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How humility can help animal advocates to change the world, by Ed Duvin

June 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 12 Comments

Perspective of an old warrior Spending over a half-century in social justice movements, much of it consulting, I have formed some conclusions that did not come down from the mountaintop,  but merely represent the perspective of an old warrior. Were I to identify the most pernicious characteristics I have encountered among justice-seeking activists,  regardless of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Frances Power Cobbe, Immanuel Kant, Peter Singer, pit bull mommy, Plato, rescue angel, Socrates, Tom Regan

Indianapolis 500: no longer a balloon chase & Nebraska Cornhuskers ditto!

May 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Balloons Blow takes the checkered flag after a five-year campaign––and wins again in Nebraska!             INDIANAPOLIS,  Indiana––The Florida-based all-volunteer grassroots activist group Balloons Blow on April 21,  2022 earned a victory lap,  taking the checkered flag in a ten-year campaign against the ceremonial release of as many as 40,000 balloons just before the start of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Sports, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Balloons Blow, Danielle Vosburgh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Louis Meyer, Merritt Clifton, Roger Penske, Tony Hulman

Bird flu means “cage free” & “free range” hens can run around indoors in the dark

May 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Cage free” & “free range” producers protect their “girls” by keeping them in jail Think that “cage-free” or “free-range” label on a box of eggs or meat package amounts to more than bull-feathers? Even if it is certified by any of the major farmed product certification organizations? Amid the current global H5N1 high pathogenic avian […]

Filed Under: Birds, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Ducks & geese, Eggs, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, France, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Poultry, Turkeys, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Certified Humane, H5N1, Merritt Clifton, Pete & Gerry's, Sybille De La Hamaide, Tom Polansek, Vital Farms

Israeli vegan honey could leave Russia & Ukraine holding the honey bucket

March 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Lab-produced honey goes into industrial-scale production just as global supply from bees is disrupted by Putin’s War             JERUSALEM, Israel––Regardless of whether Ukraine staves off the Russian invasion or suffers the genocide threatened by Russian use of heavy weapons against civilian targets,  the biggest and perhaps only winner of what is now known worldwide as […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bees, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Russia, Ukraine, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Bee-io, Efrat Dvash-Riesenfeld, Merritt Clifton, Offir Dvash, Petro Prokopovych

Hearts out of place: transplants, pigs, chickens, “victories” & McDonald’s

March 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If “victories” for farmed animals meant beans,  that would be a substantial improvement BALTIMORE,  Maryland;  WASHINGTON D.C.––David Bennett,  57,  who on January 7,  2022 became the first human to receive a heart transplanted from a genetically-modified pig,  died on March 8,  2022 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hospital. “The biggest barrier to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, David Bennett, Henry Spira, HSUS, Humane Farming Association, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mickey Dee, Ronald McDonald, Wayne Pacelle

Afro-Vegan Society marks Black History Month 2022 with veg outreach

January 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Veguary” builds on a long,  strong tradition of African-American food ambassadors             BALTIMORE,  Maryland––The Afro-Vegan Society will again in 2022 mark Black History Month with Veguary,  “an online educational campaign celebrating black vegan trailblazers and providing culturally relevant workshops on plant-based eating,”  society cofounder Brenda Sanders announced on January 26,  2022. “Throughout the month,”  Sanders […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Brenda Sanders, Dick Gregory, Merritt Clifton, Seba Johnson, Tabitha Bonita Brown, Tracye McQuirter

Who were the gurus who helped to inspire the animal rights movement?

December 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Spiritual mentors sold vegetarianism before most animal advocates dared mention it PUTTAPARTHI,  Andhra Pradesh,  India;  QUEENS, New York––Who were the unofficial gurus of the early animal rights movement,  who helped to sell vegetarianism,  in particular,  even before any major animal advocacy groups added a vegan or vegetarian component to their message? “Guru,”  in the Buddhist,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bangladesh, Beliefs, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Buddhism, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Chatral Rinpoche, Dinshah P. Ghadali, Freya Dinshah, H. Jay Dinshah, Hari Krishna, Jayanti Timm, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Sathya Sai Baba, Shamar Rinpoche, Sri Chinmoy

The animal rights movement is divided on abortion, by Vasu Murti

December 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Even PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk admits “We’re divided” The long-awaited introduction of RU-486-based contraceptive dog and cat food has been delayed for at least 36 years,  and may have been permanently forestalled by the use of RU-486 as Mifrepristone,  the drug used to medically induce abortion,  as ANIMALS 24-7 recently detailed in What RU-486 means […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Andrew Linzey, Cesar Chavez, Charles Camosy, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Gregory, Frank Hoffman, Ingrid Newkirk, James Dawson, Kristen Day, Mary Eberstadt

Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?

December 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

by Karen Davis, Ph.D.  Founder & president, United Poultry Concerns “Without guilt improvement is drastically diminished.” – Thomas Coates, Facebook comment, November 22, 2021 The fact that animals are suffering and dying for appetites that can be satisfied in many other ways makes some people,  perhaps many, uncomfortable,  though not necessarily because of guilt.  People […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: B.R. Myers, Humphry Primatt, Jeff Sebo, Karen Davis, Leah Garcés, Marc Gunther, Thomas Coates

Four court cases lost amid the Rittenhouse/Arbery media blitz

November 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Even coverage of the $15 million Elijah McClain settlement mostly omitted the vegan aspect Court news dominated mass media during the two weeks preceding Thanksgiving 2021,  but key developments in three cases long followed by ANIMALS 24-7 barely cracked even local news lineups. Coverage of a fourth case,  a $15 million settlement between the City of Aurora,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Elijah McClain, Linda Hassall, Luke Westerman, Merritt Clifton, Steffen Baldwin, Timothy Settles

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