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USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!

June 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Come on,  animal advocates,  let’s move fast!  Your big chance has come at last!  Want a chance to have your say?  Tell it to the USDA!”             WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is,  until the end of July 2022,  offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live transport, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, Spectacles, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal Welfare Act, Beth Clifton, BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton

Why the USDA cannot effectively enforce the Animal Welfare Act

May 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service was designed to fail             WASHINGTON D.C.–– Responsible for federal Animal Welfare Act enforcement,  such as it is,  the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA-APHIS] on May 20,  2022 got a public butt-kicking from National Geographic writer Rachel Fobar. The […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Educational use, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Horse & livestock shows, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other animals & science topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Uncategorized, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Earl Butz, Envigo, James R. Ebbitt, Joan Arnoldi, Kevin Shea, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Fobar, Tim McVeigh

Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts

November 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Author of Animal Rights & Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry FORT COLLINS,  Colorado––Bernard Elliot Rollin,  Ph.D.,  78,  better known as just Bernie Rollin,  died on November 19,  2021. Remembered and appreciated as an entertaining,  provocative,  and often persuasive bridge among the animal rights,  animal welfare,  academic,  veterinary,  and legal communities during his 51 years […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: David DeGrazia, Fred Allison, Henry Spira, Jeff Dodge, Linda Rollin, Merritt Clifton, Rene Descartes, Richard Avanzino, Richard Bonner

Walking Horse National Celebration: don’t bet on the numbers

September 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Banned for life” trainer passed out a trophy             SHELBYVILLE,  Tennessee––Just what was celebrated at the 2021 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration? It wasn’t certainly wasn’t either ethics or economic success. Attendance,  participation,  and prize money claims included in Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration publicity appear to distort reality at least as much as the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bill Callaway, Clant Seay, Jackie McConnell, Merritt Clifton, Mike Inman, Warren Wells

Rodeo has had free pass from humane groups for 60 years, recalls Cox

August 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Dean of U.S. humane work Warren Cox bucked rodeo before there was an “animal rights movement” The ASPCA, HSUS, PETA et al ignore the Omak Suicide Race. Why?! asked Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve’ Hindi in an August 11,  2021 ANIMALS 24-7 guest column. Hindi’s question reminded Warren Cox,  the dean of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Shelters, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Don Anthony, Merritt Clifton, Omak Stampede, Steve Hindi, Warren Cox

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

Will anti-show horse soring bill pull up lame through last-hurdle compromise?

December 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

What would Marty Irby,  Wayne Pacelle & Lamar Alexander think if weighted shoes were on their feet? UPDATE received on December 18,  2020,  from Bernard Unti,  senior policy advisor,  Humane Society of the U.S.:   “I’m pleased to share the news that the reckless attempt by an embittered faction within animal protection to swap in a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Billy Goboy, Clant Seay, Joseph Tydings, Keith Dane, Lamar Alexander, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Roy Exum, Wayne Pacelle

Why did chuckwagon racer Devin Matsuing dare a grizzly bear to fight?

September 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The grizzly bear had better sense             BANFF, Alberta––Convicted on September 13,  2019 of disturbing a grizzly bear more than four years earlier,  professional chuckwagon racing driver Devin Mitsuing,  35,  was on September 13,  2019 fined $4,000 by Canmore Provincial Court Judge George Gaschler. Mitsuing was given until October 16,  2019 to pay the fine […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Canada, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, The Americas Tagged With: Devin Mitsuing, George Gaschler, Jenna Dulewich, Marritt Clifton, Ray Mitsuing, Thomas Murray O'Neill

Three more chuckwagon horses killed as Calgary Stampede 2019 ends

July 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Six horses killed in 10 days; most since 1986              CALGARY,  Alberta––The 2019 Calgary Stampede ended on the night of July 14,  2019 with reportedly the second-highest attendance in the history of the event,  and three more horses killed in the climactic last heat of the Rangeland Derby,  the chuckwagon races that for almost a […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Canada, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, The Americas Tagged With: Bill McEwen, Chad Harden, Danny Ringuette, Emma McIntosh, Eugene Jackson, Evan Salmond, Guy Weadick, Lew Wallace, Merritt Clifton, Troy Dorchester

E. coli kills yet another child who visited a petting zoo

July 2, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Third known petting zoo fatality since 2011 SAN DIEGO, California––Jedidiah King Cabezuela,  age 2,  on June 24,  2019 died from hemolytic uremic syndrome,  an apparent complication of exposure to shiga toxin-producing e. coli bacteria two weeks earlier at the San Diego County Fair. “The County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency said the […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disease, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pollution, Sheep & goats, Zoos Tagged With: Aedin Grey, Colton Guay, Gage Lefevers, Jedidiah King Cabezuela, Merritt Clifton, Myles Herschaft, Scott Weese, Tim Fennell

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