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Bullfighting politics take sharp twists in India

February 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Bullfighting foes receive national honors even as Tamil Nadu state government drops charges against 26,450 bullfighting defenders & heads of both major national parties support  bullfights             CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India––Jallikattu,  the Tamil Nadu form of bullfighting in which mobs abuse the bulls as they run through the streets during harvest festivals,  on February 20,  […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, Prani Mitra, R.M. Kharb, Rahul Gandhi

World Federation for Animals seeks “One ring to bind them all”

February 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But progress for animals is not achieved with “rings of power”             BOSTON, Massachusetts––Any resemblance between mild-mannered World Federation for Animals founder Wim DeKok,  a longtime exemplar of peaceful cooperation,  and Sauron,  the vengeful Satanic wizard of the Lord of the Rings trilogy authored by J.R.R. Tolkien,  would be difficult to discover. Yet there is […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Science, The Americas, Uncategorized, USA, World Tagged With: Britta Riis, Henry Salt, Jean-Claude Nouett, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, Reineke Hameleers, Sauron, Stephen Coleridge, William J. Piggott, Wim DeKok

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

Rick Collord, 72, helped lead transition from the high-kill to the no-kill era

February 5, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Headed 10 animal shelters in six states Rick Collord,  72,  a 42-year humane professional and chief executive of humane societies for most of that time,  died on January 26,  2021 in Lexington,  North Carolina,  his home since 2017. Born Irving Richard Collord III in 1948 in New Orleans,  Louisiana,  Rick Collord––no one ever called him […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Bill Garrett, Elton Gissendanner II, Judi Rogstad, Marci Biesheuvel, Merritt Clifton, Sara Whalen, Vikki Kittles

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

Why 37 chimps “retired” by NIH in 2013 are still not in sanctuaries

January 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society of the U.S. sues National Institutes of Health over outcome of “CHIMP Act” claimed as HSUS “victory”          ALAMOGORDO,  New Mexico;  SHREVEPORT,  Louisiana;  BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––“Nestled in the pines near Keithville,”  17 miles south of Shreveport,  Louisiana,  the 200-acre Chimp Haven sanctuary “even has 11 new residents as part of a $20 million […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Ingersoll, Carole Noon, Crysta Alba, Daryl Fears, Donny Moss, Francis S. Collins, Kitty Block, Lindsay Vanderhooght, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson

Has the world-wide vegan revolution started — in Israel?

January 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The Vegan Revolution. Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism by Richard Schwartz Lantern Publishing & Media, 2020. Reviewed by Keith Akers Any other book titled The Vegan Revolution,  if one didn’t look at the subtitle,  would not necessarily seem to have anything to do especially with Judaism or Israel.  But from page 1 forward,  Richard Schwartz […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Keith Akers, Richard H. Schwartz

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