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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

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

Hen caging & greyhound racing go before voters in 2018 election

November 5, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocates & agribusiness split over California Proposition 12;  Republicans split over Florida Proposition 13             SACRAMENTO, California;  ORLANDO, Florida––The axiom that animal politics cut diagonally across partisan divides could scarcely be better illustrated than by the alignments for and against the two major ballot initiatives on animal issues going before voters on November 6,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, USA, Uses of dogs, Welfare Tagged With: Brad Miller, Carey Thiel, Lynne Curry, Merritt Clifton, Paul Shapiro, Tracy Reiman, Wayne Pacelle

Humans snort coke 170 times more often than racing greyhounds

March 16, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Studies exonerate more than 99.9% of racing greyhounds,  but not necessarily their trainers             GAINESVILLE,  Florida––If dogs could do drugs unassisted,  the hard-working,  short,  highly stressed life of a racing greyhound might drive many times more to substance abuse than just the 1,150 greyhounds among more than 700,000 known to have flunked race day urine […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Sports, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carey M. Theil, Casey Jones, Charles F. McClellan, Greg Cima, Jennifer Y. Rosenblum, Malcolm McAllister, Merritt Clifton, Natasha L. Nemeth

Greyhound Friends founder acquitted of felony neglect

December 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Rescue legend allegedly no longer kept up with the pack          FRAMINGHAM,  Massachusetts–– Greyhound Friends founder Louise Coleman,  73,  for nearly 35 years a pioneer of racing greyhound rescue,  rehabilitation,  and adoption,  was on December 1,  2017 acquitted of felony neglect by Framingham District Court Judge David Cunis,  after a four-day bench trial. Concluded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Ireland, Isles, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Kevin Schneider, Louise Coleman, Merritt Clifton, Stoddard Melhado

Greyhound racing goes to the dogs in Miami, Macau, & Australia

July 31, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Magic City is allowed to replace greyhound racing with jai alai––a precedent for “decoupling” animal racing from gambling permits          MIAMI,  Florida––The Magic City casino in West Flagler,  Florida,  after more than 13 years of legal struggle,  is soon to become the first Florida betting venue to be allowed to abandon animal racing while continuing […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Horse racing, Indian subcontinent, Other animal racing, Pakistan, Uses of dogs, Zoos Tagged With: Charlie McClellan, Dara Kam, Izzy Havenick, Jim Rosica, John Lockwood, Merritt Clifton

Greyhound racing in Macau, China runs toward oblivion

June 10, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Greyhound Racing New South Wales charges 179 “industry participants” with illegally supplying the only track in China          RHODES,  New South Wales,  Australia;  MACAU,  China––Charges brought against 179 Australian “industry participants” for allegedly illegally exporting greyhounds to Macau appear likely to hasten the anticipated imminent end of greyhound racing at the Macau Canidrome,  the oldest […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Greyhound racing, Ireland, Isles, Meat issues, Organizations, Organizations, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Albano Martins, Anima Macau, Animals Australia, Canidrome, Grey 2K, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton

Greyhound racing & Custer’s Last Stand

March 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Going to the Dogs:    Greyhound Racing,  Animal Activism and American Popular Culture by Gwyneth Anne Thayer University Press of Kansas (Lawrence,  KS 66045),  2013.296 pages,  hardcover.  $34.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton George Armstrong Custer was a greyhound buff,  who may have devoted more time and attention to the dogs than he did to fulfilling […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing Tagged With: Earl Warren, George Armstrong Custer, Gwyneth Anne Thayer, Merritt Clifton

Dogfight over HSI/HSUS dog rescues in South Korea

October 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Did the dogs come from dog meat farms or from puppy millers, hoarders, & dogfighters? SEOUL,  South Korea––Has Humane Society International thus far in 2015 bought out three South Korean breeders of dogs for meat,  or several puppy millers breeding primarily for the pet trade,  and/or unwittingly bought a dogfighter’s culls,  and/or just bought some […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Food, Greyhound racing, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Population control, Shelters, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bernard Unti, Humane Society International, James Hyams, Korea Observer, Lola Webber, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Helen Banks, 87, founder of Second Chance for Greyhounds

March 26, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Helen Banks, 87, founder of Second Chance for Greyhounds,  died on March 14, 2015. “Her protective concern for animals of all kinds started early,” recalled William Ernest Waites in a November/December 2002 profile of Banks for The Times of the Islands, “with much of her childhood spent rescuing strays. As an attractive young woman in […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Greyhound racing, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Uses of dogs Tagged With: greyhounds, Helen Banks

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