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Ethiopian woman who saved rare Italian goat breed is raped, killed

December 31, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Happy Goat” farmer/sanctuarian Agitu Ideo Gudeta,  42,  was reportedly killed by Ghanian she gave a job VALLE dei MOCHENI,  Trentino,  Italy––Goat herder Adams Suleimani,  32,  an immigrant to Italy from Ghana,  has reportedly confessed to raping Happy Goat [La Capra Felice] farmer/sanctuarian and cheesemaker Agitu Ideo Gudeta,  42,  and bludgeoning her to death with a hammer,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Ethiopia, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Ghana, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Italy, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sheep & goats, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Adams Suleimani, Agitu Ideo Gudeta, Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, Frassilongo, Merritt Clifton, Mòcheni, Plankerhof

Making a Thanksgiving place for Tofurky

November 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Eventually live turkeys joined the feast.  But not at first. Chloe Sorvino,  food and drink editor for the business magazine Forbes,  marked Thanksgiving 2020 by looking back 40 years to the invention of Tofurky in 1980,  by then-nature educator Seth Tibbott. Described as a “turkey alternative,”  blending tofu and wheat with a wild rice and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Henry Spira, Jim Mason, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton, Paul Obis, Peter Singer, Tom Regan

Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7,  Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8,  1998  but she did announce draft regulations […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashoke Chatterjee, Chinny Krishna, Guman Mal Lodha, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

China prosecutes 10 times more wildlife scofflaws in 2020 than U.S.

November 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

COVID-19 triggers sustained crackdown on illegal fishers,  poachers, & traffickers BEIJING, China—Cracking down on wildlife-related crime in response to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,  China prosecuted more than 15,000 alleged perpetrators in the first nine months of 2020. About 7,000 prosecutions were for illegal fishing,  4,000 for poaching land animals and birds,  and 3,000 for […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Birds, China, Crustaceans, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Snakes, Southeast Asia, Turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Grace Qi, Merritt Clifton, Shashank Bengali, Sister Hua, Vo Kieu Bao Uyen

Can killing an animal be compensated for by the creation of a new animal?

November 6, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Karen Davis, PhD, president, United Poultry Concerns (with afterword by Merritt & Beth Clifton) There is a line of thought in moral philosophy that says “yes” to killing an animal,  so long as the animal lived a pleasant life and the method used to kill the animal is humane – quick and painless. This […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Food, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Carol Adams, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton, Patty Mark, Peter Singer

Horsemeat, dog meat, & how “angel” Marc Ching fell from grace

October 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned “rescue” celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching,  who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount,  is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of practicing veterinary medicine without a license,  false advertising,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cambodia, China, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses, Indonesia, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alene Tchekmedyian, George Knowles, Jeffrey Beri, John Dalley, Marc Ching, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, Paul Pringle, Phyllis Daugherty

David Wills, ex-Humane Society of the U.S. vice president, gets life in prison

October 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Life sentence rendered after case was before the courts for five years             CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––David Keith Wills,  68,  former Michigan Humane Society executive director and vice president for investigations at the Humane Society of the U.S.,  was on September 22,  2020 formally sentenced to serve life in federal; prison. Wills was convicted on October 8,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Crustaceans, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Marine life, Meat issues, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David Keith Wills, John Hoyt, Kitty Block, Maria Candalaria Losoya, Merritt Clifton, Nelva Gonzales Ramos, Paul Irwin, Wayne Pacelle

Shoving tule elk & bison aside, National Park Service favors cattle ranchers

September 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Point Reyes National Seashore & Yellowstone National Park allegedly managed for cows over native wildlife             POINT REYES, California;  BOZEMAN, Montana—Burning since an August 18,  2020 lightning strike,  the 4,900-acre Woodward Fire at Point Reyes National Seashore is reportedly contained at last. Issues rising with the smoke and cinders,  though,  smolder on,  including the National Park […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Meat issues, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brett French, Carey Fierabend, Dan Wenk, Dave Press, Jeff Miller, Merritt Clifton, Millard Ottinger, Point Reyes, Ryan Zinke

Cockfighter Cozad missed chance to hide behind U.N. “Agenda 21”

September 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

BL Cozad garbled Bible & U.S. Constitution             MORGANTOWN, Kentucky––If cockfighting advocate BL “Billy” Cozad had ever actually read the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit Agenda 21,  instead of blindly denouncing it,  he might have found that certain passages in it better support his arguments than anything he misquoted and misrepresented from the Bible and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Poultry, USA Tagged With: BL Cozad Jr., Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

A challenge to Mike Pence, Kamala Harris, & “A chicken in every pot”

September 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

70 Members of Congress & United Poultry Concerns ask VP candidates to address global warming & meat             SALT LAKE CITY, Utah––Will the October 7,  2020 debate between Republican vice president Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential challenger Kamala Harris bring the first direct challenge in 92 years to the political promise of putting a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Disease, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Aiden Cook, Al Gore, Donald Trump, Herbert Hoover, Kamala Harris, Karen Davis, Mike Pence

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