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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

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

District Attorney will not prosecute alleged bull-baiting at Salinas rodeo

September 12, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Monterey County SPCA does not speak up,  either             SALINAS,  California––The 2019 California Rodeo Salinas ended on July 19,  2019,  but the stench of manure––bovine,  equine,  and canine––lingers on above the Salinas Sports Complex. The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office,  headed since January 2019 by longtime California Rodeo Salinas volunteer Jeannine Pacioni,  reportedly recently rendered […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Benjamin Bonneville, Jeannine Pacioni, Martin Opseth, Merritt Clifton, Richard Henry Dana, Steve Hindi

SHARK video shows dogs baiting bulls at Calif. Salinas Rodeo 2019

August 2, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fans watched dogs torment bulls in the main arena after official events             SALINAS, California––The 109th California Rodeo Salinas had nearly ended on Sunday,  July 19,  2019.  The loudspeaker was still announcing the last “bullfighting” events,  in which “rodeo clowns” tease young bulls who are already agitated by bucking straps cinched tightly around their waists.  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & standards, Other animal fighting, Other spectacles, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Uses of dogs, Welfare Tagged With: Benjamin Bonneville, Merritt Clifton, Richard Henry Dana, Richard of Wyche, Steve Hindi, Tim Eastman

Are politicians sentient? British animal advocates wonder

November 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Nothing yet on animal sentience in U.K. law             LONDON,  U.K.–– “Sentient,”  a word seldom used by mass media and little recognized by the public before a much decried vote of the British Parliament on November 15,  2017,  is overnight at the center of debate raging throughout the United Kingdom. Who is sentient?  What is sentience?  […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Andrew Griffin, Caroline Lucas, David Bowles, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Philip J. Lymbery, Rowena Mason

Animal advocates cleared of Macarena barrio, Bogota bullring bombing

February 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

24 police,  two civilians injured;  six critical          BOGOTA,  Colombia––Preliminary investigation indicates that anti-bullfighting activists had nothing to do with a bombing on the morning of February 19,  2017 that rocked the Plaza de Toros La Santa María in El Barrio La Macarena. El Barrio La Macarena is the Bogota neighborhood where […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, South America, Spectacles, The Americas Tagged With: Enrique Penalosa, Gustavo Petro, Hoover Penilla, Joshua Goodman

What if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled rodeo unconstitutional?

November 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

It happened in India!          NEW DELHI,  India––Imagine the U.S. Supreme Court resoundingly rebuking the Donald Trump presidential administration by holding rodeo to be unconstitutional,  regardless of how culturally entrenched it is among “red state voters,”  his support base. Difficult though it may be to imagine newly appointed U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions moving under […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Vegetarians & vegans, Working animals Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, R.M. Kharb, Rohinton Nariman

Spanish high court overturns Catalonian ban on bullfighting

October 28, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Catalonian leaders pledge defiance          MADRID,  BARCELONA––“In Spain,”  tweeted Catalonian nationalist member of the Spanish parliament Gabriel Rufian on October 20,  2016,  “it is unconstitutional to ban the public torture and murder of an animal.  Enough said.” The Spanish Constitutional Court,  the highest court in Spain,  had just voted  8 to 3 to overturn the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, Spain, Spectacles Tagged With: Carmen Mendez, José Enrique Zaldívar, Manel Casas, Marta Esteban, Merritt Clifton, Montse Ong

Showdown at the Indian-style bullfighting corral

April 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board faces off against the BJP government          CHENNAI,  NEW DELHI––The elected government of India and the appointed but constitutionally empowered Animal Welfare Board of India appear to be headed toward a showdown before the Indian Supreme Court––a showdown which precedent indicates the Animal Welfare Board would win. In the interim,  however,  challenging […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Welfare Tagged With: Bharatiya Janata Party, Chinny Krishna, J. Jayalalithaa, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, R.M. Kharb

Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem

January 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chair R.M. Kharb & vice-chair Chinny Krishna refuse to quit NEW DELHI,  CHENNAI––Animals may be killed and injured by the hundreds of thousands during the 2016 Indian harvest festivals,  January 12-18,  but the mayhem may not proceed with government approval,  ruled a two-judge bench representing the Supreme Court of India […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Other animal fighting, Other animal racing, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, AWBI, bulbul fighting, Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Pongal, R.M. Kharb, Supreme Court of India

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