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Should ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson go to heaven or hell?

September 5, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

“Heaven!” says Wayne Pacelle.  “Hell!” says Steve Hindi. CHATHAM, Massachusetts––Bill Richardson,  75,  New Mexico governor from 2003 to 2011,  involved in politics and international diplomacy from his 1971 graduation from Tufts University until shortly before his death,  died on September 1,  2023 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, African species, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Captive animals, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Mexico, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Ali MacGraw, Ben Shelly, Jeffrey Epstein, Mary Jane Garcia, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Wayne Pacelle

HFA & SHARK lawsuit hits Boone County, Illinois, for permitting steer-tailing

August 26, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Case has potential to stop charreada throughout Illinois             BELVIDERE,  Illinois––Charreada promoters suddenly have something more to worry about during the second half of the Illinois charreada season than just Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drones monitoring steer-tailing,  electroshocking,  horse-flogging,  and horse-tripping. An August 24,  2023 lawsuit brought against Boone County,  Illinois,  by the Humane […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Mexico, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, The Americas, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Hub Conley Wouters, Humane Farming Association, Jessica Blome, Lily Rivo, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 12, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 89th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to conclude on August 13,  2023,  as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Checking to see how many horses died at Omak this […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

“Big Lickers” & pals Haggerty & Vilsack defy the ghost of Clant Seay

July 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

The Prevent All Soring Tactics Act,  or PAST Act,  may be barn-sour WASHINGTON D.C.––The ghost of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay,  also known as the Ghost of PAST Act Failed,  may already be rattling stacked horseshoes and chains in the offices of U.S. Senator Bill Haggerty and Agriculture Secretary Tom […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Big Lick, Bill Haggerty, Clant Seay, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson, Tom Vilsack

Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.

July 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans,  concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,”  opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States,  “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Captive animals, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, China, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Disease, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Judaism, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, Chronic Wasting Disease, COVID-19, Ebola, Harvard Law School, Merritt Clifton, New York University, ProMED

“Greatest anti-soring advocate of all time” Clant Seay dies at 76

March 14, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Walking horse defender BillyGoboy never slowed down in fight against the “Big Lickers”             OXFORD,  Mississippi––Citizens Committee Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay,  76,  remembered by fellow campaigner Marty Irby as “quite a character and in my opinion the greatest anti-soring advocate of all time,”  died on March 6,  2023 in Oxford,  Mississippi. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Show, USA Tagged With: Gen's Ice Glimmer, James Meredith, Keith Dane, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Ole Miss, Roy Exum, Tawny Preisner

Court returns Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act to the starting gate

December 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Newly formed Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority loses turf battle to state & industry agencies             NEW ORLEANS,  Louisiana­­––Horse advocates and the horse racing industry across the U.S. are somewhat belatedly beginning to realize that a November 18,  2022 unanimous decision by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has returned the Horseracing Integrity & […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act of 1970, Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, Joseph Fawbush, Merritt Clifton

Anti-“Big Lick” soring PAST Act passes U.S. House; goes to Senate

November 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And California voters dump horse racing bail-out measure WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. House of Representatives on November 14,  2022 for the second time passed the PAST Act,  short for Prevent All Soring Tactics,  and sent it to the U.S. Senate,  where for the second time it is likely to pull up lame. But maybe not.  Before […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, Sports, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Presley, Rep. Steve Cohen, Sherry DeBoer, Tom Vilsack

The “Big Lick,” Tunica, & the smell of horse manure in the morning

November 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Big Lick” industry hopes to raise a defense fund at show finale brunches in center ring TUNICA, Mississippi––Tennessee walking horse “Big Lick” fanciers either love the smell of horse manure in the morning,  or,  when converging for shows at the Paul Battle Arena,  miss the odor of Sugar Ditch Alley,  the open sewer for which […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Aaron Self, Clant Seay, Merritt Clifton, Paul Battle Arena, Tennessee Walking Horse, Tom Vilsack

Horse defenders ask, “Where are the Cheshire cats of equine advocacy?”

October 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Barn-sour big groups leave the hard work to Lone Rangers Fighting the horse’s rear ends promoting the horse racing industry,  rodeo,  and “Big Lick” horse exhibition,  Political Animals founder Sherry DeBoer,  Action for Animals founder Eric Mills,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi,  and Citizens Campaign Against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty founder Clant […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Show, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Action for Animals, Citizens Campaign Against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty, Clant Seay, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Political Animals, Sherry DeBoer, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

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