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Which animals, where, lost habitat to the Sackett vs. EPA verdict?

May 28, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court decision on Clean Water Act may not jeopardize much actual wetland habitat,  but may clarify definitions of what is what WASHINGTON D.C.––With actions on behalf of wetland and shoreline creatures including octopi,  salmon,  sea turtles,  and horseshoe crabs underway elsewhere around the world and the United States,  the U.S. Supreme Court on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cephalopods, Conservation, Crocodilians, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brent Kavanaugh, Chantell Sacket, Merritt Clifton, Michael Sackett, Nina Totenberg, Samuel Alito

Supreme Court split verdict on California pig law sets up another round

May 12, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

California “wins” right to enforce ban on sale of pork from pigs kept in gestation stalls,  but Justice Kavanaugh tells agribusiness how they might reverse the decision WASHINGTON D.C.––Rendering a decision split more ways than a pork belly by a supermarket butcher,  with little consideration of pig suffering but a great deal of attention to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Brett Kavanaugh, Farm Bureau Federation, Humane Farming Association, Humane Society of the U.S., National Pork Producers Council, Neil Gorsuch, PETA, United Egg Producers

“Stop torturing baby monkeys!” Harvard Animal Law Clinic tells Harvard Med

May 11, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Maternal deprivation experiments by neurobiologist Margaret S. Livingstone evoke nightmares of Harry Harlow             CAMBRIDGE,  Massachusetts––Multi-millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health funding allocated to Harvard Medical School maternal deprivation researcher Margaret S. Livingstone were on February 8,  2023 challenged by more than 380 scientists,  medical doctors,  and other academic researchers rallied behind Harvard […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cat Hobaiter, Harry Harlow, Margaret Livingstone, Merritt Clifton, New England Primate Research Center, Richard Wrangham, Sarah Pickering, Stephen Suomi

Dog meat farmers’ protest reflects grassroots success in South Korea

April 28, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Home-grown anti-dog meat campaign succeeds where boycotts,  petitions,  & bashing failed for 40 years             SEOUL,  South Korea––About 50 people on April 25,  2023 straggled through the streets of Seoul,  the national capital of South Korea,  in a protest about dog-eating. Animal advocates’ events often attract much bigger crowds these days. These protesters were among […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Humane history, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Animal Wellness Action, cockfighting, Humane Farming Association, Kim Keon Hee, Kim Min-seok, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Yoon Suk Yeol

Why we don’t suggest eating bugs instead of beef, pork, chicken, & fish

April 13, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Insects may be sentient,  but sentience is not the most realistic reason to not eat them LAUSANNE,  Switzerland––Probably most of us in the English-speaking world,  when very small and still unduly trusting,  heard someone say “Open your mouth and shut your eyes,  and I’ll give you something to make you wise,”  did so,  and had […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Bees, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Beyond Animal, Beyond Impact, crickets, Merritt Clifton, palm weevils, soldier flies

A “win-win” for Lolita, & even more for those promoting her homecoming

April 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Lolita the orca whale may return to Puget Sound MIAMI,  Florida––Lolita,  the 57-year-old orca whale who has become a white elephant after 53 years in the 67-year-old Miami Seaquarium,  may be returning home to Puget Sound,  Washington,  before the end of 2023. That might afford Lolita,  also called Tokitae at capture,  a comfortable retirement in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Eduardo Albor, Howard Garrett, Jim Irsay, Linda Rector, Merritt Clifton, Miami Seaquarium, Pritam Singh, Ric O'Barry, Russ Rector

Pollster: pro-cockfighting votes by Oklahoma lawmakers flout voter opinion

March 30, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Bill to reduce cockfighting from felony to misdemeanor cleared the Oklahoma House & is now before the Oklahoma Senate  OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––A bill to allow individual Oklahoma counties to reduce cockfighting from a felony to a misdemeanor is halfway to becoming law,  despite overwhelming opposition from Oklahoma voters. House Bill 2530,  by state representative Justin […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates, Justin Humphrey, Merritt Clifton, Pat McFerron

Direct action heroes for animals: Popeye, Olive Oyl, Betty Boop & Grampy

March 26, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Rescuers,  yes,  but exemplars of animal rights?  Not exactly. Eighty-eight years ago,  forty years before the dawn of the animal rights movement,  a muscular quasi-vegan sailor and his lanky girlfriend rescued animals on the silver screen,  soon joined by a sexy “flapper” who sang jazz and her aged but ever inventive grandfather. Popeye,  Olive Oyl,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Be Human, Be Kind to Aminals, Dave Fleisher, Max Fleischer, Merritt Clifton, Walt Disney

Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify             HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories,  the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,  and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Anna Schecter, Born Free USA, Charles River Laboratories, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Primarily Primates

One African-American journalist’s view of John James Audubon

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Roger Witherspoon (Roger Witherspoon,  a member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors,  has reported about environmental issues for more than 50 years;  developed the global Save The Tiger program for the Exxon Corporation;  and cofounded the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists,   the first chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.) John James […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forest, National Audubon Society, Roger Witherspoon, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Elliot Smith

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