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New study hits red meat, processed meat, & poultry for higher death risk

March 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

UK Biobank data reinforces warnings about red meat & processed meats,  & shows that white meat is NOT the “right meat,”  either             OXFORD, U.K.––Even excluding cancer risk,  eating red meat increases the meat eater’s risk of becoming dead meat,  and white meat is not the “right meat” either,  concludes a major new University of […]

Filed Under: Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Top, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Poultry, United Kingdom Tagged With: BMC Medicine, Denis Campbell, Keren Papier, Merritt Clifton, UK Biobank

Wisconsin hunters overkill the wolf bag limit by half in just 72 hours

February 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

But Spain,  with twice as many wolves in about the same amount of habitat,  puts wolves off limits to hunters             MADISON, Wisconsin;  MADRID,  Spain––Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves in under 72 hours during the last week of February 2021,  97 more than the “management target” of 119,  obliging the state Department of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Predators, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Badcock, Merritt Clifton, Paul A. Smith, Todd Richmond, Vincent West

“Slow response & jerky gestures” in death of vegetarian Elijah McClain

February 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Grand jury investigation ordered 18 months after animal shelter volunteer died from ketamine overdose administered by paramedics at police direction AURORA, Colorado––If slow response and jerky gestures were the criteria for injecting ketamine into the butts of Colorado public officials,  as well as the alleged symptoms for which Aurora paramedics fatally overdosed vegetarian animal shelter […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Erica Marrero, Jared Polis, Jason Rosenblatt, Kyle Dittrich, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Woodyard, Phil Weiser, Randy Roedema, Vanessa Wilson

Complaining that seals cause “stress,” farm cuts gills from salmon alive

February 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

John Robins:  “Salmon farming is cruel,  plain and simple.”              STORNOWAY,  Scotland––The Danish-owned Scottish Salmon Company,  just three weeks after complaining to media about seal attacks “stressing” farmed Atlantic salmon near Portree on Skye,  has been exposed in undercover video obtained by Animal Equality U.K. for allegedly allowing routine cruelty in processing on a scale […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Abigail Penny, John A. MacInnes, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton

Enforcing anti-cruelty laws proves harder than passing them

February 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Who enforces “victories” won by the Humane Society of the United States?  Stop Animal Exploitation Now, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, & the Humane Farming Association are trying.             SALT LAKE CITY,  LEXINGTON,  BOSTON––Some animal advocacy organizations with multi-million-dollar-a-year-plus incomes attract donors by the hundreds of thousands through winning passage of laws that they then […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Darren Stapleton, Karen Budkie, Maura Healey, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Paul Shapiro, Robert Gibbens, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

Geologist John Stockwell co-edited journal Between the Species

February 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Longtime advocate for animals & vegetarian living John Stockwell,  85,  an advocate for animals and vegetarian living whose involvement dated back to the very beginnings of the late twentieth century animal rights movement,  died on November 23,  2020 in Berkeley,  California,  his home off and on since 1961 and continuously since 1982. Born in Superior,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Berkeley Humane Commission, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Steve Sapontzis

Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin,  25

February 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Second young activist suicide in six months raises profile of “compassion fatigue” Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin,  25,  died by suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. His death,  a shock to hundreds of family,  friends,  and acquaintances,  rekindled an ongoing discussion of depression and suicides among committed activists that had barely simmered down […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Jamie Raskin, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Shimon Shuchat

Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads

February 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act brought law to save seals in Scottish waters             EDINBURGH,  Scotland––Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads,  posted by Animal Concern Scotland on February 1,  2021. The reward is specifically for information leading to the first successful prosecution under a new Scottish seal protection law,  adopted on […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bakkafrost, Bernadette Jordan, Edward Kolodziej, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Tavish Scott, Zhenyu Tian

Fish farming foe Kurt Oddekalv, no bunny-hugger, dies trying to save dog

February 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The dog died too Fish farming foe Kurt Willy Oddekalv,  63,  on January 11,  2020 died from drowning and hypothermia suffered in attempting to rescue his daughter’s dog Kompis,  who had fallen through ice on a lake near their home in Kalandseidet, Bergen, Norway. The dog Kompis was found dead nearby. As a sergeant in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, Wildlife Tagged With: anti-vaxxer, Jens Stoltenberg, Joseph Mercola, Merritt Clifton, Vince McDonagh

Afro-Vegan Society marks Black History Month with veg outreach

January 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Veguary” builds on a long,  strong tradition of African-American food ambassadors             BALTIMORE,  Maryland––“The Afro-Vegan Society will mark Black History Month with Veguary,”  announced society cofounder Brenda Sanders on January 25,  2021. Veguary,  Sanders explained,  will consist of “a series of free programs highlighting the contributions of black trailblazers,  and the many benefits of vegan […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Humane history, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A. Breeze Harper, Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, Dick Gregory, George Washington Carver, Mary Keys Burgess, Pinky Cole, Tabitha Bonita Brown, Traci Thomas, Tracye McQuirter

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