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In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 4 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 Top, 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

“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

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

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

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

August 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 86th annual edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to be held nightly,  August 8-11,  2019. Bizarre as the race itself is,  even more bizarre––and perplexing––is that the 12 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation […]

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

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

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

Alleged pit bull starver Lueders & “rescue” horse thief Blackwood both busted

January 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Bully Breed Rescue president to be arraigned on February 13, 2019             BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut;  TUSKEGEE,  Alabama––Bully Breed Rescue president and alleged pit bull starver Heidi E. Lueders,  31,  can expect to face a howling mob of former donors,  volunteers,  sympathizers,  and miscellaneous other pit bull advocates when she appears for arraignment on February 13,  2019 […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Rodeo, Slaughter, Spectacles, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Benedicta "Bannie" McGrath, Fallon Danielle Blackwood, Heidi Lueders, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Anderson Lueders

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