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Sadistic witch doctor to be prosecuted––when caught––in rural Nigeria

February 21, 2024 By Merritt Clifton

UPDATE: Barely two hours after ANIMALS 24-7 published the following article and posted it to our many Nigerian sources and contacts,  Nwa Ite––now aware that police might in closing in on him––posted to Facebook,  “Good morning,  good afternoon good evening, depends on your location.  My name is Daniel Nnabuikem popularly known as High Chief Enenie […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Nigeria, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Henry Ndukwe, High Chief Enenie, Kanayo Uzuegbu, Linda Ifeoma Ikeji, Loula Columbus, Merritt Clifton, Nwa Ite, Santeria

Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark

January 14, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Letters and a map document humane & racial justice movements that pointed the way for Martin Luther King Jr. ARK, Virginia––Bus driver Alan Lemon,  then 59,  hoped to find antiques that might be sold online in 2018 when he and a friend decided to explore the attic of his great grandfather John W. Lemon’s long […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animism & Santeria, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Iceland, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alan Lemon, Eric H. Hansen, Francis Rowley, Frederick Rivers Barnwell, George Thorndike Angell, John W. Lemon, Merritt Clifton, Richard Carroll, Seymour Carroll, William Alan Swallow

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

Live animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best

August 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6,  artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced an internationally recognized portfolio on themes often involving human and animal suffering. Yet Rahbar found herself wholly unprepared for the misery she met close to hand on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

First conviction of animal sacrifice practitioner in 11 years

August 23, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

But light sentence for perp          LEESBURG,  Virginia––Loudoun County,  Virginia general district Judge Deborah C. Welsh on August 3,  2016 convicted Santeria priestess Mercy Carrion,  43,  on three counts of cruelty to animals,  but suspended her sentence on condition that she take a course in how to properly sacrifice animals from Gro Mambo Danthoula Novanyon […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animism & Santeria, Caribbean, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Nigeria, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Anna Charlton, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Gary Francione, Gilbert Stevenson, Jose Merced, Mercy Carrion, Merritt Clifton

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