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The damage is done, by Helene Hesselager O’Barry

December 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Editor’s note: Helene O’Barry,  wife of longtime dolphin freedom advocate Ric O’Barry,  follows up below on An open letter to James Cameron & Avatar crew by Ric O’Barry,  posted on December 15,  2022. Meanwhile,  clarifies Ric,  “Dolphin Project is not boycotting the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. “The problem is with their obscene publicity […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Zoos Tagged With: Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, Ric O'Barry, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Los Angeles rodeo clowns hide behind girls riding sidesaddle

December 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And behind anyone else who ever once rode a horse or trained a dog LOS ANGELES––Why are macho cowpokes and bull-riders,  many with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks,  abruptly playing up what they term in campaign literature “the rich cultural history of California rodeo”? To translate,  rodeo promoters and participants are suddenly hiding behind […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Rodeo, Spectacles Tagged With: Bill Pickett, charreada, escaramuza, Merritt Clifton, Protect The Harvest, Steve Hindi, Western Justice, Western Sports Industry Coalition

“Cultural” defenses for charreada & cockfighting crumble

November 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two charreada promoters busted in Boone County,  Illinois;  Burmese cockfighting ring busted in Wells County,  Indiana;  Los Angeles close to banning bucking straps & prods GENEVA,  Illinois––Suspecting persons involved in an October 23,  2022 charreada rodeo had been charged with cruelty,  but previously unable to obtain the details,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on November […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Cockfighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Poultry, Rodeo, Spectacles, Welfare Tagged With: Aung Myint, Jackie Cota, Jose Luis P. Ramirez, Kan Lay, Kitty Block, Ma Nyun Sun, Merritt Clifton, Mexican Federation of Charreria, Steve Hindi, Suzanne Rustaff

Boone County “Mexican rodeo” bucks Mexican rodeo rules

November 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If Boone County mayhem is “Mexican culture,”  why doesn’t it follow the Mexican rulebook? BELVIDERE, Illinois––Two months of pretense by public officials in Boone County,  Illinois,  that violent abuse of steers and horses at local charreada or Mexican-style participant rodeos can be defended as part of Mexican-American culture appeared to disintegrate on November 3,  2022 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, USA, Working horses Tagged With: charreada, charro, Diane Zimmerman, Drew Bliss, Janet Enoch, Karla M. Maville, Merritt Clifton, Mexican Federation of Charreria, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness. Steve Hindi

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

Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities

October 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years,  most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan,  97,  known to the world as Bill Jordan,  wildlife veterinarian,  author,  and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe,  died on July 5,  2022,  at the SSM Health/St. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Canada, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Ireland, Isles, Kenya, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, South Africa, Spectacles, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Brenda Jordan, Care for the Wild, Daphne Sheldrick, Merritt Clifton, Stefan Ormrod, vicuna, Zoo Check

Exposed in California & Illinois: the most perverse events in rodeo

September 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Wild cow milking” goes down for the count in one of last major venues,  but fight to ban steer-tailing has barely begun OAKLAND,  California––A proposed ban on wild cow milking,  the only rodeo event known to have been invented by an alleged philandering pederast,  is only a second reading from final approval by the Alameda […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Cherie Bartelt, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Rowell Ranch, steer-tailing, Steve Hindi, wild cow milking

Rebuilding Neptune’s Navy: Captain Paul Watson post-Sea Shepherd

September 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Build me an ark!” or at least help to buy one,  Watson tells supporters WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson on September 13,  2022 thanked Sea Shepherd France,  Sea Shepherd UK,  Sea Shepherd Brazil,  Sea Shepherd Austria,  and Sea Shepherd Tahiti for “loyal and much appreciated support for the establishment of the Captain Paul […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Jeff Hansen, Jolly Roger, Merritt Clifton, Pritam Singh

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

August 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 88th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to conclude on August 14,  2022,  as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Bizarre as is the race itself,  down an extremely steep […]

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

“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him

June 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness stops yet another big cockfight STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––”Here they came to snuff the rooster,”  to paraphrase the best known song by “Alice In Chains” guitarist Jerry Cantrell,  the most famous of the 410 residents of Stringtown,  Oklahoma. Yet more than 60 carloads of cockfighting enthusiasts barely saw any roosters snuffed on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Bonnie & Clyde, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Kobliska, Miranda Lambert, Reba McIntire, Rob Baughman, Steve Hindi, Stringtown

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