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Suspected drugged animals again displayed on New York City streets

October 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Joseph Ramos-Noal/Noah and his immobile animals reappear on the Upper West Side            NEW YORK,  N.Y. –– He’s back! Just when you thought it was safe again to walk on the Upper West Side of New York City without encountering Joseph Ramos and his zombie-like animal collection,  Ramos “seems to have reemerged with a whole […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Other entertainment topics, USA Tagged With: Baila Landa, Claire Toohy, Irene Muschel, Jill Colvin, Joseph Noah, Joseph Noal, Joseph Ramos, Kate Briquelet, Marni Russo, Merritt Clifton

In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal rights movement pioneer             SAN RAFAEL,  California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz,  DVM,  “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,”  the organization announced via Facebook on April 9,  2021,  after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Rodeo, Sanctuaries, Science, Spay/neuter, Spectacles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Barry McCabe, Bill Dyer, Bob Jenkins, Carol Noon, Doll Stanley, Ed Duvin, Frederick Coulston, Henry Spira, Joe Haptas, John Smale, Lise Giraud, Matt Rossell, Max Redfern, Pat Derby, Paul Seigel, Raymond Giraud, Sheri Speede, Sue Herndon, Terri Oyarzun, Virginia Handley, Will Tuttle

Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56

January 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded             BETHLEHEM,  South Africa––Helmut Dungler,  56,  founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws),  died on January 5,  2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary,  among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Chickens, Croatia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Poultry, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Street dogs, Street performers, Sub-Saharan, Ukraine, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Chinny Krishna, Helmut Dungler, Ioana Dungler, Josef Pfabigan, Merritt Clifton, Signe Preuschoft

Wild Kingdom star Jim Fowler, 89: the truth behind the legend

May 30, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Florida roadside zoo showman starred on TV for 50 years  NORWALK,  Connecticut––Few viewers of the NBC nature documentary television series Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom during the original run of the program,  1963-1971,  might have expected that host Jim Fowler would die quietly at home at age 89––but he did,  on May 8,  2019,  in […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Birds, Central America, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Screen industry, The Americas, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: John Hamlet, Johnny Carson, Marlin Perkins, Mary Louise Grossman, Merritt Clifton, Shelly Grossman

Will videotaped beatings kill the last elephant polo tournament?

March 12, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

PETA video shows mahout hit elephant on the head “approximately 15 times”             BANGKOK,  Thailand––The likelihood that the recently completed 16th annual King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Bangkok,  Thailand will mark the end of the sport increased on March 9,  2018,  the second day of the four-day event,  concluded on March 11,  when PETA/Asia […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Sports, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Golden Triangle Elephant Foundation, Jason Baker, King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, Merritt Clifton

Perp to serve no time for first U.S. federal “crush video” conviction

March 9, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Credited with time served for Texas state charges          HOUSTON,  Texas––Ashley Nicole Richards,  25,  the first federal defendant to be sentenced in a “crush video” case,  on February 26,  2016 was ordered to serve 33 months in prison,  but U.S. District Judge Sim Lake credited her with having already served the time during 42 months […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting practices, Other animal fighting, Other entertainment topics, Screen industry, USA

Pit bull advocates

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull advocates • Pit bull hoarder Heidi Lueders jailed; bad day at Black Rock Canines • Where the late Bernie Rollin got his garbled “facts” about pit bulls • Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts • Pit bull & animal neglect defense lawyer pleads in murder-for-hire plot • […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Screen industry, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Branwny Finch, Cesar Millan, Cindy Marabito, Merritt Clifton

Elephant sanctuarian Carol Buckley takes up fencing

July 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Good fences make good neighbors.” ––Robert Frost Whatever became of Carol Buckley, the former circus elephant trainer who founded the world-renowned Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee,   but made a controversial exit in March 2010? “Buckley is currently in Thailand installing the country’s first solar powered chain-free corrals for captive elephants,” Elephant Aid International publicist Patricia Jones […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Bannerghatta Biological Park, Boon Lott, Carol Buckley, Elephant Aid International, Merritt Clifton, Patricia Jones, Soraida Salwada, The Elephant Sanctuary

Big Cat Rescue: remembering every large & exotic cat

April 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Memorial Wall includes nearly every cat species TAMPA, Florida––Visitors to Big Cat Rescue will see almost every species of cat whom anyone has ever raised in captivity. The cats are without exception kept in exemplary conditions, displaying the relaxed ferocity in repose that most cats take as a birthright. But visitors will see no “Wall […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Street performers, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Big Cat Rescue, Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Schreibvogel

Elephant polo ends in Jaipur, but elephant use & abuse in tourism continue

January 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

From Azam Siddiqui,  New Delhi,  India: I have immense joy in sharing the news that elephant polo organizers have pledged not to hold elephant polo matches in the state of Rajasthan, India. Reported Rachna Singh for the Times of India on January 9, 2015, “Tour operators are now informing the foreign agents not to book […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, India, Indian subcontinent, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Other entertainment topics, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Amber Fort, Azam Siddiqui, Christine Townend, elephant polo, Help In Suffering, Jaipur, Mark Shand

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