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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

 “Cleansing the temple was an act of animal liberation” says Bible scholar

December 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living & Nonviolence In Early Christianity by Keith Akers Lantern Books  (128 2nd Place,  Garden Suite Brooklyn, NY 11231),  2001.  260 pages,  paperback.  $20.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Denver vegetarian advocate Keith Akers, perhaps best known for compiling A Vegetarian Sourcebook (1983), earned his B.A. in philosophy in 1970 at […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Buddhism, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Humane history, Islam, Judaism, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: al-Ghazali, Keith Akers, Merritt Clifton, Pope Francis

Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

December 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: David Malakoff, Elson Aca, Eric Hoffmayer, Janet McConaughey, Merritt Clifton, Morari Bapu

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

Did Nagaland ban dog meat, or did a politician just repeat an empty promise?

July 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Advocacy groups in 2020 again claim the same “victory” they claimed in 2016––which never happened             KOHIMA, Nagaland, India––Two weeks after Nagaland chief secretary Temjen Toy on July 3,  2020 announced an impending ban on dog meat,  in the last part of India where dogs had been legally eaten,  how,  when,  and if the ban […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anuradha Sawhney, Azam Siddique, Brinda Upadhyaya, Dolly Kikon, Tejal Shah, Temjen Toy

Sperm-sorting comes to India through cow-loving Modi government

January 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Slippery business may stop the bull calf surplus          NEW DELHI,  India––Cracking down hard against illegal cattle slaughter and exports to slaughter,  while boosting milk production,  the Hindi nationalist Nahendra Modi regime ruling India since 2014 caused the perennial Indian bull calf surplus to explode. Now,  however,  the Modi government has reportedly […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Amul, Anand Milk Federation, Eileen Weintraub, Help Animals India, Merritt Clifton, Mohandas Gandhi, Moraji Desai, Visakha SPCA

Gadhi Mai 2019: more animals killed than in 2014, but fewer people watched

December 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

But drone videos show––again––that the body count was vastly lower than is often claimed BARIYARPUR,  Nepal––More animals were slain at the 2019 Gadhi Mai sacrificial massacre in Bariyarpur,  Nepal,  than in 2014––a deeply disappointing discovery,  after 15 years of international efforts to stop the every-five-years bloodbath held in honor of a local goddess. Drone video […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Buddhism, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Kitty Block, Manoj Gautam, Merritt Clifton, Uttam G.P. Dahal

Vegan Man hopes Florida jury will have it his way in case against Burger King

November 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Can expect to be grilled in cross-examination MIAMI,  Florida––Vegan Man on November 18,  2019 served notice on the Miami-based Burger King fast food chain in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida that he hopes to meet twelve Florida men––and Florida women––in a jury box soon,  with a judge presiding. Seeking class […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Abdi Latif Dahir, Chris Finazzo, Harish Bharti, Jack Norris, Joseph Connelly, Kim Bellware, Matt Ball, Merritt Clifton, Phillip Williams

Activist Mary Max, 52: maxed out as artist Peter Max, 81, peters out

June 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Suicide by nitrogen asphixiation             NEW YORK,  N.Y.––Animal advocate and philanthropist Mary Max,  52,  wife of pop artist Peter Max,  was on June 9,  2019 found dead in their apartment on the Upper West Side of New York City from allegedly self-induced nitrogen asphyxiation,  a bag-over-the-head method described by Hemlock Society founder Derek Humphrey in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, Humane history, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Amy Chozick, Gene Baur, Jasmin Singer, Libra Max, Marisa Miller Wolfson, Mary Balkin, Merritt Clifton, Paul Shapiro, Sharon Otterman

#DontGetMilked makes a splash in the heart of hypocritical cow worship

June 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocates wean themselves from the “gaushala” dairy tradition             NEW DELHI,  India––The billboard message “#DontGetMilked.  Ditch Dairy!  Go Vegan!” posted recently in Nehru Place,  New Delhi by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations (FIAPO),  is a crowd-stopper. It might not rate a blink, let alone a shocked doubletake from visiting American and European […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Arpan Sharma, Chinny Krishna, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Varda Mehrotra

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