulling horses in Montreal,  Quebec,  are to be off the streets before sunset on December 31,  2019––an hour which,  as this article is posted,  has already come and gone. “Far […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Canada, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, PMU, Racing, The Americas, Working horses Tagged With: Christiane Vadnais, Denis Coderre, Denis Murray, Luc Desparois, Merritt Clifton, Valerie Plante

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