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In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 6 Comments

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

Aloha Rodeo: animal advocates, Disney, & Cheyenne showdown

March 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Will forthcoming film “glorify steer roping” & help to revive rodeo,  or help to finish it? CHEYENNE,  Wyoming––Walt Disney Inc.,  Cheyenne Frontier Days,  and a coalition of animal advocacy groups headed by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] may be headed toward the highest-profile showdown at the 123-year-old Frontier Days rodeo since Hawaiian paniolos Eben […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Archie Kaaua, Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, David Wolman, Eben Parker “Ben” Low, Gavin Ehringer, Glenn Close, Ikua Purdy, Julian Smith, Lane Frost, Merritt Clifton, Roy Edward Disney, Walt Disney

Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death

January 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al             LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher,  81,  died of pancreatic cancer on January 14,  2021,  at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn,  his partner in life […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Chris Lawrence, Doc Antle, Joe Exotic, Merritt Clifton, Robert McFadden, Roy Horn, Siegfried Fischbacher

Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa

October 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges?             RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle,  who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,”  appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to  avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf,  Iowa,  never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barbara Fisher, Carole Baskin, Christian Dall’Acqua, Don Elroy, Ellen Dahnke, Jack Hanna, Joe Exotic, John Weinhart, Keith Wilson, Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle, Merritt Clifton, Sue Pressman, Tawny Antle, Tilakum Antle

“I can’t breathe”: stealing slogan to use for animal causes is not fighting cruelty

June 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Opportunistic use of phrases and imagery can come across as insensitive and insulting             MINNEAPOLIS, PHOENIX, NEW YORK CITY––“It is striking to me,”  wrote Mike Troutman in sharing with friends his first-hand account of recent events in Minneapolis,  “how three central challenges of our time––racist policing, COVID-19 and the climate crisis––all […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Opinions & Letters, Rodeo, Shelters, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Ingrid Newkirk, Joe Arpaio, Kevin Vincente, Merritt Clifton, Mike Troutman

The price of defiance: COVID-19 vs. the Cottondale Mother’s Day Rodeo

May 13, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Whoever that masked man was, he was not in the rodeo arena             COTTONWOOD,  California––There are sound epidemiological arguments against outdoor mask-wearing to fight the spread of COVID-19,  and in favor of getting more people out into the spring sunshine,  but those arguments were not much in evidence at the 58th annual Mother’s Day Rodeo […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Hooved stock, Horses, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Alayna Shulman, Doni Chamberlain, Eric Magrini, Gavin Newsom, Karen Ramstrom, Merritt Clifton, Stu Chaifetz

Iconic animal use events fall to COVID-19: “Running of the bulls” is latest

April 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Social distancing” also shuts down SeaWorld, seal hunt, fur auctions, Kentucky Derby,  & the carriage horses in Central Park             PAMPLONA,  Spain ––The 700-year-old Festival of San Fermin, featuring bullfights and the “running of the bulls” through the cobbled streets of the oldest part of Pamplona, Spain, was on April 21, 2020 indefinitely postponed due […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal racing, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Fur trapping, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Racing, Scandinavia, Spain, Spectacles, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Working horses Tagged With: Ana Elizalde, Ernest Hemingway, Kentucky Derby, Kopenhagen Fur, Merritt Clifton, Saga Furs

“Cry Me A Cockroach”: Valentine’s Day sadism & the San Antonio Zoo

February 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Cockroaches & rats named after ex-spouses to be fed to snakes             SAN ANTONIO,  Texas––San Antonio Zoo executive director Tim Morrow and staff appear to be going full speed ahead with a Valentine’s Day “Cry Me A Cockroach” event,  despite complaints from around the world that it is mean-spirited,  sadistic,  and misleading,  promotes a hostile […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Insects, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Snakes, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chris Mattison, John Gripper, John Walsh, Kara Kovalchik, May Lenzer, Merritt Clifton, Roger Caras, Tim Morrow

Lost in translation: “personhood” verdict reportedly won for elephant

October 31, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Transfer-of-goods tax ruling followed precedent for nonprofit transactions             CHAPADA DOS GUIMARÅES, Mato Grosso,  Brazil––The retired Asian elephant Ramba,  52,  arrived late on October 18,  2019 at the Santuário de Elefantes do Brasil,  or Elephant Sanctuary Brazil,  after a 73-hour journey from Chile.   The transaction was completed after the elephant […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, South America, Spectacles, The Americas, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carol Buckley, Jaqueline B. Ramos, Judge Elena Liberatori, Judge Leonísio Salles de Abreu Jr., Kat Blais, Scott Blais

Obits: defenders of cats, dogs, wild horses, bees, crabs, & elephants

October 22, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Elaine Adair, Dayton Hyde, Susan Rudnicki,  Alana Cutland,  & Matthew Talbot had in common service to animals Elaine Adair Elaine Adair,  cofounder of the Mississippi Spay & Neuter Alliance (MS-SPAN),  born Elaine Girton on October 15, 1950 in Bloomsburg,  Pennsylvania,   died after a long struggle against cancer on October 14, 2019,  one day before what would […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Bees, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Madagascar, Malawi, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Alana Cutland, Dayton Hyde, Elaine Adair, Gerda Hyde, Matthew Talbot, Merritt Clifton, Susan Rudnicki

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